Tutorial ¶

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Tutorial

Requirements ¶

Note

Please find the requirements and the installion of Python, python libraries and CWatM in: Installing Python

Test the Python model version ¶

Windows and Linux (and maybe Mac, but not tested)

Please try:

python <modelpath>/run_cwatm.py  (for the Python3.+ version)
or:
<modelpath>/cwatm  (for the .exe version)

The output should be:

Running under platform:  Windows  **(or Linux etc)**
CWatM - Community Water Model
Authors: ...
Version: ...
Date: ...
Arguments list:
settings.ini     settings file
-q --quiet       output progression given as .
-v --veryquiet   no output progression is given
-l --loud        output progression given as time st
-c --check       input maps and stack maps are check
-h --noheader    .tss file have no header and start
-t --printtime   the computation time for hydrologic
-w --warranty    copyright and warranty information

Warning

If python is not set in the environment path, the full path of python has to be used

Running the model 1 ¶

Warning

The model needs a settings file as an argument. See: Settings file

python <modelpath>/cwatm.py settingsfile flags

example:

python cwatm.py settings_rhine.ini -l

The flag -l show the output on screen as date and discharge

At this point you should receive this eror message:

======================== CWatM FILE ERROR ===========================
Cannot find option file: d:/work/CWatM/source/metaNetcdf.xml In  "metaNetcdfFile"
searching: "d:/work/CWatM/source/metaNetcdf.xml"
path: d:/work/CWatM/source does not exists

Downloading and installing the spatial dataset ¶

The spatial dataset contains:

static data ie. data that does not change over time (a model assumption) e.g. soil data
time dependend (inter annual) data that change periodical during a year e.g. crop coefficient of vegetation
time dependend (intra annual) data that change by month or year e.g. fraction of landcover

These data are stored as global dataset:

cwat_input.zip for the 30’ global version
cwat_input5min.zip for the 5’ global version

As climate data different forcings can be used e.g:

PGMFD v.2 (Princeton), GSWP3, etc.
precipitation from e.g. MSWEP http://www.gloh2o.org/
WATCH+WFDEI https://www.isimip.org/gettingstarted/details/5/

and as projection e.g.:

ISI-MIP dataset https://www.isimip.org/gettingstarted/#input-data-bias-correction

Note

Please copy and unpack the spatial dataset (either 30’ or 5’)in a folder
Please copy the the climate dataset 30min_meteo_rhine.zip or 5min_meteo_rhine.zip in a seperate folder
Please create a folder called output

Note

For testing purpose there is a file rhine_basin.zip on GitHub

it has all the necessary data to run the River Rhine on 30 arcmin from 1990-2010

Changing the Settings file ¶

to run the model the pathes to data have to be set correctly: The information of pathes are stored in the settings file around line 80-100

[FILE_PATHS]:

PathRoot = E:/
PathOut = $(PathRoot)/output
PathMaps = E:/cwatm_input
PathMeteo = E:/climate
#--------------------------------------
[NETCDF_ATTRIBUTES]
institution = IIASA
title = Global Water Model - WATCH WDFEI
metaNetcdfFile = $(FILE_PATHS:PathRoot)/CWatM/source/metaNetcdf.xml

Note

Please change the pathes according to your file system

Error and exception handling ¶

We try to make our program behave properly when encountering unexpected conditions. Therefore we caption a number of possible wrong inputs.

If you get an output with an error number please look at rst_setuperror

Changing parameters of the model ¶

Note

An overview of possibilities is given in see Settings file