Particle Flux Output

Overview:

PARTICLE_FLUX_OUTPUT is a section in the PTM text input that specifies how the PTM records the number of particles in a group of water bodies into a DSS output.

Example

FLUX_OUTPUT
NAME         FROM_WB           TO_WB             INTERVAL FILENAME
TWITCHELL    res:clifton_court group:swp         15MIN    ${PTMOUTPUTFILE}
EMMATON      chan:216          group:cvp         15MIN    ${PTMOUTPUTFILE}
DIVERSION_AG group:all         group:ag_div      15MIN    ${PTMOUTPUTFILE}
END

Field Descriptions

NAME

This is the name that will go in the B_PART of the output.

FROM_WB

Name of the water body or group that is the "from" location of the flux.

TO_WB

Name of the water body or group that is the "to" destination in the flux.

INTERVAL

Interval at which to record residence.

FILENAME

The name of the output file. If the file extension is *.dss, output is in DSS format. If the file extension is *.txt a text file output is produced.

Table Info

Identifier:

NAME

Particle flux output can be in absolute number of particles or percentage of injection. The option is set by PTM_FLUX_PERCENT in the SCALAR section.