User Manual

This chapter contains the User Manual of the RS MINERVE software.

Document structure

The manual is composed of 7 main chapters:

  1. Rainfall-runoff modelling

  2. Hydraulic infrastructures modelling

  3. Database

  4. GIS

  5. Hydrological-hydraulic simulation

  6. Expert module

  7. Plugins

In the different chapters, actions to be done by the user are presented in blue.

In addition to this User’s manual, the reader can also find all model equations and file descriptions in the technical manual (García Hernández et al. 2020).

Installation procedure

Proceed as follows to install RS MINERVE on your computer (requires Windows 7 or later versions of Windows):

  • Visit the CREALP website: https://crealp.ch/rs-minerve/

  • Select the version within the “Téléchargement et support” section

  • Save the file, double-click on RSMinerve-install.exe (in the Internet browser Downloads frame) and follow the installation procedure.

Figure 1: Structure of the RS MINERVE main interface

Updates

When RS MINERVE is opened and if an Internet connection is available, RS MINERVE connects to the server to check if a new version is available. If this is the case, the user is invited to install the new version by accepting the update.

Figure 2: Installation of updates

Uninstallation procedure

To uninstall RS MINERVE, use the conventional uninstallation procedure in Windows.

The Model interface

The structure of the RS MINERVE main window and the different frames composing it are presented in Figure 1.

The Interface frame (Figure 1) in the middle of the RS MINERVE interface allows the visualization of the model network.

Interaction within the Interface is possible with the mouse.

  • Use the scroll wheel to zoom in / zoom out

  • Press the scroll wheel and move the mouse to move the interface window

  • Left click on an object (Figure 3 (b)) \(\rightarrow\) Select the object and move it in the interface

  • Double-click on an object (the object is highlighted, Figure 3 (c)) \(\rightarrow\) Display the Object description, Series and other corresponding frames (in the right part).

Figure 3: Example of (a) an unselected object, (b) after a left click and (c) after a double-click

The Search tool

To facilitate navigation in the main window, the Search tool (right-frame) allows the user to enter the name of an object. All corresponding names are listed and a click on the correct one opens the parent model and highlights the corresponding object.

Figure 4: The Search tool

Settings

The user can access the settings in the RS MINERVE frame (Figure 5) and can change the following values:

  • The units of inputs, parameters and state variables of RS MINERVE (Precipitation, Temperature, Length, Height,…)

  • The interpolation method for meteorological values:

    • Thiessen polygons: for using the nearest meteorological station

    • Shepard method: for values depending on inverse distance weighting

  • The Potential Evapotranspiration (\(ETP\)) method used in the hydrological model. The \(ETP\) can be directly taken from Database, or computed with one of the following methods:

    • Turc

    • McGuinness

    • Oudin

    • Uniform ETP

Any change is directly applied to the current model. In addition, the user can also save the current settings as default settings for new models.

Figure 5: RS MINERVE Settings tab

List of keyboard shortcuts and mouse actions

The user can use a list of keyboard shortcuts (Table 1) as well as a list of mouse actions over the graphics (Table 2).

Table 1: List of keyboard shortcuts
Ctrl + N New Project
Ctrl + O Open Project
Ctrl + S Save Project
Ctrl + Shift + S Save as Project
Ctrl + W Close Project
F5 Start Simulation
Shift + F5 Stop Simulation
Esc Back (go to hierarchical higher level), Cancel object selection (when object type selected in Objects frame)
Space Switch between Select and Connections
Ctrl + Space Switch between Select and Transitions (in a Regulation object only)
Ctrl To select more than one object or series

 

OVER THE AXES
Left click -
Right click and move the mouse Displace the current view
Move the scroll wheel Zoom in / zoom out
Click on scroll wheel and movethe mouse Select the zoom zone
Double click on scroll wheel Back to default zoom
Table 2: List of mouse actions in graphics
OVER THE TIME SERIES PLOT
Left click Date and value of the nearest series point
Right click and move the mouse Displace the current view
Move the scroll wheel Zoom in / zoom out
Click on scroll wheel and move the mouse Select the zoom zone
Double click on scroll wheel Back to default zoom

References

García Hernández, Javier, Alain Foehn, Javier Fluixá Sanmartín, Bastien Roquier, Tristan Brauchli, Javier Paredes Arquiola, and Giovanni De Cesare. 2020. RS MINERVE - Technical Manual. Switzerland: RS MINERVE Group.