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Revision as of 21:10, 31 May 2021

The table below gives a comparison of the user interface for each of the modelling tools.

User interface comparison
Characteristic WRSM-Pitman SPATSIM-Pitman ACRU SWAT MIKE-SHE
General layout GUI; have to manually add complexity GUI GUI; easy to add complexity
Formats for input-output data .dfs0 (excel file which can be converted to dfs0 using the software); .dfs2 (ASCII which can be converted); .shp
Computing resources Light Light Light Intensive. Need a good processor.
Run times Quick (minutes) Quick (minutes) Quick (minutes) Long (hours) Long (hours)