oggm.tasks.compute_ela

oggm.tasks.compute_ela(gdir, ys=None, ye=None, years=None, climate_filename='climate_historical', temperature_bias=None, precipitation_factor=None, climate_input_filesuffix='', mb_model_class=<class 'oggm.core.massbalance.MonthlyTIModel'>)

Computes the ELA of a glacier for a for given years and climate.

Parameters:

gdiroggm.GlacierDirectory

the glacier directory to process

ysint

start year

yeint

end year

yearsarray of ints

override ys and ye with the years of your choice

climate_filenamestr

name of the climate file, e.g. ‘climate_historical’ (default) or ‘gcm_data’

climate_input_filesuffixstr

filesuffix for the input climate file

temperature_biasfloat

add a bias to the temperature timeseries

precipitation_factor: float

multiply a factor to the precipitation time series default is None and means that the precipitation factor from the calibration is applied which is cfg.PARAMS[‘prcp_fac’]

mb_model_classMassBalanceModel class

the MassBalanceModel class to use, default is MonthlyTIModel

Notes

Files written to the glacier directory: