Linkkitchen 2.0 User Guide
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1. Chose one of the attributes below in order to select cells by attnbute LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 User s Manual Forest Le GW_West vr You may select single cells or a range of cells and edit a cell s entry di rectly after clicking into the table cell left The selection can be cleared or switched from out of the attribute table using one of the button controls at the bottom of the attribute table If you need to select cells with a certain attribute you can use the Se lect by Attribute Dialog which is accessed by left click on the desired column header This tool might be useful if you added a branch attribute to the linkage file and made a change to the WEAP schematic or changed a branch s name in WEAP afterwards In this case you would not be able to select cells with the old and invalid attribute from the main window of Link Kitchen anymore 9 32 960 BGR TOOIls ae Field Editor Field Londuse Cos E A right click on the table s column header will open the field editor a Fee ene basic tool for editing attributes in multiple rows at a time If a selection A bpd trad I Se is defined the new values will only be changed in selected rows oth erwise the changes apply to all rows New Value Forest A tremens ea Note once you confirmed the Field Editor with OK changes are applied and cannot be undone 6 7 Saving the Linkage File to di2. Reference Folder E Geometry shp Shapefile Contents Preview Metadata Name Type E DRN_S02_2001 shp Shapefile EJ HED_S02_2001 shp Shapefile EJ RCH_SO02_2001 shp Shapefile EJ RIV_S02_2001 shp Shapefile E WEL_S02_2001 shp Shapefile LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 User s Manual In the dialog window 1 specify the folder to which the shapefiles should be saved 2 check if you want to export the data to one single file per stress pe riod scenario and parameter or to one file per parameter and scenario 3 select one or more scenarios 4 select one or more parameters to export 5 specify the time horizon of the exported datasets 6 check if you want to export data for selected cells only this is useful if you want to monitor changes in cell heads over time at a certain well field Exported Datasets The model s geometry is saved as a shapefile in the specified folder Time variant results are saved in subdirectories named like the scenario the data applies to Each scenario folder stores shapefiles for each of the specified parameters The naming convention of exported shapefiles is parameter _ S scenario index year timestep or parameter _ S scenario index _ first year last year 23 32 960 BGR TOOls IYO a 6 10Exporting the MODFLOW budget LinkKitchen provides quick access to the water budget produced by MODFLOW The figures are read directly from the LIST output file and conv
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4. provides a pragmatic method to create the Flow Stage Width curve It is accessed by click on the command in the Branch Viewer The command is enabled if a river or river reach is highlighted in the WEAP Branch Viewer The following procedure applies either to a single river reach or to all river reaches of the parent river depending on the high lighted node A click on the command opens a dialog window showing nine imag es of rivers 2 The images are sorted from left to right by increasing flow gradient and from top to bottom by increasing size The idea is to select the one river image that matches best to your river or river reach River parameters like the streambed shape slope and rough ness are stored behind each image LinkKitchen calculates flow vol umes applying the Manning Strickler formula and stores the Flow Stage Width curve with the River Reach A left click on the image will calculate a Flow Stage Width curve for the river or river reach with the default river parameters A right click on the image opens a dialog with all necessary parameters listed 3 You You may change the following river parameters can edit the parameters as needed and let LinkKitchen produce the before calculating the Flow Stage Width curve curve with your parameters Streambed width at river bottom fio T ei To send the Flow Stage Width curve to WEAP you need to click on the ow gradient elevation distance 3 i a W c
5. In case a well is used by multiple demand sites LinkKitchen will auto Bisse DIDI matically assign the demand attribute to an additional demand entry in BB Sig Cityindusty AL IL AL A ay O N 7 r ape LEAT LATA LATA LI the Linkage File There are up to 4 different demand sites allowed for the same cell The example shows a preview of the Linkage File with some demand sites sharing the same cell See page 18 for information about pre views LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 16 32 QEO BGR User s Manual Tools D 6 5 5 Removing attributes from the Linkage File In case you made a wrong attribution you can easily remove a certain attribute from the Linkage File The Le tool will find and delete any occurrence of selected attributes To make this function work you need to highlight the branch with the E Vilage name you want to delete in the WEAP Branch Viewer After that Link am Kitchen will search for the attribute in the Linkage File and activate the Small Cty Se tool if the attribute was found A click on the tool will delete the respective entry from the Linkage File oe ES wW The tool applies on any branch type and on different hierarchic levels rp panan Sees z The following example shows the effects of the tool on different levels Big City 2 F of demand site branches Households r wo l 1 Top level All demand site attributes are removed E Village E _ 2 Parent level All demand s
6. a single cell Draw rectangle around region with left mouse button Select a region of cells clicked add to selection Rectangle Ctrl Key when mouse is released Unselect a region of cells Rectangle Alt Key when mouse is released Select a region from selected cells Rectangle Shift Key when mouse is released LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 User s Manual Select a region of cells create new selection 12 32 960 BGR TOOls DO aE 6 4 Selecting cells from overlay shapefile Before you can use this functionality you need to add an overlay shapefile to the Layer List and make it selectable s page 11 o OrinkingWaterVells het Geology HE Linkage Shapefile E TopoMap Once an overlay layer is set selectable you may select a single polygon by a right click into the polygon A right click in the same polygon again will unselect the feature Selecting a line feature is possible by drawing a rectangle through the line with the right mouse button pressed Selecting Points is similar to selecting cells by rectangle but works with the right mouse button instead Selected polygons lines or points are highlighted in a light turquoise colour You may select as many features at a time as needed If you need to create a selection from multiple features even of different ge ometry you can select features of one layer first switch a second layer to selectable and continue selecting Once the overlay geometry is selected you can use
