Bay-Delta SCHISM Input Data

Text time history of inflows and outflows in cms. Locations are marked in the header. Time is in the ISO-like format: 20090210T00:00. The flux file assumes the American River is independent of the Sacramento, which is generally only how we handle runs with temperature. The cold content of the American is important for temperature validation, but the American extension can be ignored (lumped with Sac) for tide and salinity modeling. The effect on sediment is still being evaluated.

Salinity inputs associated with some boundaries. The names of the locations are in the headers. Units are in psu. Format differs from standard *.th in that the file has headers and ISO-like date format in left column.

Temperature input files for boundaries that use time series. Units are in degrees C.

Channel depletion estimates for the consumptive use locations for the Bay-Delta SCHISM model (essentially the same as DSM2). This version has had water body evaporation removed, to avoid double counting when SCHISM's heat exchange module is used. It has also had a seasonal adjustment to make its seasonal pattern more similar to that of observed USGS outflow.

Source terms from the DCD model for Bay-Delta SCHISM. Source locations are listed in the Bay-Delta SCHISM input files (source_sink.in) and are essentially identical to those of DSM2. The noevap version differs from the standard model in that water body evaporation is not included, to avoid double counting when the heat exchange module is enabled in SCHISM. This version also includes a seasonal adjustment to bring its seasonal pattern more into keeping with observed outflow from USGS stations.