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Depression storage compartment calculation

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 12:28 pm
by kims3411
Hello
I have a question regarding calculation of DEPRESSION storage compartment.
Does DEPRESSION storage compartment exist in all Land Use classes or does it only apply to Wetland HRUs?
When I add the following hydrological processes,

:Abstraction ABST_FILL PONDED_WATER DEPRESSION
:DepressionOverflow DFLOW_LINEAR DEPRESSION SURFACE_WATER

Abstraction method throws me an error if I do not specify DEP_MAX for all land use classes while DepressionOverflow runs with only DEP_K and DEP_THRESHOLD specified for wetland land class.

Also, how does Raven calculate depression storage for simple ABST_FILL? Is it by V = Area (hru) * DEP_MAX ?

Thank you

Re: Depression storage compartment calculation

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 6:41 pm
by sgrass
Depression commands are specifically for the Wetland HRU class.
I believe that abstraction is for non-Wetland HRU depression storage, it basically tells Raven to move water to a different storage compartment. The Wetlands HRU class has this abstraction already built in. I also think that the depression storage in the ABST_FILL volume is just the area of the HRU times the max abstraction depth but other may be able to confirm.

-Sarah