About Reservoir Yield Studies
This section provides instructions to convert an existing working USACE‑SWD model into a yield study using iterative MRM. For more information on Iterative MRM, see Iterative Runs in Solution Approaches. A yield study is used to determine the largest average diversion that can be made from a single reservoir such that the reservoir will not drop below the bottom of conservation pool at any time during the run period. Other operating policies like Surcharge, Regulation Discharge, Flood Control, Low-flow Release, and Hydropower can be included in this analysis. The following files are needed for this analysis.
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• YieldStudy.rls.gz. An MRM ruleset that controls the run iteration and determines the yield for each run.
• YieldStudy.obj. An importable data object containing the slots referenced by YieldStudy.rls.gz
• YieldStudy.sct. An optional SCT used to view the integer indexed slots in the data object imported from YieldStudy.obj
Figure 5.1 Yield study data object
Revised: 12/06/2024