oggm_edu.SurgingGlacier

class oggm_edu.SurgingGlacier(bed=None, mass_balance=None)

A surging glacier. This will have the same attributes as a normal glacier but with some extensions e.g. normal years and surging years.

__init__(bed=None, mass_balance=None)

Initialise the surging glacier. Inherit attributes and methods from the Glacier class and extend it with some attributes specific for surging glaciers.

Methods

__init__([bed, mass_balance])	Initialise the surging glacier.
add_random_climate(duration, temperature_range)	Append a random climate to the future mass balance of the glacier.
add_temperature_bias(bias, duration[, noise])	Add a gradual temperature bias to the future mass balance of the glacier.
copy()	Return a copy of the glacier.
plot([axes, title_number])	Plot the current state of the glacier.
plot_history()	Plot the history of the surging glacier.
plot_mass_balance()	Plot the mass balance profile of the glacier.
plot_state_history([interval, eq_states])	Plot the state history of the glacier (thicknesses) at specified intervals.
progress_to_equilibrium()	Surging glaciers do not really have an eq.
progress_to_year(year)	Progress the surging glacier to specified year.
reset()	Reset the state of the surging glacier.
summary()	A summary of the glacier, in the form of a pandas dataframe.

Attributes

accumulation_area_ratio	The accumulation area ratio.
age	Set the age of the glacier.
annual_mass_balance	The annual mass balance at each grid point of the glacier.
basal_sliding	Set the sliding parameter of the glacier
basal_sliding_str
basal_sliding_surge
creep	Set the value for the creep parameter A in Glens equation.
creep_str
current_state	For advanced users: get access to the current OGGM Flowline object.
ela	Expose the mass balance ela for the glacier.
eq_states	Glacier equilibrium states.
history	The history of the glacier.
mass_balance	Glacier mass balance.
mb_gradient	Expose the mass balance gradient.
normal_years	Number of years that the glacier progress without surging.
response_time	The response time of the glacier.
specific_mass_balance	The specific mass balance of the glacier [m w.e.
state_history	The state history of the glacier, i.e. geometrical changes over time.
surging_years	Number of years that the glacier progress during surges.