7. handle as negative recharge layer 255 to pump equally from all layers L For monthly variation use Monthly Time Senes Wizard Demand Sites and Catchment 2000 Small City PumpLayer AeadFromFile T imeS enes PumpLaverFractions csv AeadFromFile T imeSenes PumpLayerFractions csv 3 3 Ae LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 27 32 QEO BGR User s Manual Tools ai 6 11 4 Updating Natural Recharge LinkKitchen calculates Natural Recharge volumes from the average recharge depth over all cells with a common groundwater attribute The values are stored in the ASCIl file TimeSeries NaturalRecharge csv Net Mean Recharge for Model LinkKitchenTest Created by LinkKitchen at 24 07 2012 14 08 50 He HEHE HE All values calculated as million cubic meters MCM per Stressperiod SListSeparator SDecimalSymbol Year Month GW_North GW_East GW_West 1999 10 0 39611 0 10160 3 46395 1999 11 4 06925 0 80883 6 97244 1999 12 4 16517 1 19042 14 41395 2000 1 5224002 1 37623 19 74 713 The ReadFromFile command line is automatically sent to WEAP General Tree Advanced 5 Help Key Assumptions Data for Current Accounts 2000 v j Manage Scenarios CO Data Expressions Report Demand Sites and Catchments C_West Physical Water Quality Cost EC North S EC East Big City i Vilage i Small City E Hydrology Supply and Resources Gw_West Enter Expression ReadFromF
8. the file TimeSeries MonthlyVariationOfDemand csv Monthly Variation of Demand for model LinkKitchenTest Created by LinkKitchen at 30 07 2012 18 22 24 if if All values are calculated as SListSeparator SDecimalSymbol Year Timestep Village Agriculture Village Industry Small City Big City Industry Big City Households 1999 10 76 5657 60 495 10 743 19 526 106 96 1999 11 6 9315 0 219 9 913 16 484 16 19 1999 12 72046 8 493 9 29383 15 0636 15 566 The command line in WEAP to read from the file Water Use l Pumping j Loss and Reuse j Demand Management j Water Quality j Annual Activity Level Annual Water Use Rate ales Ea Consumption Monthly share of annual demand If proportional to number of days in month leave blank Each branch within a demand site can have change setting in General Basic Parameters village 2000 Scale Unit ReadFromFile Timesenes Timestepyaration ce 1 percent calculated by LinkKitchen 30 07 2012 18 22 Percent share ReadFromFile Times eries T imestepy aration cav 2 percent calculated by LinkKitchen 30 07 2012 18 22 Percent share LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 26 32 QEO BGR User s Manual Tools DO 6 11 3 Updating Pump Layer Fractions If wells are defined to pump from multiple layers LinkKitchen will calculate the fraction of water pumped from each layer The calculation is based on the information in MODFLOW and the attr
9. was inactive before it should have changed to be active after the branch was highlighted 3 With a click on the tool all selected cells receive the branch s name as attribute Assigning land use attributes to the Linkage File The procedure to assign land use attributes is similar to assigning attributes to a catchment The only difference is that the land use attributes are assigned only to those cells that are located within the catchment the land use branch belongs to Any other selected cells located outside the parent catchment are ignored This is useful if the same land use extends over multiple catchments You then need to select all the land use class s cells only once and assign the attribute of all land use branches one by one with the same cell selection LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 User s Manual 14 32 EO JFools SDN lt 2 6 5 3 Assigning River Reaches attributes to the Linkage File a Catchment Inflow Node 1 S Pa Fe A y lt Catchment Inflow Node 2 Z Return Flow Node 1 AY FlowReq 1 Little River Drain_Cond SP8 L1 Drain_Cond SP9 L1 Drain_Cond SP10 L1 Drain_Cond SP11 L1 Drain_Cond SP12 L1 River_Stage SP1 L1 River River_Stage SP2 L1 River River_Stage SP3 L1 River River_Stage SP4 L1 River River_Stage SP5 L1 River 4 n p 1 2 o ha GW North a l SomeOtherRiver x Below Some iver Headflow i Below Catchment Inflow Node 3 H Little River g
10. 5 WEAP Are Tutorial Weaping River Basin a ee oe Cancel A LinkKitchen backup file exists Do you want to continue your last session Select MODFLOW Namefile No MODFLOW model I a 1 Please check corect the current information on the geographic location and the optional rotation angle of the model Origin is the lower left comer of the model ard Origin X 234676 Origin Y 3672835 Rotation Angle 33 At start up LinkKitchen initiates a dynamic connection to WEAP which allows the transfer of information from and to WEAP The connection will last until shutdown LinkKitchen starts WEAP in the background if not already open After you start LinkKitchen you are prompted to select the WEAP area you want to work on from the list of all WEAP areas that are currently in your WEAP areas directory During the entire session you will work on the same WEAP area and it is not recommended to change the WEAP area manually After having selected the area and confirmed by clicking on OK LinkKitchen activates the selected WEAP area LinkKitchen saves some basic program settings at shutdown so in case you have worked on the same area before you could easily continue a previous session of LinkKitchen If you do not want to continue a previous session or it is the first time you work on the selected WEAP area you will be prompted to select the MODFLOW model as the basis for the Linkage File After clicking on the Select MOD
11. 596 3 6 55 92 495 233 3 7 57 38 508 573 3 9 58 99 532 632 3 9 60 42 557 437 _ When sent to WEAP the Flow Stage Width curve is followed by a comment indicating where it comes from The word proposed should remind you that the curve is an approximation and not based on measured values LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 29 32 QEO BGR User s Manual Tools ia 7 Using LinkKitchen without MODFLOW You may use LinkKitchen to assist you in the setup of a MODFLOW model that does not yet exist The idea behind that functionality is to use the outcomes and calibration of an existing WEAP model and let LinkKitchen prepare a set of files that may directly be used by MODFLOW pre processor software like GMS The datasets of interest are the groundwater abstraction from wells and the recharge to groundwater spatially defined by certain zones To use LinkKitchen without MODFLOW you need to check the No MODFLOW model option at startup This option will provide a differ ent set of controls and functions optimized for the use without MODFLOW At startup LinkKitchen saves a screenshot of the active WEAP area and loads the image as a background layer This image is static meaning that any changes to the WEAP model made while LinkKitchen is run ning are not reflected directly If you want to update the image you need to do that manually WEAP save schematic to file F AO z k LinkKitchen WEAP Area fieppo ANEN 2011 No MODFL
12. FLOW Namefile button you will be asked to select a MODFLOW name file extension nam or mfn LinkKitchen will au tomatically copy all relevant MODFLOW files to a new sub directory MODFLOW within your active WEAP area s directory For standard use ignore the No MODFLOW model checkbox the functionality behind this option is explained in chapter7 at the end of this User Guide The Linkage File requires information about the model s spatial origin and an optional rotation angle If your MODFLOW model was designed with the pre processing software GMS it may already contain this in formation which is then stored in a file with extension mfs and will also be copied automatically If an mfs file is absent you will be prompted to enter the location of the bottom left corner and the rota tion angle manually left The rotation is entered with positive num bers in counter clockwise direction If you already have an existing Linkage Shapefile that you want to use with LinkKitchen you can select that one or you can start editing ona new Linkage Shapefile from scratch An existing file will be copied to a new sub folder SHAPE within the active WEAP area s directory After closing this dialog window LinkKitchen analyses the contents of both the MODFLOW model and the Linkage Shapefile and opens the main window LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 User s Manual 7132 960 BGR TOOls D a 5 The User
