Distributed Hydrology Soil Vegetation Model

Interception state file

Required:

Always

Name:

The name is expected to be of the format Interception.State.<MM.DD.YYYY.hh.mm.ss>.<ext>, where <MM.DD.YYYY.hh.mm.ss> is the time for which the model state is valid, and <ext> is either bin (Format = BINARY or Format = BYTESWAP) or nc (Format= NETCDF).
The file is located in the Initial state directory.

Read by:

InitModelState()

Format:

A series of 2D matrices.

Purpose:

Contains the model state associated with interception variables. This allows a model restart with exactly the same initial conditions.

Comments:

The state files are not meant for analysis. They are difficult to read unless you write some dedicated program or script. However, if you use Format = NETCDF, the files are readable by any program that reads and displays NetCDF files.

Details:

The interception state file contains the following state variables, which MUST be in the order specified if you use the binary format. For the NetCDF files the order is arbitrary, as long as you provide the correct variable names.

If the format is BIN or BYTESWAP, the variables are:

1. Rain interception storage for the overstory in m (float)
2. Rain interception storage for the understory in m (float)
3. Snow interception storage for the overstory in m (float)
4. Snow interception storage for the understory in m (float)
5. Temporary interception storage for the overstory in m (float)

If the format is NETCDF, the variables are:

1. Rain interception storage for the overstory in m.
   The variable name is 0.Precip.IntRain.
   The number type is NC_FLOAT.
2. Rain interception storage for the understory in m.
   The variable name is 1.Precip.IntRain.
   The number type is NC_FLOAT.
3. Snow interception storage for the overstory in m.
   The variable name is 0.Precip.IntSnow.
   The number type is NC_FLOAT.
4. Snow interception storage for the understory in m.
   The variable name is 1.Precip.IntSnow.
   The number type is NC_FLOAT.
5. Temporary interception storage for the overstory in m.
   The variable name is Temp.InStor.
   The number type is NC_FLOAT.

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