A modular open source glacier model in Python

The model accounts for glacier geometry (including contributory branches) and includes an explicit ice dynamics module. It can simulate past and future mass-balance, volume and geometry of (almost) any glacier in the world in a fully automated and extensible workflow. We rely exclusively on publicly available data for calibration and validation.

This is the software documentation: for general information about the OGGM project and related news, visit oggm.org.

Warning

This is the model documentation for users and developers as of version 1.3.1. For the documentation of the latest (cutting-edge) repository version, visit docs.oggm.org/en/latest.

Principles

Physical principles implemented in the model and their underlying assumptions, with as little code as possible. For more detailed information, we recommend to read the OGGM description paper as well.

Contributing

Do you want to contribute to the model? This is the right place to start.

Get in touch

  • View the source code on GitHub.
  • Report bugs or share your ideas on the issue tracker, and improve the model by submitting a pull request.
  • Chat with us on Slack! (just send us an email so we can add you)
  • Follow us on Twitter.
  • Or you can always send us an e-mail the good old way.

License and citation

OGGM is available under the open source 3-Clause BSD License.

OGGM is free software. This implies that you are free to use the model and copy or modify its code at your wish, under certain conditions:

  1. When using this software, please acknowledge the original authors of this contribution by using our logo, referring to our website or using an appropriate citation. See Citing OGGM for how to do that.
  2. Redistributions of any substantial portion of the OGGM source code must meet the conditions listed in the OGGM license
  3. Neither OGGM e.V. nor the names of OGGM contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. This does not mean that you need our written permission to work with OGGM or publish results based on OGGM: it simply means that the OGGM developers are not accountable for your use of the tool (more info).

See the OGGM license for more information.

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Version:Pypi version Supported python versions
Citation:GMD Paper Zenodo
Tests:Code coverage Linux build status Mass-balance cross validation Documentation status Benchmark status
License:BSD-3-Clause License
Authors:

See the version history for a list of all contributors.