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3.4 Parameters
Parameters are the forecast variables used in CHPS, such as discharge and stage. Parameters also include information about river basins and land data such as reservoir storage, elevations, temperature, precipitation, etc.
All of the parameters used in CHPS are registered, defined, and grouped together logically in the Parameters.xml file located in the RegionConfigFiles directory.
You typically will not be doing much modification of this file, since all of the necessary parameters used by the forecasters have already been registered. It is important to be familiar with the general contents of files as all available parameters in CHPS are referenced.