Running the VIC Classic Driver

Compiling

  • Dependencies: The Classic Driver's only dependency is a C compiler that supports the C-99 standard. We routinely test VIC using the following compilers:

    • GNU (gcc version 4+)
    • Clang (clang version 3+)

    VIC has also been compiled using these compilers:

    • Intel (icc)
    • PGI (pgcc)

  • If you want to use a compiler other than gcc, either edit the Makefile or set the CC environment variable, e.g.

    export CC=icc

  • Change directory, cd, to the "Classic Driver" source code directory and type make

    cd vic/drivers/classic
make

  • If this completes without errors, you will now see a file called vic_classic.exe in this directory. vic_classic.exe is the executable file for the model.

Run VIC

At the command prompt, type:

    ./vic_classic.exe -g global_parameter_filename

where global_parameter_filename = name of the global parameter file corresponding to your project.

where global_parameter_filename name of the global parameter file corresponding to your project.

Other Command Line Options

VIC has a few other command line options:

  • vic_classic.exe -v: says which version of VIC this is
  • vic_classic.exe -h: prints a list of all the VIC command-line options
  • vic_classic.exe -o: prints a list of all of the current compile-time settings in this executable; to change these settings, you must edit vic_def.h and recompile using make full.