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• Pre-Processor for the efdc+ & EFDC_GVC 2D-3D Versions.
• Import many previous versions of the main control file (i.e. EFDC.INP).
• Courant # and Courant-FredrickFriedrichs-Levy Lewy calculator and display tools.
• Run logging.
• Status error window

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• View/label cell maps.
• Quickly animate many of the results to the screen or an AVI file.
• Export results to the commercial graphics package TECPlot® or Google Earth.
• Compute model results statistics for current view or by polygon.
• Compass (north arrow)
• Overlay the model with line drawings and labels.
• Export NetCDF Output
• Display one or more geo-referenced bitmaps as a background to the model grid.
  • Several views allow for transparent grid cells to view the background and model results.
• Capability to output bitmap images at user defined resolutions
• Display multiple "Timing Frames" to temporally reference results to model boundary conditions for the following types:
  • Open boundaries
  • Inflows/outflows
  • Withdrawal/Return
  • Winds
• Display spatial scales in various units.
• Generate a new model from the output of an existing model for any selected time,
• View water surface/depth maps, animations and time series.
  • Transparent Cells for water depths/elevations and other water column results.
  • Flood Inundation Mapping
  • Compute/Display areal extents based on specified a minimum depth and duration.
  • Compute/Display areal extents based on a Depth*Velocity Flood Hazard Factor.
  • Compare up to 3 models on the same plot showing Areal Extents.
  • Energy Mapping
    • Compute/Display total head (WS Elevation + v²/2g).
    • Compute FEMA Overtopping parameter (depth + v²).
  • Low Pass Filter for Model Analysis
• View Sediment/Bottom results for any time output or animation, (by layer or averaged/totaled over the number of sediment layers):
  • Bottom topography elevations,
  • Bottom scour/deposition,
  • Bottom grain size distributions,
  • Bottom sediment mass distributions (by layer or totaled over the total number of layers (i.e. KB),
  • Bottom sediment mass fractions (by layer or averaged over KB),
  • Bottom sediment porosity (by layer or averaged over KB),
  • Bed surface shear stress.
• View Velocity at multiple layers as magnitude or vector
  • Vector Plots – anchor point for vectors
  • Regular grid extraction for velocity plots
  • Downstream Projection
• View Water Column results for any time output or animations
  • Water Column reporting options
    • By layer or averaged/totaled over the number of water column layers
    • By specified depth or elevation
  • Salinity,
  • Temperature,
  • Dye or a computed Age of Water (EFDC_DSI Only),
  • Toxics,
    • By class or Totals
    • DOC Complexed
    • Dissolved, and
    • POC Adsorbed.
  • Sediments (by class or totaled).
  • Water quality parameters
    • 22 EFDC modeled constituents
    • Derived parameters like Chl-a, algal growth limiters, and TSI's.
  • Anoxic volumes (User specified DO cutoff)
  • Light penetration (Secchi Depth, Extinction Coefficients, % Irradiance).
• View boundary conditions map and view boundary condition time series.
  • View profiles of sediment bed and water column properties with time.
  • Store and quickly display time series calibration comparisons.
  • Compare velocity data to other model runs or field data (e.g. ADCP)
  • Compare model results from two different models to each other.
  • Plot time series plots for boundary conditions
• View Sediment Diagenesis concentrations and nutrient fluxes
  • View by class or total concentrations of PON, POP & POC
  • View concentrations by diagenesis layer or totals
  • View nutrient fluxes
• Model Metrics
  • Grid Orthogonality map & statistics,
  • Cell angle maps,
  • Courant Number,
  • Courant-Friedrichs-Levy Lewy (CFL) time step limits,
  • Froude Number,
  • Densimetric Froude Number,
  • Celerity, and
  • Richardson Number.
• View Longitudinal Profile plots
  • Generate longitudinal plots of water column and bottom sediments results.
  • User specified layer averaging (e.g. "1-3" will average the bottom three layers).
  • Water column or bottom sediment data can be overlaid with bottom topography and/or water surface elevation/depth results and/or bed shear.
  • Animations of the Longitudinal Profiles can be generated to the screen or AVI.
  • Display timing frame in Time Series and Profile Plotter
• Overlay plan view plots with the following Calibration Data/Information:
  • Station ID,
  • Date/Time coordinated data values,
  • Date/Time coordinated data residuals, and
  • Data values and residuals can use the same depth averaging or specified layer options specified for the model results.
• View plotting and animation of Lagrangian Particle Tracking and Oil Spill.
  • Ability to export one or more particle tracks to ASCII files for linkage to 3^rd party applications.
  • Particles can be assigned to specific groups for separate treatment and display.
  • Particles can have an assigned settling rate or free floating.
  • Lagrangian Particle Tracking (LPT) by time release
  • Group Method for LPT implemented
  • External LPT module integrated into EE
  • Group Method for LPT implemented.
  • Oil evaporation and biodegradation
• View plotting and animation of the Rooted Plant and Epiphyte Model (RPEM).
  • Shoot carbon
  • Root carbon
  • Detritus carbon
  • Epiphyte carbon
• Save plot scales, positions for the model and annotation boxes for reuse later to allow plots to be formatted exactly the same from run to run.
• Specialty Analysis Tools including:
  • Habitat analysis based on water depth, temperature and other water column parameters.
  • Ability to compute the location of a "target concentration" of any water column constituent along a user specified polyline, .e.g. river mile location of 2 ppt salinity.
• Output time series at a specified depth.
• Contour lines
• Wind and Velocity Rose Plots
• Photo Viewers in Time Series Forms
• Annotated Plan View of Model Domain in Time Series Form
• Flight Path Animations

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