Add snow threshold for glaciermelt as a parameter #499
Labels
hydrology
Feature or improvement related to the hydrological (vertical) component
needs refinement
issue still needs refinement
Feature type
Adding new functionality
Improvement Description
Currently, glacier melt in Wflow is only enabled if the snow cover < 10 mm. This is not always realistic, as glacier melt can still occur even if there is still a significant snowpack on top. Therefore, it would be nice if you can adjust this threshold.
Implementation Description
Add a new parameter to the staticmaps, which sets the threshold snow thickness for which glacier melt can occur. Check if we want to take the uneven snow distribution on a glacier into account (comment @jaapschellekens).
Additional Context
Together with @jaapschellekens, @cvanstrien and @tanerumit I was working on a wflow_sbm model of the Vakhsh catchment in Tajikistan, which is very glacier dominated. We had quite some trouble getting a realistic glacier and snowpack representation, as well as a decent fit of the modelled discharge with observations.
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