SwaNET Product Features
  • Modeling Capabilities
    • Interactive Watershed Creation
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Load Watershed based on location and model scale ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Import DEM ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Burn stream network ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Stream threshold selection >1% of total grids >1% of total grids User selected User selected
        Select multiple outlets ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Import USGS gaugaging stations as outlets ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Import Soil Type ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Import Land Use ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Calculate Slope Percentages ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Merge smaller subbasins ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        HRU creation method Multi options Multi options Multi options Multi options Multi options
        Number of HRUs No limitations No limitations No limitations No limitations No limitations
        Download topographic/HRU/soil/slope report ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
    • Precipitation Modeling
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Historical Events (Observed Precip. Events) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Future Events (Projected Precip. From Climate Models) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
    • Evapotranspiration Modeling
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Evaporation and Plant Transpiration (Evapotranspiration) Modeling - Based on Yemperature, Relative Humidity, Solar Radiation, and Wind Speed ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
    • Infiltration Modeling
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Infiltration Modeling - Based on Curve Number Method or Green-Ampt Model ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
    • Runoff and Stream Routing Modeling
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Surface runoff modeling ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Lateral (soil zone) runoff modeling ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Stream Routing using Manning's equatoin, and varaiable or Muskingum routing method ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
    • Groundwater Modeling
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Shallow aquifer dynamics / water balance modeling -- -- ✔ ✔
        Deep aquifer dynamics / water balance modeling -- -- ✔ ✔
    • Reservoir / Pond Modeling
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Reservoir operations modeling and pond strorage modeling ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
    • Water Quality Modeling
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Nutrient cycling, pesticides, fertilizers, organic matter ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
    • Interactively Edit SWAT input Parameters
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Edit watershed level input files ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Edit subbasin level input files ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Edit HRU level input files ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
    • Add Input Sources
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Point sources (water quanity, water quality) -- ✔ ✔ ✔
        Reservoirs -- ✔ ✔ ✔
    • Land use update
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Update landuse during simulation -- ✔ ✔ ✔
    • Model simulation
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Simulation length 5 years 10 years 30 year 30 year
    • Manual Model Calibration
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Single-parameter (one-at-a-time) Sensitivity Analyisis ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        On-the-fly calculation and plotting of statistical indicators ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
    • Automated Model Calibration
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Multi-parameter model optimization using the Non-Dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II (NSGA-II) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Number of stations 1 1 Multiple Multiple
        Total years 10 years 10 years User defined User defined
        Water quality calibration -- -- ✔ ✔
        Poulation size 10 20 50 50
        Number of generations 5 10 50 50
    • Consituent Load Estimator
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Embedded USGS LOAD ESTimator (LOADEST) program for esimating constiuent loads in streams and rivers ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
    • Export to Groundwater Models
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Create river file for Groundwater modeling in IGW-NET Annual/cell size 50 Annual/cell size 50 Annual/transient/long-term Annual/transient/long-term
        Create recharge rasters compatiable as input to groundwater model in IGW-NET ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
    • Model Import
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Load existing SWAT model from SwaNET ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Load existing SWAT model from elsewhere ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Load pre-processed SWAT models ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
    • Server File Management
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Save SwaNET Model file to local computer ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Saved models on server 1 (last model) 1 (last model) 1 (last model) 1 (last model)
        Max. User Folder Size Limit - 100 MB 1 GB 50 GB Unlimited
  • Visualization Capabilities
    • Background Maps
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Google Maps Road, Terrain, Satelitte, Hybrid Layers; Bing Maps ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
    • Pre-simulation Mapping of Model Input & Calibration Data
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Interactive Mapping of Web Mapping Services (WMS) or Web Map Tile Service (WMTS) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
    • Map-based Visualization of SwaNET Model
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Map-based Model Visualization (Inputs and outputs) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Subbasin Based Mapping -- ✔ ✔ ✔
        Reach Based Mapping -- ✔ ✔ ✔
    • 3D Visualization
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        3D Textures (e.g., Land Surface Topography) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        3D Enclosures (Model Surfaces Along Sides and Flat Bottom or Aquifer Bottom) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        3D streams and subbasin boundaries ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Land Use, DEM, and Soil Map Overlays ("Draping") ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Map-image Overlays (Model Input / Output Map Draping) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Local File Overlays (User Uploaded Image) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
    • Model Visual Analytics
