Description
runcof is a command line tool to calculate the the methodology from Mexican norm NOM-011-CONAGUA-2015. The watershed is divided in homogenous zones to get a coefficient of each one.

Features
A program to calculate the runoff coefficient:
- Standard method (NOM-011-CONAGUA-2015)
- Command line tool
- Source code in Python 2.7
- Multiplatform
Usage
Command line options
The program require some options:
- -a: to input a blank space delimited list of areas in hectares
- -l: to input a blank space delimited list of land uses (view help)
- -s: to input a blank space delimited list of soil types (view help)
- -p: to input the precipitation in millimeters
Using the executable on Windows:
- Download and extract the zip file.
- Open a System Prompt or a Power Shell
- Go to the extracted directory using the command cd. In the figure the commands are used to go into the directory Desktop > runcof:
cd Desktop cd runcof
- Check that the program works properly by showing the help:
- Execute the program. The command for the example in the figure is:
> runcof.exe -a 10 20 30 -l 13 7 8 -s 0 1 0 -p 800 -v
- The results should be like this:
AREA - 0 Area: 10.000 Land use: Grassland Soil type: Permeable soil K parameter: 0.180 AREA - 1 Area: 20.000 Land use: Forest (75%) Soil type: Medium permeability K parameter: 0.160 AREA - 2 Area: 30.000 Land use: Forest (50-75%) Soil type: Permeable soil K parameter: 0.120 The value of the total area is: 60.000 The value of k parameter is: 0.143 The runoff coefficient is: 0.039
Using the Python script on Unix-Like systems (GNU/Linux, macOS):
- Be sure you have Python installed. To use the code you need to have Python installed in your computer. In Linux and macOS systems Python is installed by default, in Windows you need to download and install it first.
- Open a Terminal application. (on Windows options are System Prompt or Power Shell)
- Go to the directory where the runcof.py file is located. Use the command cd to do this.
- Check the program works properly by showing the help:$
$ python runcof.py --help
- Execute the program. The command for the example in the figure is:
$ python runcof.py -a 10 20 30 -l 13 7 8 -s 0 1 0 -p 800 -v
- The results should be like this:
AREA - 0 Area: 10.000 Land use: Grassland Soil type: Permeable soil K parameter: 0.180 AREA - 1 Area: 20.000 Land use: Forest (75%) Soil type: Medium permeability K parameter: 0.160 AREA - 2 Area: 30.000 Land use: Forest (50-75%) Soil type: Permeable soil K parameter: 0.120 The value of the total area is: 60.000 The value of k parameter is: 0.143 The runoff coefficient is: 0.039
Downloads
Available downloads:
Windows bits executables (zip)
License
runcof Runoff coefficient for watersheds with different land use and soil type. Copyright 2012-2017 <ecoslacker@irriapps.com> Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.