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Coupled 1D Richards Equation + TOPMODEL Baseflow Hydrology

  • Task ID: earth_science.richards_topmodel_hydrology
  • Domain: earth_science
  • Subdomain: hydrology
  • Status: final
  • Benchmark set: seed42 (60 tasks)
  • Tags: hydrology, richards_equation, tridiagonal_solver, topmodel, water_balance, soil_moisture

Runtime and requirements

  • Estimated time: 60-180 minutes
  • Python: >=3.10
  • Packages: numpy>=1.24, pandas>=2.0, matplotlib>=3.7, scipy>=1.10
  • GPU required: no
  • Network required: no

Public input and output contract

Inputs

  • data/soil_profile.json (data): Per-layer soil properties (sand/clay fractions, depths) and Campbell hydraulic parameters derived from texture
  • data/forcing.csv (data): Daily forcing time series. Columns: day, precip_mm_day, pet_mm_day
  • data/site.json (data): Site config: topographic index, initial water-table depth, simulation length, dt_seconds

Outputs

  • analysis.py (code)
  • results/soil_moisture.npy (data): Daily volumetric soil moisture, shape (n_days, n_layers), m^3 m^-3
  • results/water_table.csv (data): Daily water-table state. Columns: day, water_table_m, aquifer_storage_mm
  • results/fluxes.csv (data): Daily hydrologic fluxes (mm/day). Columns: day, infiltration, runoff_surface, recharge, baseflow, drainage_bot, et_actual
  • results/water_balance.png (figure): Diagnostic figure: cumulative water balance + soil moisture profile

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