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MIKE+ Documentation

Getting Started
Getting Started
- Welcome to MIKE+
- The Main MIKE+ Modules
- Getting Started with MIKE+
  Getting Started with MIKE+
  - How to Start MIKE+
  - Map Window
  - Editors
  - Identify
  - View Panels
  - Main Ribbon Menus
    Main Ribbon Menus
    
    File Menu
    
    Project Menu
    
    Map Menu
    
    CS/WD Network
    
    River Network
    
    Catchments Menu
    
    2D Overland Menu
    
    Simulation Menu
    
    Tools Menu
    
    Results Menu
  - Map Toolbars
  - Coordinate System
  - Status Line and Tooltips
  - Online Help (F1)
  - Languages
  - Keyboard and mouse shortcuts
  - MIKE+ Examples
- Customizing MIKE+
  Customizing MIKE+
Model Manager
Model Manager
- MIKE+ Data Structure
- Import and Export
  Import and Export
  - Introduction to Import/Export
  - Technical Description of Import/Export
    Technical Description of Import/Export
    
    Import/Export Jobs
    
    Import/Export Sections
    
    Assignments
    
    The Toolbar
  - Import/Export Workflows
  - Predefined Import/Export Routines
  - Import / Export from command lines
- Cloning the MIKE+ Database
- Data Flagging
- Map Configuration
  Map Configuration
  - Coordinate System
  - Background Map
- Editing Tools
- Catchments and Catchment Tools
  Catchments and Catchment Tools
  - Management of Catchments
  - Management of Catchment Connections
  - Automated Catchment Tools
    Automated Catchment Tools
    
    Introduction
    
    Catchment Delineation Tool
    
    Catchment Processing Tool
    
    Catchment Slope and Length Tool
    
    Create Elevation Zones from DEM Tool
    
    Spatial Processing Tools
    
    Snap Neighboring Catchments Tool
- Connection Tool
- Interpolation and Assignment Tool
- Create Valves from Points Tool
- Simplification Tool
- Scenario Management
- Submodel Manager
- Versions Management
- Results Differences Tool
- Results Presentation
  Results Presentation
- Create Flood Maps Tool
- Create Flood Raster Tool
- Create Hazard Maps Tool
- Discharge Through Section Tool
- Calibration Plots
  Calibration Plots
- Expression Editor
- Sequential Labelling Tool
- Demo limitations
- Linking to ArcGIS Pro
Collection System
Collection System
- Introduction
- General Settings
  General Settings
  - Model Type
  - Description
- Hydraulic Network Modelling
  Hydraulic Network Modelling
  - Introduction
  - Definition of a Network
  - Nodes
  - Pipes and Canals
  - Weirs
  - Orifices
  - Valves
  - Curb Inlets
  - Pumps
    Pumps
    
    General considerations
    
    Pump types
    
    Identification and connectivity
    
    Model data
  - Generic Shapes
  - Cross sections
- Rainfall-Runoff Modelling
  Rainfall-Runoff Modelling
  - Introduction
  - Catchments
  - Hydrological Models
    Hydrological Models
    
    Introduction
    
    Time-Area Method (A)
    
    Kinematic Wave (B)
    
    Linear Reservoir (C1 and C2)
    
    Unit Hydrograph Method (UHM)
    
    RDI
    
    RDI - Guidelines for Application
    
    New UK / Wallingford
    
    Land Uses
  - Catchment Connections
  - Low Impact Development (LID)
    Low Impact Development (LID)
    
    Introduction
    
    Bioretention Cells
    
    Infiltration Trenches
    
    Porous Pavement
    
    Rain Barrels
    
    Vegetative Swales
    
    Rain Garden
    
    Green Roof
    
    LID Properties Editor
    
    LID Deployment Editor
- Groundwater Couplings
- Modelling Stormwater Quality
  Modelling Stormwater Quality
- Initial Conditions
  Initial Conditions
  - HD Initial Conditions
  - AD Initial Conditions
- Boundary conditions
  Boundary conditions
- Tables
  Tables
- Control Rules
  Control Rules
- Long-Term Statistics
  Long-Term Statistics
  - Introduction
  - Data Input
  - LTS Outputs
  - LTS Computations
  - LTS Statistics Presentation
    LTS Statistics Presentation
    
