oggm.tasks.glacier_mu_candidates

oggm.tasks.glacier_mu_candidates(gdir)[source]

Computes the mu candidates, glacier wide.

For each 31 year-period centered on the year of interest, mu is is the temperature sensitivity necessary for the glacier with its current shape to be in equilibrium with its climate.

This task is just for documentation and testing! It is not used in production anymore.

Parameters:
gdir : oggm.GlacierDirectory

the glacier directory to process

Notes

Files writen to the glacier directory:
climate_info.pkl
Some information (dictionary) about the climate data and the mass balance parameters for this glacier.