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Welcome

Welcome to the official documentation of SWAT+ Toolbox!

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About this documentation.

This guide is designed to provide you with comprehensive information on how to install the software, understand its functionality, and troubleshoot common issues. Whether you are a new user looking to get started or an experienced user seeking to optimize your use of the toolbox, this documentation aims to support you every step of the way. From detailed installation instructions to explanations of key features and troubleshooting tips, you'll find everything you need to effectively use SWAT+ Toolbox.

If you get stuck on something and cannot find the necessary information, post your question in the SWAT+ Toolbox google group which you are encouraged to join.

What is SWAT+ Toolbox?

SWAT+ Toolbox is a free tool that allows the user to perform sensitivity analyses, calibration and more. The software has been written in C# and is available for the Windows operating system. We are still exploring how to bring this to Linux and Mac through .Net Core and the Avalonia xpf project.

There are built-in updates through which more features, functionalities and bug fixes will are delivered. Check for updates as soon as you install.

What is new in version 2.0?

  • Management and Decision Tables: Improved Management adaptation user interface
  • New Portable Project structure.
  • Parallel Calibration: You can now use up to 192 processes to run calibration using any calibration method. This depends on the capability of your computer.
  • KGE now added to list of available bjective functions for calibration.
  • Parallel Sensitivity Analysis: You can now use up to 192 processes to run sensitivity analysis using any selected sensitivity analysis method.
  • New Objective Funtions for Sensitivity Analysis: You can check the ranking of your parameters using different objective functions after you have already made the sensitivity runs.
  • New Calibration Method: CALSI is a new brute force style calibration method which also gives fine grained control in how it is executed. Refer to the CALSI documentation for more details (https://celray.github.io/SWATPlusToolbox/automatic-Calibration/#calsi-algorithm).
  • Enhanced in-built update system for reliable update delivery.
  • Ability to Export Charts has been added.

For Questions and discussions: https://groups.google.com/g/sptoolbox
For feedback and bug reports: celray.chawanda@tamu.edu