How to use SWIM - get started

• Open model -latest version
• SWIM should work in any modern web browser
  • You need javascript, updated since summer 2021
• Wait for the model code to load, followed by its data
  • SWIM begins with an Oval layout.
  • Cogs show progress and interactions, they rotate when calculating.
  • Mini-plots should appear after a few seconds
  • Later reloads should be faster if the browser caches some data
  • (Check activity in console column far left - note draggable corner)
• The main cause-effect loop follows clockwise around the oval,
  • starting (left) with drivers (demography, economy etc.) at the top,
  • passing through energy, emissions, biogeochemistry
  • to atmosphere and climate response.
  • (but there are also cross-cutting controls / feedbacks)
• Select Cogs (click => yellow) to show, for each science- module
  • Adjustable Parameters (centre-left)
  • Documentation
  • Source Code - if you have it open ()
• Click on mini-plots (left) to enlarge them
  • Plots open in nearest corner
  • Zoom plots using mouse-wheel or touch (spread/pinch)
  • (X to close)
• Adjust plots
  • Wheel/touch gestures also work for plot axes, to zoom for more detail
  • Click on a big-plot for options (stacked, legend, labels)
• Try adjusting model parameters (sliders, menus, checkboxes).
  • First select a cog, then adjust its parameters
  • The model should recalculate - some plots change (within a few seconds)
  • Which modules recalculate depends on changed / needed interactions - see console for info.
  • You can reset all at the top-right.
• Try the columns layout
  • Layout menu at top right
  • Columns layout is better for studying detail of one part of the system
  • Scroll down the parallel columns of parameters or mini-plots (click to open)
  • Click on titles to fold modules, also link to their code.
• Higher complexity level => extra plots & parameters
  • complexity menu at top
  • (just use Normal and Expert for now - others to fix)
• You can also change the style-theme
  • (use menu at top, examples right - it's just changing css!)