13. GIS and EXCEL Doing so the whole setup process requires advanced GIS skills and can be very time consuming LinkKitchen is designed to assist the setup of the Linkage Shapefile without the need of further GIS and Spreadsheet software It provides all necessary functionality for producing the linkage file and for its attribu tion Furthermore it allows direct parameterization of the WEAP model based on linkage file attributes LinkKitchen is permanently connected to WEAP and provides direct access to WEAP elements used for the setup The parameterization of the Linkage File is thus done with a few mouse clicks and makes manual typing redundant The typical working process when attributing the Linkage File is 1 Select linkage cells using any of the provided selection techniques manually by intersection from MODFLOW information 2 Choose a WEAP branch to use as the linkage attribute 3 Assign the chosen attribute to the linkage file LinkKitchen will know the correct position at which the attribute needs to be written in the linkage file Once the attribution is finished and the Linkage File is saved to disc it is ready for use in WEAP LinkKitchen was initiated and financed by the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources BGR in Hanover Germany www ber bund de The use of LinkKitchen is free of charge If any results of LinkKitchen will be published the author must refer to the software and its initiator and copyrigh
14. Interface L LinkKitchen WEAP Area LinkKitchen Example MODFLOW Zabadani_26trn fi Linkage Shapefile Y subcatchments Recharge SP4 Recharge SP5 Recharge SP6 Recharge SP7 Recharge SP8 Recharge SP9 X 232070 Y 3744493 The User Interface is subdivided in two major sections The Map Window on the right is the drawing surface for graphical output of GlS functions and for user interaction The left pane consists of several sub panes for organising your data 5 1 The Map Window The Map Window displays the geometry of the Linkage File and any background layers It provides tools for navigating and for selecting MODFOW cells either by hand or by intersecting against overlay layers The Map Window can have two operational states An edit state which displays the currently selected cells and a preview state for verifying your edits in the Linkage File Four commands at the right end of the top toolbar allow access to the Linkage File Re reads the Linkage File This might be necessary in case you made changes to the Linkage File outside of LinkKitchen e g in WEAP Opens the attribute table of the Linkage Shapefile 6 Exports the linkage File in ASCIl format EA Saves the Linkage File to the default directory WEAPArea Directo ry Shape linkage shp LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 8 32 QEO BGR User s Manual Tools ae 5 2 The WEAP Branch Viewer Ty iy BPE pe 7 Te Pee REC n ample M
15. OW P L L 7s S Edit GMS Shapefile None E GMS Export E Demand Sites i Industry Sheikh Najjar 1 Industry 4 Catchments l Groundwater GW_Paleogene io GW_Cretaceous Rivers Euphrates X 246724 Y 1710164 LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 30 32 QEO BGR User s Manual TOOls ae 7 1 Exporting WEAP shapefiles You can use LinkKitchen to easily attribute a new shapefile with the names defined in WEAP elements This is useful if you need to load a shapefile of recharge zones or wells to GMS for example The necessary steps are as follows Edit GMS Shapefile GMS_RechargeZone create new GMS Shapefile GMS_GWaAbstraction shp GMS_RechargeZone shp GMS_LandClass shp gr p f 1 Click the edit GMS Shapefile dropdown button and select create new GMS shapefile In case you want to change an already existing shape file you may select that one from the dropdown menu le New GMS Shapefile Geometry Type Point Polygon 2 In the dialog window select the desired geometry type and the kind of water data the new shapefile contains For wells the geometry type would be Point and the data type would be GW Abstraction For recharge zones the geometry type is most probably Polygon Water Data Type GW Abstraction C Recharge Zone C LandClass C Groundwater 3 Load a Backgroun
16. Pn Lm River _Cond SPn Lm River_BotElev SPn Lm Is River Is Drain Is Well LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 User s Manual Explanation Starting Head at layer n Recharge at stress period n Abstraction from wells at stress period n and layer m Drain elevation at stress period n and layer m Hydraulic conductance of the interface between the aquifer and the drain at stress period n and layer m Head in the river at stress period n and layer m Riverbed hydraulic conductance at stress period n and layer m Elevation of the bottom of the riverbed at stress period n and layer m True if a cell is defined as a river at any stress period or layer True if a cell is defined as a drain at any stress period or layer True if a cell is defined as a well at any stress period or layer un OO LinkKitchen provides functionality for inspecting the MODFLOW model Sng and its packages You can view MODFLOW parameters with a coloured Rechi bz Rech classification of their numeric values or select cells that are part of a ge certain package Table 6 lists the datasets that can be displayed in a oe preview or used for selecting linkage cells Highlight one of the MODFLOW parameters and click the EB command The examples left and below show previews of the Starting Head 1 Used for oa mu va Dn me a Oo 8 oa ae o 8 0 a on oa vE Da nu a P aa Previews can be stored permanently as an image file if you wan
17. WEAP and keep track of the changes you make 3 2 Background and Overlay Layers Background Layers or overlays are useful for selecting regions of the Linkage File based on existing geographic datasets You can load raster files as well as shape files of any geometry Background layers and overlays must have the same spatial domain as the MODFLOW model 3 3 MODFLOW In order to be able to be linked to WEAP the MODFLOW model needs to be formatted following the MODFLOW 2000 specification Although LinkKitchen is able to handle most of the numerous options in MODFLOW design it will not work properly with models having inhomogeneous time step intervals See Chapter Requirements for additional information 3 4 Others an In case you use a decimal delimiter other than a dot you should change the delimiter character to in your Region and Language settings LinkKitchen will test your computer s decimal delimiter setting at start up and will prompt you to change the delimiter if necessary LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 6 32 OE BGR O User s Manual TOOls D aE 4 Start LinkKitchen LINUITCHEN Before the program starts you need to select the WEAP area you want to link with MODFLOW Any changes made during this session of LinkKitchen will apply to the selected WEAP area It is not possible to switch to another WEAP area while you work with LinkKitchen Select WEAP Area Link Kitchen Example Link Kitchen test1
