Volumetric Analysis

A Volumetric analysis may be undertaken to determine the volume of water influenced by the selected water column parameter. The volumetric analysis is accessed by the Alt-C keystroke which displays the input table shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1 ViewPlan: Volumetric Analysis Tool.

The user may compute the volume, area and shoreline length either incrementally or as a total. If Incremental is selected EE will calculate from the Bottom Cutoff to Breakpoint 01, then from Breakpoint 01 to Breakpoint 02, and so on. If Total is selected then EE will calculate from the Bottom Cutoff to each Breakpoint separately. The user should also select whether to calculate a subset of the model with a polygon or the whole model area.

Figure 2 displays the output of the Volumetric Analysis for salinity with the breakpoints as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 2 ViewPlan: Volumetric Analysis Time Series.