EvapEnergyBalance-Meteorology-SnowDegreeDay coupling

Goal: Try to successfully run a coupled EvapEnergyBalance-Meteorology-SnowDegreeDay simulation, with EvapEnergyBalance as the driver.

Import the Babel-wrapped EvapEnergyBalance, Meteorology and SnowDegreeDay components and create instances:


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from cmt.components import EvapEnergyBalance, Meteorology, SnowDegreeDay
evp, met, sno = EvapEnergyBalance(), Meteorology(), SnowDegreeDay()

Initialize the components with cfg files that, for simplicity, use the same time step and run duration:


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%cd input

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evp.initialize('evap_energy_balance-1.cfg')
met.initialize('meteorology-2.cfg')
sno.initialize('snow_degree_day-1.cfg')

Store initial values of time, snow depth, and air temperature:


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time = [met.get_current_time()]
snow_depth = [sno.get_value('snowpack__depth').max()]
air_temp = [met.get_value('atmosphere_bottom_air__temperature').max()]
evap_flux = [evp.get_value('land_surface_water__evaporation_volume_flux').max()]

Run the coupled models to completion. In each time step, perform the following actions:

  1. Get variables from Meteorology; set into SnowDegreeDay
  2. Advance SnowDegreeDay
  3. Get variables from SnowDegreeDay; set into Meteorology
  4. Advance Meteorology
  5. Get variables from Meteorology and SnowDegreeDay; set into EvapEnergyBalance
  6. Advance EvapEnergyBalance

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count = 1
while evp.get_current_time() < evp.get_end_time():  
    T_air = met.get_value('atmosphere_bottom_air__temperature')
    P_snow = met.get_value('atmosphere_water__snowfall_leq-volume_flux')
    T_surf = met.get_value('land_surface__temperature')
    rho_H2O = met.get_value('water-liquid__mass-per-volume_density')
    sno.set_value('atmosphere_bottom_air__temperature', T_air)
    sno.set_value('atmosphere_water__snowfall_leq-volume_flux', P_snow)
    sno.set_value('land_surface__temperature', T_surf)
    sno.set_value('water-liquid__mass-per-volume_density', rho_H2O)
    
    sno.update(sno.get_time_step()*count)

    rho_snow = sno.get_value('snowpack__z_mean_of_mass-per-volume_density')
    h_snow = sno.get_value('snowpack__depth')
    h_swe = sno.get_value('snowpack__liquid-equivalent_depth')
    SM = sno.get_value('snowpack__melt_volume_flux')
    met.set_value('snowpack__z_mean_of_mass-per-volume_density', rho_snow)
    met.set_value('snowpack__depth', h_snow)
    met.set_value('snowpack__liquid-equivalent_depth', h_swe)
    met.set_value('snowpack__melt_volume_flux', SM)

    met.update(met.get_time_step()*count)
    
    T_air = met.get_value('atmosphere_bottom_air__temperature')
    Qe = met.get_value('atmosphere_bottom_air_land_net-latent-heat__energy_flux')
    Q_sum = met.get_value('land_surface_net-total-energy__energy_flux')
    T_surf = met.get_value('land_surface__temperature')
    h_snow = sno.get_value('snowpack__depth')
    evp.set_value('atmosphere_bottom_air__temperature', T_air)
    evp.set_value('atmosphere_bottom_air_land_net-latent-heat__energy_flux', Qe)
    evp.set_value('land_surface_net-total-energy__energy_flux', Q_sum)
    evp.set_value('land_surface__temperature', T_surf)
    evp.set_value('snowpack__depth', h_snow)
    
    evp.update(evp.get_time_step()*count)
    
    time.append(met.get_current_time())
    snow_depth.append(sno.get_value('snowpack__depth').max())
    air_temp.append(met.get_value('atmosphere_bottom_air__temperature').max())
    evap_flux.append(evp.get_value('land_surface_water__evaporation_volume_flux').max())
    
    count += 1

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print time

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print snow_depth

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print air_temp

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print evap_flux

Finalize the components:


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evp.finalize(), met.finalize(), sno.finalize()

Plot snow depth versus time.


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%matplotlib inline
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt

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fig, axes = plt.subplots(nrows=1, ncols=2, figsize=(12, 5))

snow_depth_plot = axes[0].plot(time[1:], snow_depth[1:], 'b')
axes[0].set_title('Snow depth versus time')
axes[0].set_xlabel('Time [s]')
axes[0].set_ylabel('Snow depth [m]')

evap_flux_plot = axes[1].plot(time[1:], evap_flux[1:], 'r')
axes[1].set_title('Evaporative flux versus time')
axes[1].set_xlabel('Time [s]')
axes[1].set_ylabel('Evaporative flux [m s-1]')

Result: Indeterminate.