Abstract
With the ability to simulate historical and future global water availability on a monthly time step at a spatial resolution of 0.5 geographic degree, the Python package Xanthos version 1 provided a solid foundation for continuing advancements in global water dynamics science. The goal of Xanthos version 2 was to build upon previous investments by creating a Python framework where core components of the model (potential evapotranspiration (PET), runoff generation, and river routing) could be interchanged or extended without having to start from scratch. Xanthos 2 utilizes a component-style architecture which enables researchers to quickly incorporate and test cutting-edge research in a stable modeling environment prebuilt with diagnostics. Major advancements for Xanthos 2 were also achieved by the creation of a robust default configuration with a calibration module, hydropower modules, and new PET modules, which are now available to the scientific community.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 1 |
| Journal | Journal of Open Research Software |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2019 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
This research was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, as part of research in Multi-Sector Dynamics, Earth and Environmental System Modeling Program. The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is operated for DOE by Battelle Memorial Institute under contract DE-AC05-76RL01830. The views and opinions expressed in this paper are those of the authors alone.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Energy | |
| Battelle | DE-AC05-76RL01830 |
Keywords
- Global hydrology
- Hydrologic framework
- Potential evapotranspiration
- Python
- River routing
- Runoff
- SciPy
- Xanthos
