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Three-Layer Snowpack: Compaction, Phase Change, and Liquid Hydrology

  • Task ID: earth_science.snow_3layer_compaction
  • Domain: earth_science
  • Subdomain: cryosphere
  • Status: final
  • Benchmark set: seed42 (60 tasks)
  • Tags: snow_physics, compaction, phase_change, mass_conservation, energy_conservation

Runtime and requirements

  • Estimated time: 60-150 minutes
  • Python: >=3.10
  • Packages: numpy>=1.24, pandas>=2.0, matplotlib>=3.7
  • GPU required: no
  • Network required: no

Public input and output contract

Inputs

  • data/snowpack_init.json (data): Initial 3-layer snowpack: thicknesses, densities, ice/liquid mass, temperatures
  • data/forcing.csv (data): Hourly atmospheric forcing. Columns: time_hr, t_air_K, p_atm_Pa, snowfall_mm_hr, rainfall_mm_hr, sw_in_wm2, lw_in_wm2

Outputs

  • analysis.py (code)
  • results/snow_state.npy (data): Daily snowpack state, shape (n_days, 3, 5). Last axis: [thickness_m, density_kg_m3, ice_mm, liq_mm, temp_K]
  • results/snow_summary.csv (data): Daily aggregates. Columns: day, swe_mm, snow_depth_m, melt_mm, refreeze_mm, runoff_mm, mean_density_kg_m3
  • results/snow_evolution.png (figure): Diagnostic figure with SWE, depth, density evolution

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