I'm simulating a 1 year simulation of a simple (<100 segment) reservior with 6 branches, 7 inflows, and 1 withdrawal structure.
I keep getting the following warning:
Computational warning at Julian day = x.xxx
spatial change = 0.11621489E+07 m^3
temporal change = 0.11641099E+07 m^3
volume error =-0.19610035E+04 m^3
starting around this point volume error starts to accumulate to large values and the water surface elevation deviates from the data (typically the model is underestimates the elev/volume). i've made sure that all my flows and volume changes are balanced. and i've confirmed that my volume-elevation table is accurate.
i've tried to adjust the timestep (DLTMAX) down during the onset of the volume errors, but it doesn't help much (often, below a critical DLTMAX, the model goes from a gross underestimate to a gross overestimate).
any ideas as to how to correct this error?
thanks in advance,
harry
hzahakos@qeallc.com