This function allows the user to create the initial conditions for the model at a specified time. This is useful for diagnostic and sensitivity analyses, allowing the user to understand key processes in the system. The user goes to the desired time and saves the current model conditions as presented Figure 1.
In this case, the new Warm Start model would begin with the water column and sediment bed conditions at specified. A Warm Start model is different from a Hot Start model because the momentum is not included. Therefore model would begin from a quiescent system as all velocity values are zero.
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Figure 1. Create warm start model.