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Suppressing Basin Output

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Suppressing Basin Output

Owned by Daniel Princz (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Sep 20, 2016 by Former user (Deleted)Version comment

The default basin output in CSV format can be suppressed if the files are not needed or if to improve the run-time of the model. The various files are written in groups, and control flags to disable saving the output of a particular group can be specified in the run options of the model.

Model configuration and information text file (MESH_output_echo_print.txt)

The model configuration and information about the model run are written to MESH_output_echo_print.txt. This file provides the final precipitation, evaporation, and change in storage that have accumulated over the entire length of the model run, but also the time it took to run the model. The file can be disabled by setting the MODELINFOOUTFLAG control flag to 0 in the run options of the model.

The default value of MODELINFOOUTFLAG is 1.

##### Control Flags #####
----#
    1 # Number of control flags
MODELINFOOUTFLAG       1

Basin water and energy balance (Basin_average_water_balance.csv, Basin_average_energy_balance.csv)

The daily water and energy balances of the basin are saved in CSV format to Basin_average_water_balance.csv and Basin_average_energy_balance.csv, respectively. The two files can be disabled by setting the BASINBALANCEOUTFLAG control flag to 0 in the run options of the model. The two files may only be disabled as a group; the individual files may not be disabled individually.

The default value of BASINBALANCEOUTFLAG is 1.

##### Control Flags #####
----#
    1 # Number of control flags
BASINBALANCEOUTFLAG    1

Basin water balance (CSV format)

The water balance of the basin can be saved after various time-steps in CSV format using the BASINAVGWBFILEFLAG control flag. The flag should be added to the run options of the model. Keywords are used to enable or disable the files. Multiple keywords should be separated by one or more spaces. Keywords should be separated from the flag name by one or more spaces.

The default keyword for BASINAVGWBFILEFLAG is default.

Keywords are not case sensitive. The BASINAVGWBFILEFLAG control flag name is CaSe SeNSiTiVe.

Keywords

Keyword

Output Files

Keyword

Output Files

none

No files.

default

Basin_average_water_balance.csv

daily

Basin_average_water_balance.csv

monthly

Basin_average_water_balance_Monthly.csv

hourly

Basin_average_water_balance_Hourly.csv

ts

Basin_average_water_balance_ts.csv

 

Examples

1. Daily, monthly, hourly, and per time-step output

 

##### Control Flags #####
----#
    1 # Number of control flags
BASINAVGWBFILEFLAG DAILY MONTHLY HOURLY TS

2. No output

##### Control Flags #####
----#
    1 # Number of control flags
BASINAVGWBFILEFLAG NONE

3. Daily and monthly output

##### Control Flags #####
----#
    1 # Number of control flags
BASINAVGWBFILEFLAG DAILY MONTHLY

4. Monthly output

##### Control Flags #####
----#
    1 # Number of control flags
BASINAVGWBFILEFLAG MONTHLY

Outlet streamflow files (MESH_output_streamflow.csv, MESH_output_streamflow_cumulative.csv, and MESH_output_streamflow_all.csv)

The streamflow at the outlets in the basin are saved in CSV format to MESH_output_streamflow.csv, MESH_output_streamflow_cumulative.csv, and MESH_output_streamflow_all.csv. MESH_output_streamflow.csv provides a comparison of measured and simulated daily streamflow values for each of the outlets in the basin, MESH_output_streamflow_cumulative.csv provides the cumulative daily streamflow values for each of the outlets in the basin, and MESH_output_streamflow_all.csv provides streamflow values in the same time-step as the model is run if STREAMFLOWFLAG is enabled. The three files can be disabled by setting the STREAMFLOWOUTFLAG control flag to 0 in the run options of the model.

The latter two files, MESH_output_streamflow_cumulative.csv and MESH_output_streamflow_all.csv, can be disabled by setting STREAMFLOWOUTFLAG to 1 so that only MESH_output_streamflow.csv is saved.

The default value of STREAMFLOWOUTFLAG is 2.

##### Control Flags #####
----#
    1 # Number of control flags
STREAMFLOWOUTFLAG      2

Basin snow output (basin_SCA_alldays.csv and basin_SWE_alldays.csv)

Output related to snow processes are saved in CSV format to basin_SCA_alldays.csv and basin_SWE_alldays.csv. The two files can be disabled by setting the BASINSWEOUTFLAG control flag to 0 in the run options of the model. The two files may only be disabled as a group; the individual files may not be disabled individually.

The default value of BASINSWEOUTFLAG is 1.

##### Control Flags #####
----#
    1 # Number of control flags
BASINSWEOUTFLAG        1

 

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