percolation

cosipy.modules.percolation.percolation(GRID, water, dt)

Percolate melt water through the snow- and firn pack.

Bucket method (Bartelt & Lehning, 2002).

Parameters:

• GRID (Grid) – Glacier data structure.

• water (float) – Melt water at the surface, [m w.e. q.].

• dt (int) – Integration time [s].

Returns:

Percolated meltwater.

Return type:

float