FirstSimpleTechnicalTutorial,CoupModelPer-ErikJansson,pej@kth.seLeilaPKasmaei,leilapk@kth.seRoyalInstituteofTechnology,StockholmContentsIntroduction11)Purpose..................................................................................................................12)InterfaceandWindowsinDockingStations.........................................................1HowtoSetupaModel21)ModelInstallation..................................................................................................22)CreateaNewCoupModelDocument....................................................................23)Configuration.........................................................................................................3Howtoadjustyourdocumenttoaspecificsimulation41)AccesstoSheetsandModules...............................................................................42)RunInfoSheet.......................................................................................................53)SwitchesSheet.......................................................................................................64)ParametersSheet.................................................................................................105)ParameterTableSheet..........................................................................................116)ModelFilesSheet................................................................................................127)OutputsVariablesSheet......................................................................................138)AnimationVariablesSheet..................................................................................139)ReviewYourChangedValues............................................................................1410)RunningaModel.................................................................................................15HowtoCheckSimulationResult171)SummaryTable...................................................................................................172)ChartProperties...................................................................................................18HowtoMakeaNewRuns191)NewSimulation...................................................................................................192)FilesCreated........................................................................................................19HowtoMakeBinaryFilesforMeterologicalData201)InputDataofYourOwnStudySite....................................................................202)InputDatafromNOAA.......................................................................................213)InsetaBinaryFileintoaDocumentModel.........................................................23HowtoUseSoil/PlantDatabase241)DataBaseforSoil................................................................................................242)DataBaseforPlant..............................................................................................25FirstSimpleTechnicalTutorial1Introduction1)PurposeThepurposeofthistutorialistoshowhowtostartasimplemodelapplicationbyCoupModelinterface.2)InterfaceandWindowsinDockingStationsBelowisageneralviewofCoupModelinterface.Notethatthisviewistheresultsofyourownorganisationofthewindow.TheCoupModelisusingadockingstationthatallowyoutohavewindowwithintheframeatvariouspositionsoroutside.Whenopeningthemodel,itmaylooklikethebelowpictureatfirsttime.Youcouldmovewindowsandtoolbarstotheleftside,rightsideorbuttom.Notethatwindowscouldsharethesamespacebybeingputonthetopofeachother.Thenthecurrentviewwillbecontrolledbyaclickonwindowspecifictab(ExampleFileViewandModelViewintheexampleabove.Windowscanalsobeplacedoutsidetheframeorremoved.Thistutorialmayrefertodifferentwindowsortoolbars,sopleasenotebelowoverviewsshowinganarragmentofinterfacewithdifferentwindowsandtoolbars.FirstSimpleTechnicalTutorial2HowtoSetupaModel1)ModelInstallationExepackagefileofCoupModelisavailableandcouldbeeasilydownloadedfrom::C:\ProgramFiles\LWR-KTH\CoupModel.Inaddition,thereareimportantpackagefilescontainingofdatabaseandtutorialsandsamplemodelswiththeinstallationfile,areplacedinyourdocumentfolder.i.e.C:\Programfile\LWR-KTH\CoupModel\Samples.Bythisway,fileshavebeencopiedtoafoldernamedSamplescontainingdifferenttutorialanddemos.2)CreateaNewCoupModelDocumentAfterinstallation,makeashortcutofExefileonyourcomputerdesktop,openCoupModelandcreateanewdocument.FirstSimpleTechnicalTutorial3GotoSimulationFile:/Newinthemenubar.Awindowappearsandyoucouldtypethename“simple”asyourfilenameandpressOpen.Nowyouhavecreatedadocumentfilemodel.Note:yoursimulationsetupmaydifferfromtheCoupModeldefault.TheDocumentyouhavecreatedwithnameSi