Simulation Control¶

This defines the settings of the simulation period and timestep.

Example:

Simulation Control:
  Start Date: 2015-Jan-1
  End Date: 2015-Dec-31
  Timestep: 60 # [min]

Start Date¶

Specifies the start date of the simulation. Simulation begins at 12:00am of this day. This is specified as a date string (e.g., YYYY-Mon-DD, YYYY/MM/DD).

Required:	Yes
Type:	Date string

End Date¶

Specifies the end date of the simulation. Simulation ends one timestep previous to 12:00am of the following day. This is specified as a date string (e.g., YYYY-Mon-DD, YYYY/MM/DD).

Required:	Yes
Type:	Date string

Timestep¶

Timestep duration in minutes used in calculations.

Required:	Yes
Type:	Integer
Units:	Minutes