Operational Checklist
When using a variety of inputs, and sources of data to create a Vflo™ model, it is useful to perform sanity checks on the parameters of your model. This ensures that the model will be more stable, and that it can be used in an Operational Real Time sense.
General
Review the model parameters in the bop
Soil Parameters
Check |
Type |
Likely Range |
Severity |
Soil depth (D) |
Range |
10 in <= D <= 60 in |
2 |
Wetting Front Suction Head (W) |
Range |
10 in <= W <= 30 in |
2 |
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity (K) |
Range |
0.1 in/hr <= K <= 5 inches/hour |
2 |
For each parameter, are all parameters equal |
Boolean |
2 |
Roughness
Check |
Type |
Likely Range |
Severity |
Overland Roughness (O) |
Range |
0.014 <= O <= 0.3 |
2 |
Channel Roughness (C) |
Range |
0.012 <= C <= 0.09 |
2 |
Hydraulics
Rating Curves
Cross Sections
Trapezoidal Cells
Celerity