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Model description paper
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Model description paper |
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HydroPy (v1.0): a new global hydrology model written in Python
Tobias Stacke
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Institute of Coastal Systems – Analysis and Modelling, Max-Planck-Strasse 1,
21502 Geesthacht, Germany
now at: Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Bundesstraße 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Stefan Hagemann
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Institute of Coastal Systems – Analysis and Modelling, Max-Planck-Strasse 1,
21502 Geesthacht, Germany
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Short summary
HydroPy is a new version of an established global hydrology model. It was rewritten from scratch and adapted to a modern object-oriented infrastructure to facilitate its future development and application. With this study, we provide a thorough documentation and evaluation of our new model. At the same time, we open our code base and publish the model's source code in a public software repository. In this way, we aim to contribute to increasing transparency and reproducibility in science.
HydroPy is a new version of an established global hydrology model. It was rewritten from scratch...
