FlowToVolume

This function evaluates to the volume of water corresponding to a flow over a timestep.

Description

The volume of water resulting from a steady flow over a timestep.

Type

NUMERIC

Arguments

Type

Meaning

1

NUMERIC

constant flow to be converted

2

DATETIME

timestep over which to convert

Evaluation

The number of seconds in the timestep of the datetime argument is determined. Then, the flow argument is multiplied by this number of seconds. Returns value in units of volume.

Mathematical Expression

 

Comments

If the flow argument is entered in units containing a "/month" component, it is scaled to reflect the length of the month indicated by the timestep argument before being multiplied by this timestep length.

 
FlowToVolume(Lake Powell.Inflow[], @"t")
 
6155584.04 [m3]