i_SWAT

i_SWAT is a model control system for the SWAT river basin model developed by the Grassland, Soil & Water Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, in Temple, Texas.  It stores SWAT input data in an Access database, feeds that data to SWAT, runs SWAT, and reads and stores the results.

SWAT Home Page at Blacklands Research Center.

For further information see the i_SWAT description on pages 229-234 of the 2nd International SWAT Conference Proceedings at www.brc.tamus.edu/swat/2ndswatconf/2ndswatconfproceeding.pdf.

Draft SWAT literature database.

Operation Diagram: i_SWAT.gif (20856 bytes)

Table Structures:

[Control Records]
   [Routing]
   [Reservoir]
   [Lake Water Quality]
   [Point Sources]
   [Point Sources Monthly]
   [Point Sources Daily]
   [Point Sources APEX]
   [Potential Evapotranspiration]
[Subbasin]
    [Pond]
    [Stream Water Quality]
    [Water Use]
[HRU]
[Management]
[Soils]
    [Soil Layers]
[Weather Stations]
    [Weather Historical]
    [Weather by Month]
[Watershed Water Quality]
[Crop]
[Fertilizer]
[Tillage]
[Pesticide]
[Urban]
[Output HRU Annual]
[Output HRU Monthly]
[Output Reach Annual]
[Output Reach Monthly]
[Output Sub-Basin Annual]
[Output Sub-Basin Monthly]
[Temporal Conservation Practices]

Download

Download i_SWAT.exe 2008-06-12
Download i_SWAT Help file (read by the program to show variable descriptions)
Download i_SWAT Output Variable Descriptions file
Download empty database 2008-06-12
Download SWAT executables

Installation: drop the above files into a directory containing Swat.exe. Open i_SWAT, select "File" | "Configuration", click change button under "Location of SWAT Executable", browse to swat.exe. Then select "File" | "Open" and browse to empty.mdb.

Use "File" | "Import" | "Import CIO File" to read an existing set.

If applicable, copy any daily record files indicated by routing (.FIG) file to the SWAT2000.exe run directory.

Changes since previous version: