I only want to analyze the stormwater runoff reduction with LID, so in my case there is no any grey infrastructure. I used real rainfall and climate data for rain gage and climatology files, so I'm a little bit confused which kind of data I should put in the calibration files and how the format is.
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The EPA SWMM 5 calibration file is only for comparing the following 12 internal variables graphically to either SWMM 4 results, monitored data or some other model results:
The graph on your SWMM 5 screen can be saved either to the clipboard or an external file for further manipulation of the computed and observed (calibration file data) by using the commands
Edit->Copy To=>Clipboard=>Text or
Edit->Copy To=>File=>Text
Just remember that the computed variable value comes first in the text followed by the observed variable value. For example:
Link 1030 Flow
Series Elapsed Time (hours) Flow CFS
Computed 0.1667 0.0000
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Observed 0.0167 0.0000
Hey! But I have another question. The watershed I delineated is not the location where the stream data was collected and it's far away from the watershed I selected. In this case, can I still use these stream data for calibration or should I use other data?
Well in your case they should be the same as the units of your SWMM 5 model or the flow units at the bottom of the SWMM 5 interface, flow is in cms and depth is in meters, so if you are using lateral flow then you should use a calibration file with flow.
Here is a example of the format for a flow calibration file
I would suggest a Node Lateral Flow Calibration File as you do not have any links.
; OUTFALL to STORAGE Depth Calibration File exported from SWMM 5
4
01/01/2011 1 : 0:00 0.0000
01/01/2011 2 : 0:00 0.0148
01/01/2011 3 : 0:00 0.0136
01/01/2011 4 : 0:00 0.0126
01/01/2011 5 : 0:00 0.0117
01/01/2011 6 : 0:00 0.0109
01/01/2011 7 : 0:00 0.0102
01/01/2011 8 : 0:00 0.0095
01/01/2011 9 : 0:00 0.0090
01/01/2011 10: 0:00 0.0084
01/01/2011 11: 0:00 0.0080
01/01/2011 12: 0:00 0.0076
01/01/2011 13: 0:00 0.0072
01/01/2011 14: 0:00 0.0068
01/01/2011 15: 0:00 0.0065
01/01/2011 16: 0:00 0.0062
Hey! Thanks for your quick reply! But I don't get what these values are. I mean 0.0148, 0.0136, 0.0126 etc. Are they stream data and what is the unit of it?