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WEPPcloud UserSummary Documentation

Browse the sections below or use the navigation tree on the left to find end-user guides, workflow references, and technical documentation.

Start Here

  • User Guide

    Provides a broader tour of the WEPPcloud interface, workflows, and expected user actions.

  • FAQ

    Answers common questions about WEPPcloud workflows, assumptions, outputs, and model behavior.

  • Getting Started

    Provides the fastest path from a new run to a working project with core controls explained.

  • Quick Start

    Walks a new user through a standard first WEPPcloud run using the current (Un)Disturbed workflow.

Modeling Basics and Tuning

  • (Un)Disturbed Landuse and Soil Parameterization

    Explains how the (Un)Disturbed interfaces parameterize land use and soils across unburned and burned severity classes and how to interpret the resulting runoff and erosion scenarios.

  • Climate Options

    Explains climate data sources, weather-generation choices, and configuration options used by WEPPcloud.

  • WEPP Model

    Introduces the WEPP model, what it simulates, and how its outputs should be interpreted.

  • WEPP Advanced Options

    Explains advanced WEPP settings that affect hydrology, erosion, soils, and calibration behavior.

  • WEPP Run Results

    Open documentation for WEPP Run Results.

  • Omni Scenarios and Contrasts

    Explains how to use Omni Scenarios for whole-run comparisons and Omni Contrasts for targeted treatment comparisons.

  • WEPP Calibration

Workflows and Modules

  • Mods Overview

    Introduces the optional modules that extend WEPPcloud with additional workflows and domain capabilities.

  • Model Guides
    • WEPPcloud-(Un)Disturbed-Earth

      Explains when to use the global Earth interface and what data, limits, and checks matter most before starting a run.

    • WEPP

      Explains when to use the core WEPP model, how to interpret runoff and sediment outputs, and what limits still matter.

    • Ash Transport (WATAR)

      Explains when to use post-fire ash transport outputs, how to interpret ash export summaries, and the limits of the screening workflow.

    • Debris Flow

      Explains debris-flow probability and volume screening for burned basins across storm durations and recurrence intervals.

    • Gridded RUSLE

      Explains how Gridded RUSLE maps long-term erosion potential and how to interpret factor rasters and hotspot patterns.

    • Culvert Modeling (API)

      Explains when culvert hydro-enforcement improves drainage paths and how to interpret conditioned watershed outputs near engineered crossings.

    • Roads

      Explains the road-network erosion workflow, how to prepare road attributes, and how to compare road results against the baseline watershed.

    • Revegetation

      Explains post-fire recovery scenarios, cover transforms, and how revegetation assumptions change runoff and erosion over time.

    • RHEM

      Explains when the RHEM rangeland workflow is appropriate and how to interpret runoff, soil-loss, and sediment-yield outputs.

    • Agricultural Fields (AgFields API)

      Explains field and sub-field WEPP workflows for mapped crop boundaries, rotations, and management comparisons.

    • WEPP-SWAT+

      Explains the WEPP-SWAT+ routing workflow and how to interpret SWAT+ channel routing as an extension of WEPP hillslope outputs.

    • WEPP DSS Export for HEC-RAS

      Explains how WEPP channel and outlet time series are exported to HEC-DSS for downstream HEC workflows such as HEC-RAS.

  • Ag Field Mod

    Introduces the agricultural field workflow and the inputs needed for field-scale WEPP modeling.

  • PATH Cost-Effective Quick Start

    Walks through the PATH Cost-Effective workflow for evaluating treatment options and erosion outcomes.

  • Clearing Locks

    Shows how to recover from lock-related errors by opening the PowerUser panel and using the Clear Locks action.

Module Guides (Source Stubs)

  • Core Platform and Data
  • Disturbance and Recovery
    • Ash Transport

      Describes the ash transport module, its assumptions, and how ash-related outputs are managed.

    • Debris Flow

      Describes the debris flow module, required inputs, and the outputs it produces.

    • Treatments

      Explains the treatments module used to define, compare, and apply management treatments.

    • Revegetation and Cover Transform

      Explains revegetation cover transforms and how post-disturbance recovery scenarios are configured.

  • Scenarios and Analysis
    • Observed Model Fit

      Describes the observed-data controller used to load and work with calibration or validation datasets.

    • Features Export

      Explains how to export geospatial features, attributes, and derived datasets from a run.

  • Domain and Interface Modules
    • OpenET

      Explains how OpenET-derived evapotranspiration data are incorporated into climate and analysis workflows.

    • RAP

      Explains how Rangeland Analysis Platform cover data are integrated into WEPPcloud workflows.

    • Roads

      Describes the roads workflow for road-network erosion, delivery, and reporting outputs.

    • RHEM

      Describes the RHEM workflow and how rangeland erosion modeling is configured in WEPPcloud.

    • RUSLE

      Describes the RUSLE workflow and how empirical erosion estimates are configured and reported.

Data, Sources, and Policy

  • Data Attribution

    Lists the datasets, map services, and regional sources that WEPPcloud depends on.

  • References

    Collects the core technical and scientific references behind WEPPcloud and related workflows.

  • Accessibility Statement

    Summarizes WEPPcloud accessibility commitments, current conformance evidence, and known limitations.

Technical Reference

  • Windows WEPP User Summary 2024

    Preserves the Windows WEPP user summary as a cleaned technical reference with historical context and links to the current plant, soil, and climate file specifications.

  • WEPP-Forest Change Log

    Tracks WEPP-forest binary build history, compiler lineage, and release notes for executable version selection.

  • Project Files and Maps
    • WEPPcloud Runs Directory Structure

      Shows where WEPPcloud stores key `.nodb`, geometry, landuse, soil, WEPP input, and interchange output files within a run directory.

    • WEPP Interchange Outputs

      Explains where WEPP interchange Parquet outputs live, what the main tables represent, and which files are most useful for common hillslope, watershed, and event questions.

    • SBS Map Preparation

      Explains how to prepare a soil burn severity raster for upload, including supported raster styles, validation checks, and common fixes.

  • WEPP Plant/Management Files
    • Plant File Specification

      Describes the plant and management file format used to represent vegetation, operations, and scenarios.

    • Management File Parameters

      Defines the management file parameters that control operations, vegetation, residue, and disturbance behavior.

  • WEPP Soil Files
    • Soil File Specification

      Describes the WEPP soil file format, including layers, texture, and hydraulic properties.

    • Soil File Parameters

      Defines the soil file parameters that control infiltration, erodibility, hydraulic behavior, and profile structure.

  • CLIGEN Files