    Introduction
    
    Displaying Yearly/Monthly Bar Charts
    
    Displaying Extreme Events Probability Plots
    
    User-specified Observation Period
    
    Displaying Extreme Statistics in Profiles Plots
    
    Calculating Exceedance Values for Specified Recurrence Intervals
    
    Displaying Extreme Statistics on Map
    
    Generating Reports on LTS Statistics
  - LTS Workflows
    LTS Workflows
    
    Introduction
    
    Preparation of LTS Setups
    
    Setting Up and Executing LTS Simulations
  - Controlling the LTS Computations
- Water Quality
  Water Quality
  - Introduction
  - Advection-Dispersion (AD)
  - Water Quality with MIKE ECO Lab
    Water Quality with MIKE ECO Lab
    
    Introduction
    
    MIKE ECO Lab Templates
    
    MIKE ECO Lab State Variables
    
    MIKE ECO Lab Forcings
    
    MIKE ECO Lab Constants
    
    Running MIKE ECO Lab Simulations
- Sediment Transport
  Sediment Transport
- Result Specifications
  Result Specifications
- Simulation Specifications
  Simulation Specifications
  - Simulation Setup
  - Batch Simulation
- Pump Emergency Storage Estimation
  Pump Emergency Storage Estimation
- CS Network Specific Tools
  CS Network Specific Tools
Rivers
Rivers
- Introduction
- General Settings
  General Settings
  - Model Type
  - Description
- River Network Hydraulic Modelling
  River Network Hydraulic Modelling
  - Introduction
  - Creation of a river Network
  - Rivers
  - Cross Sections
    Cross Sections
    
    Introduction
    
    Cross Sections on Map
    
    Cross Section Tree
    
    Cross Section Properties
    
    Cross Section Tools
  - Bed Roughness
  - Structures
    Structures
    
    Introduction
    
    Culverts
    
    Weirs
    
    Bridges
    
    Pumps
    
    Gates
    
    Direct discharges
    
    Dambreak
    
    Energy losses
    
    Tabulated structures
  - Storages
  - River Network Tools
- Rainfall-Runoff Modelling
  Rainfall-Runoff Modelling
  - Introduction
  - Catchments
  - Hydrological Models
    Hydrological Models
    
    Introduction
    
    Time-Area Method (A)
    
    Kinematic Wave (B)
    
    Linear Reservoir (C1 and C2)
    
    Unit Hydrograph Method (UHM)
    
    RDI
    
    RDI - Guidelines for Application
    
    New UK / Wallingford
    
    Land Uses
  - Catchment Connections
  - Low Impact Development (LID)
    Low Impact Development (LID)
    
    Introduction
    
    Bioretention Cells
    
    Infiltration Trenches
    
    Porous Pavement
    
    Rain Barrels
    
    Vegetative Swales
    
    Rain Garden
    
    Green Roof
    
    LID Properties Editor
    
    LID Deployment Editor
- Groundwater Couplings
- Modelling Stormwater Quality
  Modelling Stormwater Quality
- Initial Conditions
  Initial Conditions
  - HD Initial Conditions
  - AD Initial Conditions
- Boundary conditions
  Boundary conditions
- Tables
  Tables
- Control Rules
  Control Rules
- Water Quality
  Water Quality
  - Introduction
  - Advection-Dispersion (AD)
  - Water Quality with MIKE ECO Lab
    Water Quality with MIKE ECO Lab
    
    Introduction
    
    MIKE ECO Lab Templates
    
    MIKE ECO Lab State Variables
    
    MIKE ECO Lab Forcings
    
    MIKE ECO Lab Constants
    
    Running MIKE ECO Lab Simulations
- Sediment Transport
  Sediment Transport
- Data Assimilation
  Data Assimilation
- Result Specifications
  Result Specifications
- Simulation Specifications
  Simulation Specifications
  - Simulation Setup
  - Batch Simulation
2D Overland
2D Overland
- Introduction
- General Settings
  General Settings
  - Model Type
  - Description
- 2D Overland Hydraulic Modelling
  2D Overland Hydraulic Modelling
  - Introduction
  - 2D Domain
  - 2D Numerical Settings
  - 2D Fluid Properties
  - 2D Infrastructures
  - 2D Initial Conditions
  - 2D Surface Roughness
  - 2D Eddy Viscosity
  - 2D Structures
    2D Structures
    