18. d you may export these results as shapefiles for further post processing or reporting Click the ES button to start the export procedure and wait for the export dialog to appear Export MODFLOW Datasets Output Directory pees IY Cell Head T Wells DAS9_Temp 1 a Write files for each Stressperiod gt m MODFLOW Datasets to Epot iv Recharge Drains 4 Rivers M Scenarios 2 Reference zgi Measures _ 4 Population Measures 3 Note Only active scenarios with results are listed gt gt Time frame From 2001 5 i Ne Scenano selected Goto Manage Scenanos in WEAF to activate deactivate 6 scenarios and recalculate WEAF if necessary k cancel F Epot Selection Only Export MODFLOW Datasets 7 Output Directory MODFLOW Datasets to Epot I Cell Head Well D 99_Temp a a 7 M Recharge Drains I White files for each Stressperiod I Rivers Scenarios Time frame v 2Reference From 007 To ous 3 Agn Measures 4 Population Measures Exporting Reference reading Head file Note Only active scenarios with results are listed o Manage Scenarios in WEAP to activate deactivate P if Goti scenarios and recalculate WEAP if necessa Tot Selecion Oniy e LinkKitchen Contents Preview Metadata Name Type Agri Measures Folder Population Measures Folder
19. d highlight one of the river packag es left e g Is River 2 In the MODFLOW Viewer click the tool This tool selects all river cells that are defined for any stress period and Layer 3 Use Alt Rectangle to select the desired river reach from the current selection left e g Below Little River Headflow You might need some additional information like a topographic map satellite image or a shapefile in order to decide which cells belong to the particular reach 4 Highlight the respective WEAP River Reach in the Branch Viewer 5 Assign the attribute to selected cells using the amp tool 6 Repeat steps 2 5 for all other river reaches sf OED SDN lt 2 6 5 4 Assigning Demand Site attributes to the Linkage File _ WEAP will recognize any cell that is linked to a demand site as a well if the demand site is connected to a groundwater node in the WEAP Schematic Cells that are defined as wells in MODFLOW should be given a demand site attribute ou ate ra a oe You can select any MODFLOW well cell directly by selecting the s Well nanne 5 entry in the MODFLOW Viewer and click the amp tool left In order to define cells that belong to a specific demand site use Alt rectangle to select from selected cells Once the cells for a single demand site are selected you can assign ee those cells to the respective demand site using the tool a uniaostiaemime pannas A TA TATOO
20. d layer to LinkKitchen that serves as a template for the new shapefile The template needs to have the same geometry type as the target shapefile Any existing attributes of the template are ignored so there is no need to take care about its contents 4 Activate the template layer s selectability and adjust its appearance if necessary za Schematic 5 Use the right mouse button to select as many features from the template as necessary If your geometry is of polygon type you can se lect single polygons from multi polygon features and combine geome tries as needed using the shift key below right 6 Select an element from the tree view of WEAP branches and click the button The name of the highlighted element will be saved as the attribute to the selected geometry of the target shapefile If you want to remove an element from the shapefile click the button f fH Catchments H Groundwater LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 31 32 QEO BGR User s Manual Tools ia 5 eree ramae en eaa eO 7 Check your edits by clicking the preview button _ 8 Check the state of attribution by clicking a anda message will i inform about which WEAP element has not yet a corresponding COY attribute in the target shapefile It is up to your decission how many on on elements you want to add as attributes This means that missing values ee are no indicator for a wrong attribution 9 once the attr
21. e 1 Tools and functions for navigating in the Map WiNdOW ssssecccccseessecceceeeecesueneccesseaseeeesseaneeeseusaees 10 Table 2 Tools for the handling Of lAV ELS vis ccsccsizavssaceavascoasiavessesacncdseadecbanssaenaaanioawgenesaasdatensacan aoesdooavansaoestanacdeimennesatas 11 Table 3 Functions for direct selection OF CONS soxscaucacscuescesnsctcstcadetenrencsadsaeudoeansaveanesadeeasevasnteneuadsauneweussacsanseecuntauest 12 Table 4 Tools for selecting cells by INterseCtiOn cssccccccsssecccecceeseecccceaeeceeseeeceeseuaeceessuaueceessuaseeeeeesenaeeeessaees 13 Table 5 Tools for handling Linkage File attributes ccccceeseccccccssseceeceseeceeceeseceseeeaeeeeeseaseceessuaaeeeeesseaaeeeesaees 14 Table 6 MODFLOW datasets supported for display or selection ccccccsseccccessececeeeccceeeseceeseceseueceesenecetsuneseeeaes 21 Table 7 WEAP input parameters produced by LINKKItCHEN cece ceesccccesseccceeseceeeeeceeeeeceseeeceeeueeeeseeeceteenneeens 25 LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 3 32 QEO BGR User s Manual Tools DO 1 Introduction The dynamic link between WEAP and MODFLOW is based on a lookup table which acts as a dictionary between elements in both modelling software The lookup table Linkage Shapefile or Linkage File is provided as a GIS shapefile and needs to be filled with necessary parameters before linking The parameterization is usually done with the help of GIS and Spreadsheet software like Arc
22. erted to a straightforward graphical output In addition result parameters are aggregated and written to ASCII files for further processing or reporting MODFLOW St_Head L1 St_Head L2 St_Head L3 Recharge SP1 Recharge SP2 Recharge SP3 4 n Recharge SP4 Recharge SP5 Recharge SP6 Recharge SP7 Recharge SP8 Recharge SP9 Bw amp Rechi Rech Rech Is We Well Well_ Contents Preview Metadata Mame Type a MF_MassBalance Scen02 png MIF_MassBalance_Scen02 csv EE MF_MassBalance_Scen03 png 2 MF_MassBalance_Scen03 csv BRA war wa moa nma Raster Dataset Text File Raster Dataset Text File r m 1 Click the button to run the export of the water budget 2 In the dialog window specify an output directory where the result files should be saved LinkKitchen produces one ASCII file and one image file for each scenario and stores all files in the specified folder The ASCll output lists the MODFLOW results Convergence Discrepancy Totalln Total Out Total In Out Storage Constant Head Recharge Wells Drains River Leakage and HeadDep Bounds for each stress peri od The graphical output below allows you to examine the quality of the model at a glance It plots the discrepan cy of the water budget for each time step Time steps which did not converge are marked in red colour and the particular time step is then indicated at the bottom of the x axis MODFLOW Azraq__MODFLOW_final Scenario Refe
23. es you need to apply the tool on the catch ment s top level branch 2 Whenever the Map Window is in preview state LinkKitchen prints at tributes in different colours and adds a legend to the top left corner of the Map Window A preview of demand site attribution will draw cells in one to four col ours depending on how many demand attributes are assigned to the cell The example 3 shows four cells with a different number of de mand site attributes and how LinkKitchen displays multiple attributes It is not allowed to leave any active MODFLOW cells empty when linking to WEAP You can use LinkKitchen to check whether there are any empty cells left for a given WEAP branch type Highlight one of the WEAP branch es in the Branches Viewer and click the 2 tool to select any cell without attribute of the given branch type If all cells are already attributed no cell will be selected This function applies to different hierarchy levels and branch types As the preview function does the tool selects cells with missing values of the underlying branch If a catchment branch is highlighted it will look for cells with a missing land use attribute within the catchment s area If the catchments top level branch is highlighted it will search for missing catchment attributes LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 User s Manual 18 32 960 BGR TOOIls yl 6 6 Using the Attribute Table Whereas attributing the Linkage File is usually done without t
