WMS:HSPF WDM File Interaction

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HSPF requires several time series datasets as input for hydrologic modeling. It also reports results of simulation as time series datasets. These data are stored in a watershed data management (WDM) file. These files are binary, direct-access data files which can hold several thousand datasets. Thus, management of the interaction with these WDM files is a large part of HSPF modeling. Datasets must be selected from the WDM file as input to a simulation and datasets must be specified as targets for simulation results. The EXT SOURCES and EXT TARGETS blocks of the HSPF input file control these interactions. Tools have been developed in WMS to aid in reviewing WDM files and setting up these input blocks for HSPF.


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