MIKE Zero¶
1. Overview¶
MIKE SHE is part of the MIKE Zero suite of modelling tools. However, MIKE Zero is more than a set of modelling tools. MIKE Zero is a project management interface, with a full range of tools for helping you with your modelling project.
In any project, it is a challenge to maintain an overview of all of these files, not to mention keeping regular backups and archives of all of these files. As you progress through the calibration and validation phases, and then on to the scenario analysis and report writing phases, the number of model artifacts can become overwhelming. The MIKE Zero project structure is designed to include all of your modelling files; that is all of the raw data files, model input files, and model output files, as well as any reports, spread sheets, plots, etc.
The MIKE Zero project structure is designed to help you keep control of your project.
There is a separate introduction manual to help you get started working with MIKE Zero.
2. MIKE Zero editors¶
The MIKE Zero also includes general tools for data editing, analysis and manipulation. Some of these have their own file types, or documents. The MIKE Zero documents include (with the tools commonly used for MIKE SHE in bold):
| Name | File | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Time Series Editor | .dfs0 | for time series data |
| The Profile Series Editor | .dfs1 | for time varying 1D data (profiles are not used in MIKE SHE) |
| The Grid Editor | .dfs2 and .dfs3 | for time varying 2D and 3D data |
| Data Manager | Data Manager | |
| The Plot Composer | .plc | for creating standard report plots. |
| Result Viewer | (.rev) | for results presentation |
| Bathymetry | (.batsf) | for seabed elevations |
| Animator | (.mza) | for 3D visualization of 2D surface water and waves |
| MIKE ECO Lab | .ecolab | for detailed water quality processes |
| AUTOCAL | (.auc) | for autocalibration, sensitivity analysis and scenario management |
| EVA Editor | .eva | for extreme value analysis of surface water flows |
| Mesh Generator | .mdf | for creating meshes for the finite element versions of MIKE 21 and MIKE 3 |
| Data Extraction FM | .dxfm | for extracting data from finite element results files |
| MIKE Zero Toolbox | .mzt | various tools for data manipulation |
The documentation for these tools is found in the printed MIKE Zero books and under MIKE Zero in the online help. In addition to the MIKE Zero document-based tools, there are a number of other important MIKE Zero utilities, including:
| Software | Description |
|---|---|
| MIKE View | a results evaluation utility for MIKE 1D river and sewer flow results. |
| Image Rectifer | a simple tool for stretching and georeferencing image files. |
| Launch Simulation Engine | a utility for launching and running MIKE Zero simulation engines independent of the Graphical User Interface. |