24. ew state can be activated from either the WEAP Branch View ey er or from the MODFLOW Viewer section In order to deactivate the preview you can click at any location of the Map Window Crops Whenever the Map is in preview state a legend is displayed on the top right corner of the drawing surface indicating the type of data pre viewed Within the Map Window you can zoom in and out and move the map with the mouse If your mouse does not have a scroll wheel you may use the and keys of your keyboard to zoom and the arrow keys to move the map L No value 2690 Table 1 Tools and functions for navigating in the Map Window Function Method Alternative Zoom in Turn mouse wheel key Zoom out Turn mouse wheel key Zoom to full extent Button F key Click and hold mouse wheel Pan Activate Pan with click and hold left NLE keys mouse button to move map End preview Click in the Map window Show row and column of under Button lying cell located at the bottom toolbar LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 10 32 QEO BGR User s Manual Tools D 6 2 Handling overlays and background layers i Df a Be Bees Wi subcatchments E Linkage Shapefile TopoMap cay subcatchments H Linkage Shapefile E TopoMap Table 2 Tools for the handling of layers You can load raster datasets and shape files to the Map Window and manage their behaviour from o
25. he need to type attributes manually LinkKitchen provides an interface for direct editing the Linkage File s table The attribute table is accessed by click on the command button on the top right of the Map Window The attribute table stays connected to the Linkage File while it is opened and reflects changes in selection and attribution Selecting a table row will be shown in the Map Window selecting a cell in the Map Window will select the respective row in the table Row Column 24 Row Column 093 24 Catchment C_West Landuse Class Groundwater RiverReach Demand Demand2 Demand3 Demand4 IsWell_ GW_West Forest 25 26 093 25 093 26 093 27 093 29 09330 09331 093 32 C_West C_West Forest Forest GW_West Big City Hou GW_West Big City Hou Big City Indu C_West C_West C_West C West C West Forest Forest Forest Forest Forest GW_West Big City Hou Big City Indu Village Indu GW_West GW _West GW _West GW_West L UVU IE K TT mm m mm oa mmm im Clear Selection Switch Selection each Demand 1 Demand C_West 1 of 3505 selected Demand Big City Hou Big City How Big City Indu Big Gty How ity Households Big Gty Induw
26. i gee hs Byte Fa er ED PER BOS ey par Demand Sites P por Households i Industry LAL H Catchments 5 3 The Layer List Eey amp Layers cay subcatchments 998 Hy Linkage Shapefile Ej TopoMap 5 4 The MODFLOW Viewer MODFLOW am iE ew B St_Head L1 Recharge SP4 Rech St_Head L2 Recharge SP5 Rech St_Head L3 Recharge SP6 Rech Recharge SP1 Recharge SP7 Is We Recharge SP2 Recharge SP8 Well_ Recharge SP3 Recharge SP9 Well_ 4 m p LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 User s Manual The WEAP Branch Viewer is a tree style control which lists all WEAP branches that are relevant for the linkage file setup These are Demand Sites Catchments with or without land use classes Groundwater Nodes and Rivers The hierarchical structure is almost similar to the structure in WEAP s Data View except that some WEAP branches related to rivers are not listed and that Catchments are listed separately from the Demand Sites As LinkKitchen stays connected to WEAP any changes you make in WEAP will immediately be reflected in the Branch Viewer However it is not possible to change the structure or names of WEAP branches from the Branch Viewer in LinkKitchen The Branch Viewer is used to select the branch on which calculations or parameterizations are applied Any of the control buttons on top of the Branch Viewer will apply on the selected branch respectively The Layer List is for organising any background or ove
27. ibution in the Linkage File If for example a demand site abstracts water from four wells with three of these pumping from the top layer and one from the second the demand will be separated 75 from Layer 1 and 25 from Layer 2 Note In order to activate the Pumping Tab in WEAP it is necessary to confirm the Link to Modflow checkbox from Advanced MODFLOW Name Fie MODFLOW Link in WEAP before calculating Pump Layer Fractions Pump Layer Fractions are stored in the ASCII file TimeSeries PumpLayerFractions csv Pump Layer Fractions for Model Zabadani_26trn Created by LinkKitchen at 30 07 2012 18 22 38 All values calculated as Share SListSeparator SDecimalSymbol Year Timestep Village Agriculture_Layerl Village Agriculture_Layer2 Village Agriculture_Layer3 Village Industry_Layerl Village Industry_Layer2 Village Industry_Layer3 1999 1070 21570 25 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 17 0 90 1 50 0 1 9997 1 Ly ky Oe Oe by 0 01 gt 0 0 1999 12714 0 0p 1 0707170 0 10 0710 CUCU ei ely eee ede ee eee oe ee The Pump Layer function in WEAP will call the ReadFromFile function several times to access the layer frac tions LinkKitchen creates the necessary command string and sends it to WEAP Water Use j Pumping Loss and Reuse j Demand Management Water Quality j Pump Layer HODFLOW layer s from which to pump Specify layer 0 to
28. ibution is finished click the save button FA to exit the process The shapefile will be saved within the shape folder in your WEAP area You may re load the new shapefile and change edits at a later stage if necessary 7 2 Exporting WEAP Time series If WEAP results should be used as input to a new MODFLOW model you may export time series in an ASCII format readable by GMS This applies to Groundwater abstraction and Infiltration to Groundwater Recharge Prior to exporting you need to have shapefiles prepared which hold information about the geometry s 7 1 The functions export data from WEAP Elements which are connected to groundwater according to the WEAP schematic and have an attribute of the WEAP element in the corresponding shapefile 1 The export functions are accessed through the dropdown menu at the top right of the user interface Select the type of time series you want to export and a dialog will pop up Groundwater Abstraction Infiltration to Groundwater 2 In the dialog select the scenario s and time frame for the export and click ok to confirm 3 The result files are saved underneath the TimeSeries folder in the SNES BINNIE WES gk Oars Benes i i active WEAP area directory LinkKitchen produces one for each param n Name F o oe ae ee eter and scenario following the naming convention d Pictures El GMSExport_GWAbstraction_Reference csv 2 J Scripts El GMSExport_Infiltration2GW_Cretaceo
29. ile TimeSeries NaturalR echarge csv 3 MCM calculated by LinkKitchen 24 07 2012 14 08 Million River GW East Enter Expression ReadFromFile TimeSeries N aturalR echarge csv 2 MCM calculated by LinkKitchen 24 07 2012 14 08 Million F iiad GW North _ Enter Expression ReadFromFile TimeSeries NaturalRecharge csv 1 MCM calculated by LinkKitchen 24 07 2012 14 08 Milion es i os GW East e GW North Transmission Links E Runoff and Infiltration Natural Recharge monthly E Return Flows Water Quality Other Assumptions Storage Capacity Initial Storage Maximum Withdrawal SE is oer ie we Gl GW_North V HB cw _East Hl Gw_West lt S w j o ine o SPO WH BH Million m 3 WEAP 3 22 Area LinkKitchen Example 2000 2004 monthly Data View Licensed to Markus Huber Geo Tools Germany until 09 11 2012 LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 28 32 QEO BGR User s Manual TOOls ae 6 11 5 Updating the Flow Stage Width curve n In order to be able to calculate river groundwater interaction WEAP j a o requires information about the physical relationship between the river flow volume and the riverbed geometry This relationship is provided with the Flow Stage Width curve which is usually entered in WEAP us ing the Flow Stage Width Wizard 1 If measured data for flow stage and width is not available LinkKitchen
