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