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Hydrology parameters

Michael Dietze edited this page Jun 1, 2016 · 1 revision

HYDROLOGY <hydro></hydro>

Parameters controlling TOPMODEL lateral soil moisture flow and surface runoff model.

Variable Units Description
useTOPMODEL boolean Use the among site TOPMODEL subsurface hydrology routine
useRUNOFF boolean Use the among site surface runoff routine
outputPeriod integer How often hydrology status is written to file
MoistRateTuning Constant multiplier to soil conductivity decay (f)
MoistSatThresh
MoistdWT Maximum rate of change in water table
FracLiqRunoff Threshold fraction of frozen surface water for runoff to occur
runoff_vmax maximum runoff velocity
GrassLAImax Grass LAI at which maximum surface resistance to runoff occurs