Model:TopoFlow-Evaporation-Energy Balance

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Summary Contact Technical specs In/Output Process Testing Other Component info Also known as Model type Single Model part of larger framework Note on status model Date note status model Spatial dimensions 2D Spatial extent Landscape-Scale, Watershed-Scale Model domain One-line model description Evaporation process component (Energy Balance method) for a D8-based, spatial hydrologic model Extended model description This process component is part of a spatially-distributed hydrologic model called TopoFlow, but it can now be used as a stand-alone model. Keywords: basins, Name Scott Peckham Type of contact Model developer Institute / Organization CSDMS, INSTAAR, University of Colorado Postal address 1 1560 30th street Postal address 2 Town / City Boulder Postal code 80305 State Colorado Country USA"USA" is not in the list (Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, ...) of allowed values for the "Country" property. Email address Scott.Peckham@colorado.edu Phone 303-492-6752 Fax Supported platforms Unix, Linux, Mac OS, Windows Other platform Programming language Python Other program language None (but uses NumPy package) Code optimized Single Processor Multiple processors implemented Nr of distributed processors Nr of shared processors Start year development 2001 Does model development still take place? Yes If above answer is no, provide end year model development Code development status When did you indicate the 'code development status'? Model availability As code, As teaching tool Source code availability (Or provide future intension) Through CSDMS repository Source web address Source csdms web address Program license type Apache public license Program license type other Memory requirements Standard Typical run time Minutes to hours Describe input parameters The input variables for the Energy Balance method of estimating losses due to evaporation are defined as follows: Q_SW = net shortwave radiation (W / m^2) Q_LW = net longwave radiation (W / m^2) T_air = air temperature (deg C) T_surf = surface (snow) temperature (deg C) T_soil_x = soil temperature at depth x (deg C) x = reference depth in soil (m) K_soil = thermal conductivity of soil (W / (m deg_C)) u_z = wind velocity at height z (m / s) z = reference height for wind (m) (above land surface) z_0 = surface roughness height (m) (with no snow) h0_snow = initial snow depth (m) ρ_air = density of the air (kg / m^3) c_air = specific heat capacity of air (J / (kg deg_C)) L_v = latent heat of vaporization, water (J / kg) (2500000) g = gravitational constant, Earth = 9.81 (m / s^2) κ = von Karman's constant = 0.41 (unitless) The behavior of this component is controlled with a configuration (CFG) file, which may point to other files that contain input data. Here is a sample configuration (CFG) file for this component: Method code: 2 Method name: Energy_Balance Time step: Scalar 3600.00000000 (sec) alpha: Scalar 1.20000000 (none) K_soil: Scalar 0.44999999 (W/m/deg_C) soil_x: Scalar 0.05000000 (m) T_soil_x: Scalar 0.00000000 (deg C) Save grid timestep: Scalar 60.00000000 (sec) Save er grids: 0 Case5_2D-ETrate.rts (m/s) Save pixels timestep: Scalar 60.00000000 (sec) Save er pixels: 0 Case5_0D-ETrate.txt (m/s) Input format ASCII, Binary Other input format Describe output parameters Output format ASCII, Binary Other output format Pre-processing software needed? Yes Describe pre-processing software Another program must be used to create the input grids. This includes a D8 flow grid derived from a DEM for the region to be modeled. The earlier, IDL version of TopoFlow can be used to create some of these. Post-processing software needed? Yes Describe post-processing software None, except visualization software. Grid sequences saved in netCDF files can be viewed as animations and saved as movies using VisIt. Visualization software needed? Yes If above answer is yes Other visualization software VisIt Describe processes represented by the model The Energy Balance method of estimating losses due to evaporation. Describe key physical parameters and equations Main equations used by this component: ET = (1000 * Q_et) / (ρ_water * L_v) = evaporation rate (mm / sec) Q_et = (Q_SW + Q_LW + Q_c + Q_h) = energy flux used to evaporate water (W / m^2) Q_c = K_soil * (T_soil_x - T_surf) * (100 / x)= conduction energy flux (W / m^2) (between surf. and subsurf.) Q_h = ρ_air * c_air * D_h * (T_air - T_surf) = sensible heat flux (W / m^2) D_n = u_z * κ^2 / LN((z - h_snow) / z0_air)^2 = bulk exchange coeff. (neutrally stable conditions) (m / s) D_h = D_n / (1 + (10 * Ri)), (T_air > T_surf) = bulk exchange coeff. for heat (m / s) (stable) = D_n * (1 - (10 * Ri)), (T_air < T_surf) = bulk exchange coeff. for heat (m / s) (unstable) Ri = g * z * (T_air - T_surf) / (u_z^2 (T_air + 273.15)) = Richardson's number (unitless) Describe length scale and resolution constraints Recommended grid cell size is around 100 meters, but can be parameterized to run with a wide range of grid cell sizes. DEM grid dimensions are typically less than 1000 columns by 1000 rows. Describe time scale and resolution constraints Typical timesteps are on the order of seconds to minutes. Model can be run for a full year or longer, if necessary. Describe any numerical limitations and issues This model/component needs more rigorous testing. Describe available calibration data sets This model/component is typically not calibrated to fit data, but is run with a best guess or measured value for each input parameter. Upload calibration data sets if available: Describe available test data sets Available test data sets: Treynor watershed, in the Nishnabotna River basin, Iowa, USA. (Two large rainfall events.) Small basin in Kentucky. Inclined plane for testing. Arctic watershed data from Larry Hinzman (UAF). See /data/progs/topoflow/3.0/data on CSDMS cluster. Upload test data sets if available: Describe ideal data for testing Several test datasets are stored on the CSDMS cluster at: /data/progs/topoflow/3.0/data. Do you have current or future plans for collaborating with other researchers? Collaborators include: Larry Hinzman (UAF), Bob Bolton, Anna Liljedahl (UAF), Stefan Pohl, Tom Over and others Is there a manual available? Yes Upload manual if available: Model website if any This site. Model forum / discussion board Comments About this component: This component was developed as part of the TopoFlow hydrologic model, which was originally written in IDL and had a point-and-click GUI. For more information on TopoFlow, please goto: http://csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Model:TopoFlow. When used from within the CSDMS Modeling Tool (CMT), this component has "config" button which launches a graphical user interface (GUI) for changing input parameters. The GUI is a tabbed dialog with a Help button at the bottom that displays HTML help in a browser window. This component also has a configuration (CFG) file, with a name of the form: <case_prefix>_channels_diff_wave.cfg. This file can be edited with a text editor. The Numerical Python module (numpy) is used for fast, array-based processing. This model has an OpenMI-style interface, similar to OpenMI 2.0. Part of this interface is inherited from "CSDMS_base.py". This part will be filled out by CSDMS staff OpenMI compliant No but planned BMI compliant Yes WMT component Yes PyMT component Is this a data component Can be coupled with: CanCoupleWith, CanCoupleWith, CanCoupleWith, CanCoupleWith, CanCoupleWith, CanCoupleWith, CanCoupleWith, CanCoupleWith, CanCoupleWith, CanCoupleWith, CanCoupleWith,

Model info Authors Scott Peckham Source code Go to external source code site Model citations Nr. of publications: 1 Total citations: 12 h-index: 1 m-quotient: 0.06 QR-code Link to this page Other models by author Erode Erode-D8-Local Shoreline TopoFlow TopoFlow-Channels-Diffusive Wave TopoFlow-Channels-Dynamic Wave TopoFlow-Channels-Kinematic Wave TopoFlow-DEM Smoother TopoFlow-Data-HIS TopoFlow-Diversions TopoFlow-Evaporation-Energy Balance TopoFlow-Evaporation-Priestley Taylor TopoFlow-Evaporation-Read File TopoFlow-Infiltration-Green-Ampt TopoFlow-Infiltration-Richards 1D TopoFlow-Infiltration-Smith-Parlange TopoFlow-Meteorology TopoFlow-Saturated Zone-Darcy Layers TopoFlow-Snowmelt-Degree-Day TopoFlow-Snowmelt-Energy Balance

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