Version history
2024.07
- GHCN hourly output includes temperature and dewpoint
- 1-minute ASOS output includes NP ("no precipitation") readings
- CSReporter reads InfoWorks ICM CSV output
- Rainfall disaggregation optionally writes to SWMM rain gage format
- Transform | Rescale can write to SWMM binary rain gage format
- various bug fixes and IDF metadata updates
2022.09
- add 0.1 resolution option for metric data disaggregation
- fix bug in SWMM Read routines affecting read of elements.dat file
- fix bug for long folder names in Global Hourly data
- fix bug in IDF output for display of powers of 10 (10.0 was displaying as ****)
- fix bug for pre-1900 dates in Annual Series IDF plots
- improve IDF report appearance
- User-specified Gage info files for IDF analysis no longer look for country and elevation. Include gage info reference at top of rainfall file, e.g., # "C:\myfiles\gageinfo.dat"
Metadata file contains one or more gages with format:
;gageID, Name, Latitude, Longitude
RG1, "Washington School", 39.3000, -77.9000
- ASOS data acquisition updated to obtain files from NOAA website instead of discontinued FTP; minor interface improvements for reading ASOS
2022.02
- Graph annual maximum series for annual totals and selected durations; exclude missing years
- Obtain metadata for non-NOAA rain gages from filename following # in file header
- Mann-Kendall trend test added to IDF and annual totals
- Optionally use standard IDF constraint correction factors based on NOAA Atlas 14
- Global hourly data download also saves temperature file
2021.03
- Many improvements to IDF output tables
- Improved algorithms for reading 1-minute ASOS and Global Hourly NOAA datasets to better match certified hourly data
2019.10
- New menu item to download data from NOAA's 30,000-station Global Hourly precipitation database (Read | Get NOAA Global Hourly)
- Improved formatting and metadata for IDF output
2015-2019
- IDF: HTML-formatted output, frequency estimates extended to 1000 years, confidence intervals added, station info reported from NOAA HOMR database
- IDF: Constrained observation adjustments for 1-168 hour GEV
- IDF: optional start/end years
- STORM: user-specified DWF
2014
- Hourly precip can be downloaded data from NCDC web service directly from a dialog box in the software. - Hourly rainfall synthetic disaggregation accommodates new NCDC time format (midnight = 0:00)
- Graphing capabilities added to the rainfall IDF tool
- Various routines refactored for clarity and improved error handling
- ASOS 1-minute data conversion restored to functionality
- SWMM binary output reader (CSReporter) updated to read both SWMM 5.0.22 and 5.1 output correctly
- CSReporter cross-tab functionality updated to report node inflows instead of depth
- Read NCDC Quality Controlled Local Climatological Data (QCLCD) forms
- Windows 32- and 64-bit compatibility
- CS plotter can plot multiple timeseries
- CSReporter.mdb has changes to tables "Conduit Hydrographs", "Junction Hydrographs", "_ConduitSmooth" and "_JunctionSmooth".
-LegendName field added for displaying custom legend names on calibration plots
2013
- Windows 7/8 32- and 64-bit compatibility
- CS plotter graphics improved, Willmott index of agreement added
- IDF output identifies US COOP and WBAN station names
- new NCDC US hourly format added
- Read dialogs simplified
- various old precipitation data formats dropped
- Powerpoint macro to import calibration plots
2012
- Updates to CSInterfacer - Bug fixes to CSReporter - Updated help file - CSReporter - Reads SWMM Binary Out files
- CSReporter - Reads and plots multiple modeled timeseries
- CS Interfacer - Includes tool for data exchanges among MOUSE, HSPF SWMM etc. See
CS Interfacer for more information
- IDF Analysis - Bases interevent times on minutes, not just hours between events
- IDF Analysis - Uses fitted return period to IDF event listings
- IDF Analysis - Excludes missing periods from period of record to improve plotting positions and IDF statistics
- Rainfall analysis - Implements character gage names
- IDF Analysis - LP-III fit for flow data (cutoff≠0)
- Rescale and Reformat - Pad Zeroes handles multiple gages
2011
- CSReporter - Updates MOUSE data import routine to run faster
- CSReporter - Import timeseries for upto 1000 elements from MOUSE results file
- CSReporter - Added functionallity to import Subcatchment Hydrographs from SWMM report file
2010
- Fix SWMM5 data import in MGD for CSReporter
- Smoothing function to use GageInterval in Gages table for CSReporter
- Fix for CSO Statistics
- Calibration Event Summary export to ModGage.xls
- Calibration Hydrograph: Added markers to observed data timeseries plot
- Fix problem reading SWMM 5 output files
- Fix problem in Transform|Rescale/Reformat
- Fix problem in loading SWMM5 output files to CSReporter
- New C# code base replaces previous VB6 version.
- Complete revamping of SWMMReporter. Now CS Reporter
- Multi-structure NetSTORM modeling and Gradually Varied Flow calculator omitted.