30. ite attributes of the parent branch and Small Cly underlying child branches are deleted These are Big City Big City Households and Big City Industry 3 Child level Only Big City Households are removed Note LinkKitchen removes attributes from selected cells if a selection is defined If no cell is selected it will remove attributes from all cells 6 5 6 Selecting attributes from the Linkage File You can select by Linkage File attribute directly from the WEAP Branch Viewer using the E command This tool applies on any parent branch or child branch LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 17 32 QEO BGR User s Manual Tools D 6 5 7 Displaying a preview of the Linkage File A heen ratinren Lampie VOORE Denaden Stee a ow l Linkage File Preview DemandSite EBD Villagesindusty E Village Agriculture E Small City f j BE Big Cityinausty fms y 3 Big City Households Pi L No value 3480 6 5 8 Checking the attribution In order to keep track of the changes made to the Linkage File you may switch the Map Window s display state to show a preview of the cur rent state of attribution This is accessed through the ES tool on top of the Branch Viewer The preview applies to any hierarchic level and branch type but displays members of the branches child level A preview of a catchment branch will display the land use classes within the catchment 1 in order to display catchment attribut
31. n at least in a single point LinkKitchen does not support coordinate transformations 2 5 Raster files LinkKitchen supports images of the formats jpg bmp png tif and gif Image files need a valid world file located in the same directory Valid world file extensions are bmpw bpw pngw pew jpgw jew tifw tfw gifw gfw Geotiff images without world file are not supported ESRI and Erdas Imagine formats are not supported Raster files need to be located in the same geographic region as the MODFLOW model and intersect the MODFLOW model s spatial domain at least in a single point LinkKitchen does not support coordinate transformations LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 5 32 OE BGR O User s Manual TOOls LV aE 3 Before you start 3 1 WEAP The first necessary preparation step is to create a WEAP area which you want to link with MODFLOW You could use an existing area as well as long as the spatial domain of the WEAP area is the same as the spatial domain of the MODFLOW model If you are not sure about the spatial domain of your MODFLOW model you may start LinkKitchen which will produce a simple shapefile representing the rectangular outline of your MODFLOW model You can load this shapefile in order to define the WEAP area s spatial domain in the Set area s boundary dialog In case you need to change the WEAP schematic while you work with LinkKitchen there is no need to close LinkKitchen beforehand It will stay connected to
32. nction Applies to E Add a new overlay or background layer All types 51 Remove the highlighted layer from LinkKitchen All types except the Linkage File i Move the highlighted layer one level up down All types Set transparency 0 50 or 100 Shape files Set fill colour yE Set line colour Set line width B Set point size A Set label Set visibility j LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 User s Manual Make highlighted layer selectable Shape files polygon and point Shape files Shape files Shape files point Shape files All types Shape files except the Linkage File wa DEO SDN EEE 6 3 Selecting cells by mouse A single cell is selected by clicking inside the cell with the left mouse button Click again to unselect the cell Multiple cells are selected by drawing a rectangle while keeping the left mouse button pressed Previous selections will remain untouched Hold the Alt Shift and Crtl keys when the mouse button is released for additional functionality In case you want to select cells based on the information on a back ground layer e g a topographic map you might want to prevent the map from being covered by the selection You can switch the appear ance of selected cells to show only the outline instead of filling the cell left Table 3 Functions for direct selection of cells Method Left click on cell Left click on selected cell Function Select a single cell Unselect
33. ommand with the river reach or its parent river highlighted If only E I one river reach is highlighted only one curve will be sent to WEAP If you want to update all curves select the parent river node in the Branch Viewer onen Inflows and Outflows je Physical _ Water Quality j Cost j Distance Marker stricter ERE Enter data relating river stage and width to flow Use Flow Stage Width Wizard To use values from upstream reach leave blank Only required if modeling non conservative constituents or if linking Help to MODFLOW z Reach 2000 A FlowStageWidthCurve 45 452 1 1 12 42 52 215 1 2 12 88 59 345 1 3 13 38 66 85 1 4 13 92 74 745 1 5 14 5 83 046 1 6 15 12 91 776 1 7 15 78 100 962 1 8 16 48 110 63 1 9 17 22 120 814 2 18 pr _ FlowStageWidthCurve 0 4 0 1 4 6 1 1 0 2 5 2 2 1 0 3 5 8 34 04 64 4 9 0 5 7 6 6 0 6 7 6 86 0 7 9 2 10 8 0 8 8 8 13 3 0 9 9 4 16 1 1 10 proposed by LinkKitchen 26 07 2012 19 07 FlowStageWidthCurve 0 9 0 1 12 2 8 0 2 14 5 3 0 3 16 8 6 0 4 18 12 6 0 5 20 17 3 0 6 22 22 7 0 7 24 28 9 0 8 26 35 8 0 9 28 43 6 1 30 proposed by LinkKitchen 26 07 2012 19 07 FlowStageWidthCurve 22 0 1 100 69 4 0 2 100 135 8 0 3 100 218 7 0 4 100 316 3 0 5 100 427 6 0 6 100 551 5 0 7 100 687 5 0 8 100 834 9 0 9 100 993 2 1 100 proposed by LinkKitchen 26 07 201 FlowStageWidthCurve 358 897 3 1 49 22 378 439 3 2 50 48 399 556 3 3 51 78 419 271 3 4 53 12 440 607 3 5 54 5 462
34. operations can be undone using the Map Window Table 5 Tools for handling Linkage File attributes Tool amp a EEE E 5 p 6 5 1 Function Assign the WEAP branch attribute to Linkage File Remove the WEAP branch attribute from the Linkage File Select all cells that have the current branch name as attribute in the Linkage File Show preview of Linkage File attributes Select cells with no attribute for the current branch Open the Flow Stage Width dialog Calculate WEAP input data from Linkage File attribute and send data to WEAP and fe from Applies to Currently selected cells Any WEAP branch type and level Currently selected cells or all cells if none selected Any WEAP branch type and level Any WEAP branch type and level Any WEAP branch type only branches with sub branches Any WEAP branch type only branches with sub branches WEAP River Reaches Any WEAP branch type and level Assigning catchment and groundwater attributes to the Linkage File Attributes are always assigned to the currently selected cells of the Linkage File If no cell is selected the K tool will be set inactive 6 5 2 A standard workflow for assigning a catchment or groundwater attrib ute would be as follows 1 Select all cells that represent the catchment s area 2 Identify the desired catchment or groundwater branch in the Branch Viewer and highlight the branch by mouse click In case the tool
