read multi tcf
The read multi tcf module is specifically designed to create models and animations of data that changes over time. This type of data can result from water table elevation and/or chemical measurements taken at discrete times or output from groundwater simulations or other 3D time-domain simulations.
The read multi tcf module creates a field using one or more Time Control Files (.TCF). It creates a mesh grid with the interpolated data from a user-specified number of TCF files. It outputs the first data component from each of the initial TCF files and all of the time-interpolated data components from the last TCF file.
For example, if you were trying to create a time animation of the union of 3 analytes (e.g. Benzene, Toluene and Xylene), read multi tcf allows you to select all three separate TCF files. Only the first data component from each of the first two TCF files is output as a new data component, and all of the data components from the third TCF file are then output (typically concentration, confidence, uncertainty, Geo Layer, Material ID, Elevation, etc.). This allows you to explode layers and do other typical subsetting and processing operations on the output of this module.
The TCF files should be created using identical grids with date ranges that overlap the time period of interest.
The module effectively includes internal interpolation between appropriate pairs of the files and data components specified in the TCF files. Its internal structure only requires reading two successive time steps rather than the complete listing of time steps normally represented in a time data field.
Ports
| Direction | Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input | Input Date | Date | Date used for interpolating between dates in a time control file format. |
| Output | Start Date | Date | Start Date used for interpolating between dates in a time control file format. |
| Output | End Date | Date | End Date used for interpolating between dates in a time control file format. |
| Output | Output Date | Date | Date used for interpolating between dates in a time control file format. |
| Output | Output Field | Field | The main output field with interpolated data. |
| Output | Geology Legend | Geology Legend | Geology legend output. |
Properties
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Time Control File List | File list | The Time Control File List will read any number of TCF files and allow processing for those files. |
| Date And Time | Date | The Date and Time of interest. |
| Time Loop | Loop | The Time Loop controls setting the Date and Time by specified increments. |
| Step Time Units | Choice: Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Years | The Step Time Units specify the increment for advancement when stepping or running. |
| Step Size | Double | The Step Size value specifies a factor, along with the Step Time Units, for the increment for advancement when stepping or running. |