The complete list of simulated parameters within WARMF varies from one application to another depending on the modeling objectives and constituents of concern. Common parameters (e.g. flow, temperature, nutrients) are always simulated. Chemical parameters that are either less common or more specialized (e.g. mercury, selenium, arsenic, periphyton) are simulated as needed. The WARMF model was structured so that constituents and their chemical and/or physical relationships can easily be added or altered.
The following parameters have been simulated in past WARMF applications:
Hydrologic Parameters:
- Flow
- Water Surface Elevation
- Volume
- Depth
- Velocity
- Reservoir Spill
- Snow Water Depth
- Precipitation
- Irrigation
- Evapotranspiration
- Evaporation
Physical Parameters:
- Temperature
- Clay/Silt/Sand
- Detritus
- Turbidity
Chemical Parameters:
- pH
- Ammonia
- Aluminum
- Calcium
- Magnesium
- Potassium
- Sodium
- Sulfate
- Nitrate
- Chloride
- Phosphate
- Alkalinity
- Organic/Inorganic Carbon
- Biochemical Oxygen Demand
- Dissolved Oxygen
- Silica
- Copper
- Zinc
- Iron
- Manganese
- Cadmium
- Lead
- Chromium (trivalent, hexavalent)
- Mercury (elemental, ionic, particulate, methyl-)
- Selenium (selenite, selenate)
- Arsenic (arsenite, arsenate)
- Pesticides
Composite Chemical Parameters:
- Total Phosphorus
- Total Nitrogen
- Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen
- Total Organic Carbon
- Total Dissolved Solids
- Electrical Conductivity
- Total Mercury
- Total Selenium
- Total Arsenic
Biological Parameters:
- Blue-Green Algae
- Green Algae
- Diatoms
- Total Phytoplankton
- Periphyton
- Mercury Bioaccumulation in:
- Zooplankton
- Benthic Macroinvertebrates
- Forage Fish
- Colorado Pikeminnow (Juvenile and Adult)
- Razorback Sucker (Juvenile and Adult)
- Yellow Perch
- Walleye (Juvenile and Adult)
- Northern Pike (Juvenile and Adult)
- Coliform Bacteria