35. p Layer Fractions Demand Sites Needs validation if demand sites share cells Area Catchment Land use Can be used directly Natural Recharge Groundwater Can be used directly Needs validation if proposed curve doesn t fit Flow Stage Width curve River Reach properly 6 11 1 Updating Catchment and Land Use Areas To update an area highlight a catchment or land use class in the Branch Viewer A click on the W _ command will calculate the area for each catchment or land use class and send all area data to WEAP Depending on the branch level you can use it to update all catchment and land use data data for a single catchment or for a single land class All area values are calculated in hectares If the unit ha is not visible in WEAP you may have to activate the unit manually LinkKitchen will show a success message when finished In the WEAP Data View a comment follows the area data indicating that the data was produced by LinkKitch en i Land Use Climate j Loss and Reuse j Yield j _ Water Quality j Ec Effective Precipitation Enter the land area for branch or branch s share of land area from branch above Demand Sites and Catchment 2000 C West 2317 ha calculated by LinkKitchen 26 07 2012 12 38 1939 ha calculated by LinkKitchen 26 07 2012 12 38 LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 25 32 QEO BGR User s Manual Tools DO 6 11 2 Updating Annual Water Use Rate and Monthly Variation Annual water use rate is calc
36. rence 2002 2010 m Timestep converged Percent Discrepancy m Timestep failed to converge 2002 2003 0L 00Z LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 User s Manual 2004 70 7002 ee a Mea NSE E iol Sn E 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 24 2 960 BGR TOOls DU as 6 11 Updating WEAP Parameters LinkKitchen is able to calculate WEAP input datasets based on the attribution in the Linkage File and an aggre gation of MODFLOW data In addition LinkKitchen can automatically send these input data directly to WEAP and update your WEAP model Table 7 gives an overview of the supported WEAP parameters This is a useful feature in case the MODFLOW model is the main source of data and no other data is available However you need to be careful when using these data directly in WEAP In case you assigned multiple de mand sites sharing one well cell in the Linkage File LinkKitchen could not guess the real water share between these demand sites this is calculated by WEAP once the models are linked LinkKitchen would instead distrib ute the total amount of water pumped from the well equally among the demand sites It might be necessary to correct the share in WEAP Table 7 WEAP input parameters produced by LinkKitchen WEAP parameter Branch type Can be used directly needs validation Annual Water Use Rate Demand Site Needs validation if demand sites share cells Monthly Variation Demand Site Needs validation if demand sites share cells Pum
37. rlay GIS Layer You may add or remove layers change their z order colour line width visibility or size or you can define what attribute should appear as a la bel You can load any Point Line or Polygon Shapefile that is within the spa tial domain of the MODFLOW model In addition you may load raster files of a common format like bmp png jpg tif or gif as long as a valid world file to the raster exists Geotiffs are not supported in this version of LinkKitchen You can use LinkKitchen to browse the MODFLOW model Using the controls on top you may activate a preview of any of the MODFLOW parameters like Recharge or Well abstraction In case you want to store the MODFLOW information permanently you can save a screenshot of the model as a GIS raster file and load it as background layer or use it in GIS With the export functions you may export the MODFLOW water budg et of a linked WEAP MODFLOW model as tables and graphs Additional ly LinkKitchen exports MODFLOW data such as well abstractions re charge or cell heads as GlS shapefiles 7 OF SDN lt 2 6 Using LinkKitchen 6 1 Navigating within the Map Window The Map Window displays the linkage file and any visible background or overlay layer It can take two different operational states an edit state used for selecting features or cells and a preview state used for displaying the current attribution of the Linkage File or a MODFLOW package a The previ
38. sc You may save the Linkage File to disc by clicking on the SA command The Linkage File location will be within the SHAPE directory of the active WEAP area SHAPE linkage shp The attribution is stored with the accompa nied dBase file in the same directory LinkKitchen will overwrite the Linkage File every time it is saved In case you need a second version of the linkage file you need to rename the Linkage File in Windows Explorer before saving a again in order to prevent it from being overwritten The command will export the Linkage File in ASCIl format at the same location SHAPE linkage csv Note LinkKitchen needs write access to the Linkage File when saving or exporting If the Linkage File is already open in WEAP GIS or EXCEL it couldn t be updated Be sure to have the Linkage File removed from WEAP before saving LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 20 32 QEO BGR User s Manual Tools D 6 8 Using the MODFLOW Viewer MODFLOW St_Head L1 St_Head L2 St_Head L3 Recharge SP1 Recharge SP2 Recharge SP3 4 m Recharge SP4 Recharge SP5 Recharge SP6 Recharge SP7 Recharge SP8 Recharge SP9 to select cells or to display a classified preview Recharge 2 Well Abstraction 3 and River Stage 4 Table 6 MODFLOW datasets supported for display or selection MODFLOW dataset St_ Head Ln Recharge SPn Well_Abstr SPn Lm Drain_Elev SPn Lm Drain_Cond SPn Lm River_Stage S
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40. select cells from overlay to select any cell that has its centroid within the overlay polygon or intersects a line feature left aF Depending on which of the two intersection tools you use or A s Table 4 the selection is applied on all cells intersecting the overlay geometry or on previously selected cells only You may invert the current selection of cells using switch selection To abort any selection either of overlays or cells you may use the unse lect all tool Table 4 Tools for selecting cells by intersection Tool Function fat Select cells that have their centroid within the boundary of the selected overlay feature ap plies to all cells ay Select cells that have their centroid within the boundary of the selected overlay feature ap _ plies to previously selected cells only o Switch selection applies to cells not to overlay features l Unselect all applies to cells and overlay features P Switch the appearance of selected cells LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 13 32 QEO BG i User s Manual Tools D as 6 5 Attributing the Linkage File The core functionality of LinkKitchen is to automate the attribution of the Linkage File The Linkage File needs the names of WEAP branches as attributes and it is possible to directly assign WEAP branch names to selected cells without the need of manual typing The tools to control these functions are located on top of the WEAP Branch Viewer Add and remove
41. should activate e Each branch within a demand site can have a different variation e Each branch within a catchment can have a different pump layer specification 2 3 MODFLOW model LinkKitchen is able to read many variations in MODFLOW model design However not every model will be interpreted correctly if the design is very uncommon In order to ensure LinkKitchen handles MODFLOW data correctly the MODFLOW model should fulfil the following requirements e t should be designed with stress periods equal in number and length e A stress period should be of one month length with 28 to 31 days duration e The overall model runtime should be a multiple of 12 stress periods and not end in between the year Generally it is recommended not to design the model in a very sophisticated way with too many variations of file types and file locations LinkKitchen tries to find and copy all model files as defined in the Name file but if the reference to a file is not recognized it would fail to copy 2 4 Shape files LinkKitchen supports shapefiles of the following geometry types Polygon PolygonM PolygonZ Line LineM LineZ Point PointM PointZ A shape file does not necessarily need to have a coordinate system or projection defined but the coordinates need to be in the same format as the origin of the MODFLOW model Shape files need to be located in the same geographic region as the MODFLOW model and intersect the MODFLOW model s spatial domai