- Correct error in sub-daily aggregation for last record of a gage
- Handle pre-1900 dates properly in IDF analysis
- Read new GHCN format
- Read USHCN WTEQ data
- Update USHCN Monthly to
Version 2 dataset
- Ignore brackets in raw ASOS data
- Improve Compute Snowmelt output
- Known issues: Transform|Rescale/Reformat not working, SWMM5 output files can't be loaded to CSReporter
2009
- Read | Precipitation imports NWS 1-minute
ASOS DSI 6406 precipitation
- Read | US Historical Climatology Network imports international
Daily GHCN data
- CSO Stats function in SWMM reporter counts events by overflow occurrence or by storm
- Tables _CSOStormsCalc, CSOStorms, _ModelOutfallByStorm, _CSOStatsByStorm added to SWMMReporter.mdb
- SWMM Plotter plots flows in CFS or MGD
- Observed and modeled statistics can be switched off in SWMM Plotter graphs
- User can modify SWMM Plotter output folder location from dialog
- Offset field in Gages table is subtracted from observed junction depth timeseries
- Data grids displaying SWMM output timeseries hidden to fix 'Out of Memory' error
- ImageImport.pptm sorts plots in ascending order
- Known issue: IDF analysis ignores multiple file requests
2008
- SWMM Reporter can read subcatchment data from the SWMM report file
- New tables Subcatchment Hydrographs and WellData were added in SWMMReporter.mdb file
- Read NCDC surface airways data formats as formatted by UCAR (TD-14 and TD-3280)
- Removed tooltip option which caused error in ImageImport.ppt
- Read HydroData vertical bar (|) delimited precipitation format
- SWMM Reporter moved to separate main menu item, calibration hydrographs improved
- Stochastic disaggregation preserves hourly precipitation fixing 2008.1 error
- SWMM Reporter loads multiple files and saves run IDs
- Stochastic hourly disaggregation algorithm has new spiking factor
- Customizable annual storm depth histograms added to IDF output
- SWMM Reporter also supports SWMM 4 and can append to existing datasets
2007
- previous restrictions removed for SWMM simplification of large files
- STORM supports acre-feet as storage and treatment units
- new SWMM Reporter menus support SWMM5 calibration and statistical reports
- correct error in STORM most efficient size introduced in 2007.3
- STORM multi-run facilitates constant specification
- IDF lists percentiles
- precipitation by hour of day and month matrix added to IDF statistics
- Excel STORM includes first flush parameters
- short-duration disaggregation and multi-gage decomposition write gage IDs
- paired stochastic daily disaggregation algorithm improved
- help pages added for NetSTORM output tables
- correct error: STORM multi-runs did not process metric datasets properly after the first iteration
- SWMM simplification reads/writes comment lines
- Excel STORM uses explicit metric parameter
2006
- allow drag-drop of input file names from Windows onto text boxes
- correct errors for SWMM simplication export of unsimplified files, improve dialogs
- all daily precipitation disaggregation options now work with all rainfall formats
- Rescale/Reformat no longer reports extraneous errors when PC setting for date order differs from m/d/y
- Excel STORM uses either rain format
- Windows Vista compatibility modifications: default to user's root folder; datasheets use MSOWC 11
- SWMM simplication checks for zero-height conduits
- date formats d/m/y and y/m/d recognized
- SWMM simplication prioritizes merging manholes with unknown inverts and handles [LOSSES] and [INFLOWS] sections
- new feature Read | USHCN daily and monthly datasets
- correct error where NetSTORM module was not reading multi-gage rain files properly
- new feature Transform | SWMM5 Simplication rationalizes SWMM5 input files. Unlicensed users can only operate on small datasets
- correct error reporting storm durations in IDF output for sub-hourly datasets
- STORM uses metric or English units
- 12 minute data options in disaggregation
- value threshold to IDF analysis excludes data points and report averages (e.g. for streamflow analysis)
- improve support messages for license expiration and IDF password
2005
- IDF event listings in tabbed columns
- max intensity and mean event duration added to monthly and annual statistics in IDF analysis
- short-duration disaggregation and rescale/reformat dialogs improved
- fix problem where time series values greater than 100 were causing program to crash
- statistical summary at end of detailed STORM output improved
- output files open at beginning, rather than end of file
- minor reformatting of IDF drought and storm statistics
- Web hyperlinks added to About dialog
- replace final storage reporting with max storage reporting in STORM, storm list in tabbed columns
- Internet release
- improve Analyze|IDF output. Was not saving results for multiple files. Add password protection for large file analysis
- improve Transform|Reformat|Cross-tab. Was not reading sub-hourly files properly
- speed-up Transform|Rescale|Pad zeroes function
2004
- default precipitation format changed from gggg yyy mm dd hh to mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm
- DLL runs much faster and reliably on Windows XP
- new option for computing snowmelt-equivalent precipitation
- NetSTORM date data in .dbf files now more easily read in other programs
- additional summary information in STORM output including overflow duration
- Known issue: running Paired Daily Disaggregation twice in succession causes crash
- NCDC-imported data has comment line at top giving gage ID and source file name
- computational error corrected in STORM. Internal precision of constant MGTOIN was affecting storage-treatment calcs
- new option to select geometric (previously "multi-run") or arithmetic sequencing for STORM multi-scenario runs
- error fixed in Sanitary Flow and Percent Capture calculation in NetSTORM monthly summary table
- license agreement added to installation package
- improved formatting of STORM summary output
- NCDC comma-delimited precipitation files can be imported