The software indicates that load_type_x (load_type_p, in my case) must have a numerical input in the biophysical table, however, the user guide suggests that the options should be inputted as either ‘application-rate’ or ‘measured-runoff’. I was wondering if someone could direct me to the key for th…

Stacie, I was running version 3.15.1. I have now downloaded 3.16.1 and the model is running no problem. Apologies for the confusion.

Welcome to the forum @ceileigh ! I think you’re talking about two separate biophysical table fields. These two inputs are numeric values of nutrient loading (the following description is from the User Guide Data Needs section ): load_n ( number , units: kg/(ha · year), conditionally required): The …

Thank you for your reply. Please allow me to clarify my question. When I input ‘application-rate’ it indicates that the load_type_p column needs a numeric input. It will only run if I assign a integer to the column. How should I proceed? Thank you.

load_type_p and load_type_n are text string values, which can be either ‘application-rate’ or ‘measured-runoff’. If you look at the sample data for NDR you’ll find an example biophysical table with these values: [NDR_sample_biophysical_table] I will try to make this more clear in the User Guide. …

Hi Stacie, thank you so much. This is the error message i receive: ValueError: Value(s) in the “load_type_p” column could not be interpreted as numbers. Original error: could not convert string to float: ‘measured-runoff’ This is what my load_type_p columns look like. It seems like I am using the s…

Well that’s very strange, it does look correct from that screenshot. Can you post the actual CSV table so we can look at the content and format? ~ Stacie

Glad that it’s running now, thanks for letting us know @ceileigh . ~ Stacie

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