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BCTools User Manual

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California Department of Water Resources
Last updated:
March 26, 2026
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The BCTools User Guide serves as a quick start guide for BCTools. It covers how to install and set up the suite of programs, obtain input data, format those data for input using the Preprocessor module, and launch the programs. Detailed information on the Data2HSM and Texture2Par tools — including the underlying theory and methods, plus user guidance — is provided as separate documents.

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Use the query web API to retrieve data with a set of basic parameters. Copy the API endpoint you need to start.

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