read_snowmodel

Author:

Keith Cherkauer

Date:

July 25, 1996

Description:

Reads the atmospheric data from the NWS snow melt model output files.

References

Input Variables:

Variable

Type

Units

Description

tempatmos_data_struct *N/Astores the meteorological data at every time step
atmosfFILE *N/ANWS snow melt model output file
nrecsintcounternumber of model time steps
dtinthourslength of model time step

Output Variables:

Variable

Type

Units

Description

tempatmos_data_struct *N/Areads the following from file:
  • melt - snow melt (mm)
  • prec - precipitation (mm)
  • air_temp - air temperature (deg C)
  • pan_evap - not used
  • rain_plus_snow - not used
  • rainonly - not used
  • albedo - not used
  • wind - wind (m/s)

Subroutines Called:

Modifications and Limitations

The albedo and wind values are hardcoded.

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