ViewPlan
The ViewPlan button of the main toolbar provides access to the primary utility for the pre-processor visualization and map based interface functions as well as the primary post-processing utility.
ViewPlan button provides the user with a dropdown menu comprising the following options:
View Initial Conditions: This option may be used with the user is setting up the model or wants to view the ICs prior to the model run
View Model Results:This option is used after the model has been run and the user wished to analyze the model results.
View Model Results (Re-scan Output): This option should be used if the user has merged two models or has continued a model run and want EE to go back to the beginning of the output data set.
Table 1 contains a list of the main parameters that can be displayed using ViewPlan. The Sub-Options column lists only the major sub-options. Almost every function has a number of sub-options and features to combine and split the data in a range of different ways. These sub-options are explored in more detail in the following sub-sections.
Table 1 Main Functions of ViewPlan.
ViewPlan Option | Description | Sub-Options | Time Variable |
|---|---|---|---|
Cell Indices | Displays EFDC model number schemes for I & J indexes and the linear L index. | NA | No |
Cell Map | Displays the computational cell map that is saved in the CELL.INP file | NA | No |
Bottom Elevation | Displays the bottom elevations | NA | Yes |
Water Levels | Displays various views using the water levels | DepthElevationWet/Dry Total Head, Overtopping Areal Extents (FEMA) | Yes |
Boundary C's | Displays the model domain with the boundary cells shown by type | NA | Yes |
Fixed Parameters | Displays the model input parameters that are (generally) fixed in time. | RoughnessCell AnglesWind ShelterShading FactorsGVC LayersGroundwater MapWind Weightings | No |
Model Metrics | Displays some model metrics. Some of the sub-options are time variable and others are fixed. | CFL Time Step Courant #Orthogonal DeviationCelerityFroude # Richardson # Densimetric Froude # | Yes |
Velocities | Displays velocity vector plots and flux tool. Velocity vectors can be overlaid many of the other Viewing Opt's | 2D Velocity Vectors Magnitudes,Vertical Velocities | Yes |
Bed Shear | Displays bed shear stress. | Shear – Total | Yes |
Sediment Bed | Displays the sediment bed parameter values for the selected sup-option. | Top layerLayer ThicknessSediment massSediment fractionPorosityComputed d50 Delta (scour/deposition)Bed Shear Stress | Yes |
Heat: Bed/Ice | Displays the heat in the sediment bed or in the ice layer | Ice TemperatureIce Thickness | Yes |
Volumes | Displays rate of changes in water column volume | Evaporation | Yes |
Water Column | Displays the water column parameters values for the selected sup-option | Salinity | Yes |
Diagenesis | Displays organic and nutrient sediment concentrations (by G class) and nutrient fluxes. | Concentrations of PON, POP, POC, NH4HN, NO3-N, PO4-P, H2S, Silica | Yes |
Vegetation Map | Displays a map of the vegetation classes | NA | Yes |
Modify Channel | Displays the channel modifier showing connectivity | NA | No |
Wave Parameter | Displays the wave parameter values for the selected sub option | Energy | No |
Computed Variable | Displays the internal EFDC for the selected sub option | Horizontal diffusivities | Yes |