    2D Dikes
    
    2D Culverts
    
    2D Weirs
    
    Composite Structures
    
    Location of structures
- Boundary Conditions
  Boundary Conditions
  - Introduction
  - 2D Boundary Conditions Editor
  - 2D WQ Boundary Conditions
  - 2D Precipitation and Evaporation
  - 2D WQ Precipitation and Evaporation
    2D WQ Precipitation and Evaporation
    
    Introduction
    
    WQ Precipitation
    
    WQ Evaporation
  - 2D Infiltration
  - 2D WQ Infiltration
- Model Couplings
  Model Couplings
- Water Quality
  Water Quality
  - Introduction
  - Advection-Dispersion
    Advection-Dispersion
    
    WQ Components
    
    2D Decay
    
    2D AD Dispersion
    
    2D AD Initial Conditions
  - Water Quality with MIKE ECO Lab
    Water Quality with MIKE ECO Lab
    
    Introduction
    
    MIKE ECO Lab Templates
    
    MIKE ECO Lab State Variables
    
    MIKE ECO Lab Forcings
    
    MIKE ECO Lab Constants
    
    Running MIKE ECO Lab Simulations
- Tables
  Tables
- Result Specifications
  Result Specifications
  - Result Files
  - Simulation Summaries
    Simulation Summaries
    
    Integrated Model
    
    2D Overland Model
    
    Network model
- Simulation Specifications
  Simulation Specifications
  - Simulation Setup
    Simulation Setup
    
    Rivers, Collection System and Overland Flows Model Type
    
    SWMM5 Collection System and Overland Flows Model Type
  - Batch Simulation
- List of References
SWMM
SWMM
- Introduction
- General Settings
  General Settings
  - Model Type
  - Description
- Hydraulic Network Modelling with SWMM
  Hydraulic Network Modelling with SWMM
- Rainfall-Runoff Modelling with SWMM
  Rainfall-Runoff Modelling with SWMM
  - Introduction
  - Catchments
  - Aquifers
  - Climatology
  - RDII
    RDII
    
    RDII Hydrographs
    
    RDII
  - Snowpacks
  - LID
    LID
    
    Introduction
    
    Bioretention Cell
    
    Infiltration Trench
    
    Porous Pavement
    
    Rain Barrel
    
    Vegetative Swale
    
    Rain Garden
    
    Green Roof
    
    Rooftop Disconnection
    
    LID Properties Editor
    
    LID Deployment Editor
  - Groundwater
- Boundary Conditions
  Boundary Conditions
- Tables
  Tables
  - Curves and Relations
  - Materials
- Time Series
  Time Series
  - Time Series
  - Time Patterns
- Water Quality Modelling with SWMM
  Water Quality Modelling with SWMM
- Simulation Specifications
Water Distribution
Water Distribution
- Introduction
- General Settings
- Network Elements
  Network Elements
  - Junctions
  - Pipes
  - Tanks
  - Pumps
  - Valves
  - Pump Stations
  - Turbines
  - Air-Chambers
- Water Demand
  Water Demand
- Tables
  Tables
  - Time Patterns
  - Curves and Relations
- Control
  Control
- Pressure Dependent Demands
- Water Quality
  Water Quality
- Simulation Specifications
  Simulation Specifications
  - Simulation Setup
  - Batch Runs
- Water Distribution Tools
  Water Distribution Tools
- Special Analyses
  Special Analyses
  - Fire Flow Analysis
  - Cost Analysis
  - Network vulnerability
  - Shutdown Planning
  - Flushing analysis
  - Water Hammer
    Water Hammer
    
    Theoretical Background
    
    Water Hammer Simulations
    
    Workflow Example
  - Optimization - Pump and Valve Scheduling
  - Multi-Species Analysis
  - Autocalibration
  - Online Analysis
    Online Analysis
    
    Introduction
    
    Settings
    
    Sensors
    
    Aggregation Sensors
    
    Controls
    
    Demand Zones
    
    Demand Predictions
    
    Advanced Metering Infrastructure
    
    Comparisons
    
    Viewing Locations on Map
Additional Resources
Additional Resources
Release Notes

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