AQUAH: Automatic Quantification and Unified Agent in Hydrology

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Autori principali: Yan, Songkun, Li, Zhi, Zhu, Siyu, Wen, Yixin, Zhang, Mofan, Chen, Mengye, Cao, Jie, Hong, Yang
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Yan, Songkun
Li, Zhi
Zhu, Siyu
Wen, Yixin
Zhang, Mofan
Chen, Mengye
Cao, Jie
Hong, Yang
author_facet Yan, Songkun
Li, Zhi
Zhu, Siyu
Wen, Yixin
Zhang, Mofan
Chen, Mengye
Cao, Jie
Hong, Yang
contents We introduce AQUAH, the first end-to-end language-based agent designed specifically for hydrologic modeling. Starting from a simple natural-language prompt (e.g., 'simulate floods for the Little Bighorn basin from 2020 to 2022'), AQUAH autonomously retrieves the required terrain, forcing, and gauge data; configures a hydrologic model; runs the simulation; and generates a self-contained PDF report. The workflow is driven by vision-enabled large language models, which interpret maps and rasters on the fly and steer key decisions such as outlet selection, parameter initialization, and uncertainty commentary. Initial experiments across a range of U.S. basins show that AQUAH can complete cold-start simulations and produce analyst-ready documentation without manual intervention. The results are judged by hydrologists as clear, transparent, and physically plausible. While further calibration and validation are still needed for operational deployment, these early outcomes highlight the promise of LLM-centered, vision-grounded agents to streamline complex environmental modeling and lower the barrier between Earth observation data, physics-based tools, and decision makers.
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spellingShingle AQUAH: Automatic Quantification and Unified Agent in Hydrology
Yan, Songkun
Li, Zhi
Zhu, Siyu
Wen, Yixin
Zhang, Mofan
Chen, Mengye
Cao, Jie
Hong, Yang
Artificial Intelligence
We introduce AQUAH, the first end-to-end language-based agent designed specifically for hydrologic modeling. Starting from a simple natural-language prompt (e.g., 'simulate floods for the Little Bighorn basin from 2020 to 2022'), AQUAH autonomously retrieves the required terrain, forcing, and gauge data; configures a hydrologic model; runs the simulation; and generates a self-contained PDF report. The workflow is driven by vision-enabled large language models, which interpret maps and rasters on the fly and steer key decisions such as outlet selection, parameter initialization, and uncertainty commentary. Initial experiments across a range of U.S. basins show that AQUAH can complete cold-start simulations and produce analyst-ready documentation without manual intervention. The results are judged by hydrologists as clear, transparent, and physically plausible. While further calibration and validation are still needed for operational deployment, these early outcomes highlight the promise of LLM-centered, vision-grounded agents to streamline complex environmental modeling and lower the barrier between Earth observation data, physics-based tools, and decision makers.
title AQUAH: Automatic Quantification and Unified Agent in Hydrology
topic Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.02936