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LSRathore / vic-auto

A script to generate input files i.e. soil, vegetation parameter file, elevation band file and meteorological forcing files for Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) hydrologic Model.
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Elevation Band File #12

Open Saadi4469 opened 4 years ago

Saadi4469 commented 4 years ago

Hi Sir,

The script ended up working fine, but I have another question, based on the following sample lines from the file:

Elevation_Band_File_test.txt

As you can see the grid cells right after the first grid cell show fractional area zero for Band 1 (this means that this band does not exist in those grid cells), that means actually that the next band which is band 2 should be band 1. So, should I delete bands from grid cells which have fractional area of zero?

Thank you,

LSRathore commented 4 years ago

No, let it the way as it is because if the fractional area is zero for any band then the model does not perform any calculation for it. If you delete the band 1 and assign band 2 as 1, then model will assume range of band 1 for band 2 and it would do wrong calculation. So do not delete any band if its the fraction is zero.

Saadi4469 commented 4 years ago

Thank for you further clarification sir!!