-
Notifications
You must be signed in to change notification settings - Fork 5
Gridded Mode
The gridded mode of STEPWAT2 simulates an N x M grid of cells. Each cell is a standalone unit, meaning it tracks its own RGroups, disturbances, establishment and so on. You can think of each cell as its own individual STEPWAT2 simulation, run in parallel with the cells around it. However, there are some modules specific to gridded mode which allow you to run complex simulations that would not be possible on a single plot.
The grid setup file is where you can specify the number of cells for the simulation as well as turn on or off the various modules available to gridded mode.
The size of each cell is specified in the plot input file from single-plot mode.
The gridded mode will also read in the input parameters from single-plot mode. Depending on your configuration of the grid setup file these single-plot input parameters will either be applied to all cells or be overwritten by cell-specific inputs.
There are two input files that allow you to customize each cell in the grid:
- The soil file allows you to input custom soil parameters for each cell.
- The disturbance file allows you to customize the disturbance regime for each cell.
The following modules are only available in gridded mode:
Each of these modules have their own input files.
Gridded mode is turned on by providing the -g flag to the program. See the getting started tutorial to run a basic gridded mode simulation.
The basic output from gridded mode is described here. Seed dispersal can also output some results which are described here.
Input Parameters
- rgroup.in
- species.in
- bmassflags.in
- env.in
- maxrgroupspecies.in
- model.in
- mortflags.in
- plot.in
- sxw.in
- sxwdebug.in