oggm.core.massbalance.MassBalanceModel.get_specific_mb

MassBalanceModel.get_specific_mb(heights, widths, year=None)

Specific mb for this year and a specific glacier geometry.

Units: [mm w.e. yr-1], or millimeter water equivalent per year

Parameters:

heights: ndarray

the atitudes at which the mass-balance will be computed

widths: ndarray

the widths of the flowline (necessary for the weighted average)

year: float, optional

the time (in the “hydrological floating year” convention)

Returns:

the specific mass-balance (units: mm w.e. yr-1)