diff --git a/docs/src/user_guide/step1_requirements.md b/docs/src/user_guide/step1_requirements.md index e1f31f86b..f7dabf8cb 100644 --- a/docs/src/user_guide/step1_requirements.md +++ b/docs/src/user_guide/step1_requirements.md @@ -1,18 +1,22 @@ # Step 1: Understanding the requirements -To run wflow, several files are required. These include a settings file and -input data. The input data is typically separated into static maps and forcing data, and both -are provided in netCDF files, except for lake storage and rating curves that are supplied -via CSV files. Below is a brief overview of the different files: +To run wflow, several files are required. These include a settings file and input data. The +input data is typically separated into static maps and forcing data, and both are provided +in netCDF files, except for lake storage and rating curves that are supplied via CSV files. +Below is a brief overview of the different files: - The `settings.toml` file contains information on the simulation period, links to the - input files (and their names in the netCDF files), and connect the correct variable names in the netCDF files to the variables and parameters of wflow. - - The `staticmaps.nc` file contains spatial information such as elevation, guage locations, land use, and drainage direction, etc. This file can also contain maps with parameter + input files (and their names in the netCDF files), and connect the correct variable names + in the netCDF files to the variables and parameters of wflow. + - The `staticmaps.nc` file contains spatial information such as elevation, guage locations, + land use, and drainage direction, etc. This file can also contain maps with parameter values. - - The `forcing.nc` file contains time series data for precipitation, temperature and potential evaporation (as a 3D array). + - The `forcing.nc` file contains time series data for precipitation, temperature and + potential evaporation (as a 3D array). -Wflow supports several model configurations, each requiring slightly different input, but with a similar general structure. A wflow model configuration consists of a `vertical` concept like [SBM](@ref -vert_sbm), [HBV](@ref vert_hbv) or [FLEXTOPO](@ref vert_flextopo) in +Wflow supports several model configurations, each requiring slightly different input, but +with a similar general structure. A wflow model configuration consists of a `vertical` +concept like [SBM](@ref vert_sbm), [HBV](@ref vert_hbv) or [FLEXTOPO](@ref vert_flextopo) in combination with `lateral` concepts that control how water is routed for example over the land or river domain. For the wflow\_sbm model, different model configurations are possible. The following configurations are supported in wflow: @@ -28,5 +32,5 @@ The following configurations are supported in wflow: - wflow\_sediment as post processing of wflow\_sbm or wflow\_hbv output In the following pages, some examples will be given on how to prepare a basic wflow\_sbm -model. Sample data for other model configurations is provided in the [sample -data](@ref sample_data) section. \ No newline at end of file +model. Sample data for other model configurations is provided in the [sample data](@ref +sample_data) section. \ No newline at end of file