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9.2 Output File Format

In the case where use of the clipboard is too cumbersome or repetitive, the output file themselves can be accessed. The files are in binary format. The concentration file contains a stream of eight byte floating point numbers..

The numbers are grouped first by the parameters at a node first, then rows of nodes in the Y direction, followed by rows of nodes in the X direction, then time. For example, if the aquifer was the size of two nodes in both the X and Y directions with two parameters spanned over two time periods, the order of values would be:

Table 9.1 *.bgo Output File layout

Parameter Y Coordinate X Coordinate Time Period
1 1 1 1
2 1 1 1
1 2 1 1
2 2 1 1
1 1 2 1
2 1 2 1
1 2 2 1
2 2 2 1
1 1 1 2
2 1 1 2
1 2 1 2
2 2 1 2
1 1 2 2
2 1 2 2
1 2 2 2
2 2 2 2

Future versions of BUGS SCRATCHPAD may include export utilities that will port to multiple formats.

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