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Pie/Bar Charts of watershed level outputs ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Time series visualization (average or total amounts over time) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Subbasin based time series ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Reach based time series ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Watershed-level time-series ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
    • Water balance Visualization
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Conceptual Water Balance Diagrams - Annotated with Average Simulated Fluxes Over Simulation Period or Selected Time Period ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Overland flow water balance ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Stream Water balance ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Reservoir water balance ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Shallow Aquifer Water Balance ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Deep Aquifer Water Balance ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Transient Water Balanc charts Line graphs of Daily, Monthly, or Yearly Fluxes Over Simulation Period or Selected Period ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Overland Flow Water Balance ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Stream Water Balance ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Reservoir Water Balance ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Shallow Aquifer Water Balance ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Deep Aquifer Water Balance ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        System Topology Charts (Sankey diagrams) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Watershed-level (Entire Model) Sankey Diagram ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Subbasin-level Sankey Diagram ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
    • Flood mapping
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Flood Hazard Index mapping ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Flood Frequency Mapping ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Flood Reoccurence Mapping ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
    • Downloadable Images
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Download in-platform Images/plotsto local machine Includes M4W logo Includes M4W logo No logo No logo
  • Data Capabilities
    • Web Data Services for Big Data
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Big Data Published as Web Data Services - Web-based data/map Visualization and Model Building ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
    • Direct Model-Data Linkages
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Watershed Boundary Extraction Based on Location and Scale of Interest ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        DEM data Extraction ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        DEM Upload Size 20 MB 50 MB 200 MB 200 MB
        DEM Download 90m and above 90m and above All resolutions available All available
        DEM Use 1000x1000 pixels 2000x2000 pixels 10000x10000 pixels 10000x10000 pixels
        Land Use Data Extraction ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Land Use Map Upload Size 20 MB 50 MB 200 MB 200 MB
        Land Use Map Download 90m and above 90m and above All available All available
        Land Use Map Use 1000x1000 pixels 2000x2000 pixels 10000x10000 pixels 10000x10000 pixels
        Soil Data Extraction ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Soil Map Upload Size 20 MB 50 MB 200 MB 200 MB
        Soil Map Download 90m and above 90m and above All available All available
        Soil Map Use 1000x1000 pixels 2000x2000 pixels 10000x10000 pixels 10000x10000 pixels
        Climate Data Extraction (Historical/Current/Future) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        NOAA Climate Data Extraction (Observed) - US only 1 station 5 stations User selected User selected
        CFSR (Climate Forecast System Reanalysis) Cliamte Data Extraction - Global 1 station 5 stations User selected User selected
        PRISM Climate Data - US only -- 5 stations User selected User selected
        CMIP6 Data (Historical and Future Projections) - Global 5 years 10 years User selected User selected
    • Sensor Data Extraction
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Historical and Realtime/Current Water Levels (stages) and/or Flow Rate from USGS Monitoring stream gaging stations (USA) or Environment Canada National Hydrometric Data Network ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
    • Generic Web Data Services Importer
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Transfter WFS Layers (Vector Data) as Watershed from DataNET to SwaNET ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Transfter WCS Layers (Raster Data) as Input from DataNET to SwaNET ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
  • AI Capabilities (free)
    • AI Powered Analytics, Insights, Reporting and Publication (coming soon)
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        AI-generated Reports and Presentation Model Summaries, Detailed Descriptionns, Captioned figures ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Automated Model Parameter Table Generation -- ✔ ✔ ✔
        On-demand Model Run-time Log Files Access ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Sub-basin based attribute tables/summaries ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Print (download) simulation output files ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Instantly Publish SwaNET models, reports, and/or data, etc to Global Model Network (see below) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Save/Load SwaNET 3D visualizations to/from User Folder ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
    • AI Powered Water Sustainability Learning Center (coming soon)
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Watershed Science AI-Assistant (AI Chat) Trained to engineering and scientific theory, case studies, open-source textbooks, etc. ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Case Study Gallery - Implementations & Applications of SwaNET ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
    • AI Powered Water Sustainability Observatory Network (coming soon)
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        Map Interface of Published Cyber-enabled Observatories (CEOs) - SwaNET models, Input/Output D, Reports, Graphics, Videos, Discussion, etc. ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        AI-powered Search / Query/ Filter tools, Find models, Data, Reports, People etc … ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        View CEO details Access Reports, Model Descriptions, Parameter Tables, Graphics, Videos ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Load Published Models Directly into SwaNET ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
    • AI Powered Platform Support
      • Feature / Option FREE BASIC ADVANCED PREMIUM
        M4W Software and Modeling AI-Assistant (AI Chat) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Realtime, Situational Help Pages ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Quick Tutorials ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
        Technical Reference Docs ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