print.prt

This file controls which output files will be printed during the simulation.

The print.prt file is formatted differently than most other SWAT+ input files (see figure below). In line three, there are several variables for controlling the time period to be printed. In line five, the user can specify the number of print intervals for average annual output. In line seven, the user can select to have output files printed in a specific file format (in addition to the default *.txt output files). In line 9, the user can control the printing of outputs for soils and management as well as flow duration curves. In lines 11 to 90, there is a list of outputs for different spatial levels and objects that can be printed at daily, monthly, yearly, and average annual time steps. A description of the output files is provided in the SWAT+ Output Files section.

Format of the print.prt file
Field
Description
Type

nyskip

Number of years at the beginning of the simulation to not print output

integer

day_start

Julian day to start printing output (for daily printing only)

integer

yrc_start

Calendar year to start printing output

integer

day_end

Julian day to stop printing output (for daily printing only)

integer

yrc_end

Calendar year to stop printing output

integer

interval

Print interval within the period

integer

aa_int_cnt

Number of print intervals for average annual output

integer

csvout

Code for printing output in CSV format (y=yes, n=no)

string

dbout

Code for printing output in DB format (y=yes, n=no)

string

cdfout

Code for printing output in Net-CDF format (y=yes, n=no)

string

crop_yld

Code for printing yearly and average annual crop yields (y=yes, n=no)

string

mgtout

Code for printing management output (y=yes, n=no)

string

hydcon

Code for printing hydrograph connection output (y=yes, n=no)

string

fdcout

Code for printing flow duration curve output (y=yes, n=no)

string

object

Objects that output can be printed for at different time steps

string

daily

Code for printing daily output (y=yes, n=no)

string

monthly

Code for printing monthly output (y=yes, n=no)

string

yearly

Code for printing yearly output (y=yes, n=no)

string

avann

Code for printing average annual output (y=yes, n=no)

string

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