HydPy-KinW¶
The HydPy-KinW model family offers storage-based routing methods that rely on the
simplifying kinematic wave assumption. Its initial members, kinw_williams and
kinw_williams_ext, follow routing methods applied by the LARSIM model. Their
parameters and sequences are, for consistency with the original LARSIM implementation,
German terms and abbreviations. Additionally, the documentation on each parameter or
sequence contains an English translation.
We might change the kinw_williams and kinw_williams_ext in the future.
Backwards-incompatible changes may include switching to English variable names,
improving numerical performance, or supporting additional channel profile geometries.
It is also possible we drop them completely in case newer models like kinw_impl_euler
(which is already “more English”, more performant, and more flexible but has no adaptive
error control) prove highly superior.
Available models:
- kinw » HydPy-KinW (base model)
- kinw_impl_euler » HydPy-KinW-Implicit-Euler (A-stable routing based on the implicit Euler method)
- kinw_williams » HydPy-KinW-Williams (Williams routing based on a triple trapeze profile and the Strickler equation)
- kinw_williams_ext » HydPy-KinW-Williams-Ext (Williams routing based on an externally calculated volume-discharge relationship)