# SDR model output interpretation **URL:** https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/t/sdr-model-output-interpretation/2988 **Category:** Software Support **Tags:** sdr **Created:** [August 15, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/t/sdr-model-output-interpretation/2988 "2022-08-15T15:38:47Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![dcdenu4](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/dcdenu4/32/544_2.png) [@dcdenu4](https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/u/dcdenu4) #### Post date: [August 16, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/t/sdr-model-output-interpretation/2988/2 "2022-08-16T14:02:56Z")
Hi @dibku, Welcome to the NatCap forums and thanks for posting your question. We’ve gotten a lot of feedback about interpreting the SDR results as seen in these other forum posts: - [SDR Results Interpretation](https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/t/sdr-results-interpretation/2072) - [Interpreting SDR results](https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/t/interpreting-sdr-results/1649) - [Sed\_export's units - SDR model](https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/t/sed-exports-units-sdr-model/2963) We are also close to releasing an updated version of the SDR model that will hopefully provide better understanding of the resulting model outputs. In the meantime if you’re looking at the `watershed_results_sdr.shp` result the units are `tons/watershed`. That’s a good place to start for comparing results, as these models are designed to be run at that scale, not the pixel scale. For doing a quick `ton/pixel` to `ton/hectare` I think you can multiply by 10,000 and divide by the area of your pixel (30m x 30m = 900 square meters). 1 hectare = 10,000 square meters. So: `(X ton / 900m^2 ) * (10,000 m^2 / 1 hectare)` Doug --- _[View the full topic](https://community.naturalcapitalalliance.org/t/sdr-model-output-interpretation/2988)._