42. t Below Catchment Inflow Node 2 m Below Retum Flow Node 1 Below Catchment Inflow Node 1 _ 4 5 LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 User s Manual MODFLOW iw amp Drain_Cond SP7 L1 Is River River WEAP requires the information about the river reach a river cell be longs to A WEAP river reach is defined as a part of the river between two points of activity like an inflow from a catchment or a treatment plant an outflow to a demand site or a streamflow gauge The attribute added to the Linkage File is the name of the river reach e g Little River Return Flow Node 1 In order to be able to access the river reaches names it is necessary to complete the Schematic of your WEAP model If it is not yet completed you can leave LinkKitchen open while editing the WEAP Schematic Although it is not absolutely necessary to digitize a river at its exact lo cation in WEAP you may want to load a shapefile representing the lo cation of MODFLOW river cells into the WEAP Schematic before editing top left drawn in yellow LinkKitchen produces this shapefile at start up and stores it within the Shape folder underneath the active area s directory The filename is MF_River_name of the MODFLOW model shp Once all river reaches are defined in WEAP you can switch back to LinkKitchen and select the river cells representing each river reach A possible procedure to do this is as follows 1 Browse the MODFLOW Viewer an
43. t holder The German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources BGR THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS AS IS AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 4 32 OE BGR O User s Manual Tools aa 2 Requirements 2 1 System LinkKitchen is designed for Windows 7 32bit and tested on Windows XP It requires Microsoft Dot Net Framework 3 5 LinkKitchen runs without installation even from a memory stick however it is recommended to copy the software on your local hard disc for a better performance Low RAM resources may slow down calculations and drawing significantly especially if the MODFLOW model is very large or many background images are loaded 2 2 WEAP model The WEAP model should be set to monthly time steps In the Basic Parameters dialog you
44. t to use them in external software like WEAP or if you want to base a selection of cells on recharge for example The al tool will produce a low resolution image of the current screen screenshot and load the image as a background layer to the Layer List in LinkKitchen LinkKitchen also creates a world file to the image in or der to make it ready for use with any GIS Software You might also load the image as a background layer to WEAP The procedure would be as follows D 1 Activate the preview for the desired layer lt 2 DrinkingWatenWels 2 Choose the correct zoom and location of the image Eanan 3 Use the tool to save the image to disc Hi Linkage Shapefile gt jRechargespPs i e 4 The image is then loaded to the List of Layers and can be used like any other background layer mero x i Gel EA 2 Bt ARABERE OW 11 of 3505 cells selected Demand Sites f Bats F layers folding og DrinkingWaterWells a Geology W subcatchments ij LinkageShapefie Ea TopoMap Za Recharge SP5 MODFLOW fm iy St_Head L1 St_Head L2 St_Head L3 Recharge SP1 Recharge SP2 Recharge SP3 Recharge SP4 Recharge SP5 Recharge SP6 Recharge SP7 Recharge SP8 Recharge SPS LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 User s Manual X 217909 Y 3732536 22 32 960 BGR TOOIls ae 6 9 Exporting MODFLOW data to shapefiles If the MODFLOW model is already linked to WEAP and results are already calculate
45. ulated on data derived from both MODFLOW Well package and the attribution in the Linkage File Abstractions from well cells with the same demand attribute are aggregated for each time step and written to an ASCIl file The file is stored in the TimeSeries directory within the WEAP area TimeSeries AnnualWaterUseRate csv and looks similar to the example below Annual Water Use Rate for Model LinkKitchenTest Created by LinkKitchen at 30 07 2012 18 12 42 if if All values are calculated as million m year SListSeparator 7 SDecimalSymbol Year Village Industry Village Agriculture Small City Big City Industry Big City Households Z0U007 45359098 1454 5999999655 4 47580832 1 29 9905 6 41067 161242565 18 054911e3 71199 I Additionally a command line is sent to WEAP from where to read the data in the file Water Use Pumping j _ Loss and Reuse j Demand Management _ Water Quality j Annual Activity Level ae sei i Sei Monthly Variation Consumption Annual water use rate per unit of activity Big City 2000 Scale Urit Households ReadFromile 7 imeSenes Annual ater se ate cew 5 MIM calculated by Link Kitchen 30 07 2012 18 12 rms ReadFromile 7 imeS ernest Annual ater U sef ate cav 4 MCM calculated by LinkKitchen 30 07 2012 18 12 m3 Monthly variation is calculated in a similar way The result for each month is the percentage of the annual demand stored in
46. us Population Gr Fo r G roun dwate r Abst ra ct ION Jk temp ayi ee ee ee Sees etn a eer eters GMSExport_GWAbstraction_ Scenario Name csv J Shape ae as P Ji TimeSeries SE For Infiltration to Groundwater GMSExport_Infiltration2GW_ Groundwater Node _ Scenario Name csv Created by LinkKitchen 2 0 0 13289 at 10 17 2013 Data extracted from WEAP Area Aleppo Basin_0910_Nov29 2011 Variable Transmission Link Flow Corresponding shp file C Aleppo Basin_0910_Nov29 2011 SHAPE GMS_GWAbstraction DemandSiteName Date MM dd yyy Time Abstraction Unit AbstractionSource Rural Areas_1 10 1 2009 0 00 00 38875 6287394783 m3 d GW_Paleogene Rural Areas_1 10 31 2009 0 00 00 38875 6287394783 m3 d GW_Paleogene Rural Areas_1 11 1 2009 0 00 00 38176 8250973958 m3 d GW_Paleogene Rural Areas_1 11 30 2009 0 00 00 38176 8250973958 m3 d GW_Paleogene LinkKitchen Ver 2 0 32 32 QEO BGR User s Manual Tools D
47. ut of the Layer List using the mand C3 com When loading a layer LinkKitchen will prompt you whether the layer should be copied to the active WEAP area directory or not This is use ful if you want to keep the information with the model for later use Removing a layer from LinkKitchen will not delete the files associated with the layer from the WEAP area Important LinkKitchen will try to test if the layer you want to add is spatially located in the same area as the Linkage File If this is not the case it will fail to load the layer and pop up an error message Layer xy is out of bounds This error also appears if the layer s coordinate sys tem or format is different from the linkage file s Moving the highlighted layer up or downwards has influence on the z order in the Map Window In the examples on the left Layer geology will be drawn on top of all others layer TopoMap will be drawn un derneath all other layers left top Layers have a symbol preceding the layer s name which indicates the type of layer raster or vector and a vector layer s geometry type Only one layer can be set selectable at a time The selectable layer is the one from which you may select features for intersection In order to activate or deactivate the selectable state you need to click into the area where the state symbol is located left If you want to hide a layer you can switch its visibility the same way Tool Fu
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