title: RunMACRO: a program to facilitate sensitivity analyses using the water flow and solute movement model MACRO.
abstract: Sensitivity analyses of pesticide leaching often involve a large range of simulations based on nearly identical set-ups. Using RunMACRO it is possible to make large numbers of simulations with a minimum of exertion. Running many nearly identical model set-ups is tedious and might introduce errors in selecting the correct values from a long range of parameter files that are appropriate to the model set-up. RunMACRO makes the task easier and minimises the risk of errors in the generation of parameter files and model executions. Using RunMACRO, it is possible to create a suite of MACRO simulations based on a single parameter file where the range or a list of values for one to three parameters is specified. RunMACRO then creates a parameter file for each of the simulations and runs the simulations one by one. RunMACRO can easily be modified to be used with other simulation programs that use ASCII-based parameter files and can be started from a command prompt. RunMACRO is available free to use and modify from the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland's home page.
authors.affiliation: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Thoravej 8, DK 2400, Copenhagen, Denmark. mh@geus.dk
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hansen
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000032:analysis; D010573:Pesticide Residues / Q000032:analysis; D010575:Pesticides / Q000032:analysis; D012984:Software; D012987:Soil / Q000032:analysis; D012996:Solutions / Q000032:analysis*; D014872:Water Movements
chemical_list: D010573:Pesticide Residues; D010575:Pesticides; D012987:Soil; D012996:Solutions