Joe Hamman

Results 205 issues of Joe Hamman

There has been recent discussion on developing profiling utilities for VIC, particularly the image and CESM drivers. I've broke the profiling down into 3 main categories based on what we...

enhancement
testing
image driver

The `snow_age` state variable is currently stored in units of "timesteps". I'm proposing that we change the units of this variable in `vic_run` and in the state files for all...

bug
vic_run
all drivers
science

RASM version 1 supported a spatial varying measurement height provided by the coupler. This allowed VIC to use the height of WRF's lowest model level as its measurement height. xref:...

enhancement
vic_run
CESM driver

In most places in VIC (but not all), VIC assumes `emissivity==1.0`. While this has a small impact on the overall surface energy balance, it is not physically realistic. RASM Version...

vic_run
CESM driver
science

As used in RASM Version 1.0 and detailed by Hamman et. al (In Revision). See also RACM revision r370. xref: #196

vic_run
CESM driver
science

Add @mabrunke's Dynamic Vegetation feature as an extension in the CESM (and Image) drivers.

enhancement
extensions
CESM driver

The image driver currently supports a single multi-file forcing format that appends the year to the end of the filepath in the format of `forcing/path/prefix.YYYY.nc` where `YYYY.nc` is appended during...

enhancement
feature
image driver

In [these lines in `snow_melt.c`](https://github.com/UW-Hydro/VIC/blob/develop/src/snow_melt.c#L468-L481): ``` C /* Refreeze liquid water in the pack. variable 'RefreezeEnergy' is the heat released to the snow pack if all liquid water were refrozen....

bug
enhancement
cleanup

In [these lines in solve_snow.c](https://github.com/UW-Hydro/VIC/blob/develop/src/solve_snow.c#L495-L507): ``` C /*** NOTE *coverage should not be zero the time step the snowpack melts - FIX THIS ***/ snow->density = 0.; snow->depth = 0.;...

bug
enhancement
cleanup

**Description** - Reorganize to allow multiple patches having different soil, land cover, topography, etc. Regroup related elements together in more intuitive way. Requires data structure overhaul. **Optional?** - No **Comment**...

feature