Model help:TopoFlow-Meteorology

TopoFlow-Meteorology

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Model introduction

This component reads a variety of variables for the atmosphere and for the land surface from input files or as simple scalars. It then computes many additional variables, such as vapor pressure, e_air, and net shortwave (solar) radiation, Qn_SW, using built-in shortwave radiation and longwave radiation calculators that are based on celestial mechanics and widely-used empirical relationships. These additional variables are needed by the Snowmelt → Energy Balance and Evaporation → Energy Balance components. Direct, diffuse and back-scattered radiation fluxes are all modeled. Properties of the atmosphere (e.g. precipitation rate, P, air temperature, T_air, relative humidity, RH, and dust attenuation, γ), are used as well as surface/topographic properties (e.g. slope angle, aspect angle and surface albedo. The approach used here closely follows the one outlined in Appendix E of Dingman (2002). However, instantaneous vs. day-integrated radiation fluxes are used and the optical air mass is modeled using the widely used method of Kasten and Young (1989).

Model parameters

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Output 2

Parameter	Description	Unit
Components status
Input directory
Output directory
Site prefix
Case prefix
Number of steps
Time step
ρ H2O
ρ H2O
Cp air type
ρ air type:
ρ air
Precipitation rates type
Precipitation rates
PRECIPITATION ONLY toggle

Parameter	Description	Unit
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Parameter	Description	Unit
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First parameter	Description parameter	[Units]

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Numerical scheme

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