VIC-WUR Model User Guide

Running the VIC model may seem to be a formidable task, but approaching the task in steps will ease the process. In general, running VIC successfully involves preparation of different input files, downloading the source code, configuring output files, and entering a few commands. Once run, VIC output must be entered into a routing model in order to produce a hydrograph. A sample data set for the Stehekin Basin is available as an example in the Sample Data Sets section of the download page.

VIC-WUR Drivers

VIC-WUR uses only the Image driver. In case you want to run vic with ohter driver please go to the VIC documentation page of UW-Hydro.

  1. Image Driver manual

Best Practices

  1. Model History and Metadata
  2. Using git for version control

References