Experimental soil-water-balance code in Python.
This repo contains some bare-bones implementations of some of the key algorithms that are used in the USGS Soil-Water-Balance Code (Westenbroek and others, 2010; Westenbroek and others, 2018). The purpose of this repo is to serve as a way to implement further tests of the existing Fortran code, as well as to provide a test bed for possible future additions to the SWB code.
This code is untested and unsupported. Use at your own risk!
Westenbroek, S.M., Kelson, V.A., Dripps, W.R., Hunt, R.J., and Bradbury, K.R., 2010, SWB—A modified Thornthwaite-Mather Soil-Water-Balance code for estimating groundwater recharge: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 6-A31, 61 p., accessed April 28, 2021.
Westenbroek, S.M., Engott, J.A., Kelson, V.A., and Hunt, R.J., 2018, A Soil-Water-Balance code for estimating net infiltration and other water-budget components: U. S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods book 6, chap. A59, 118 p., accessed April 28, 2021, at https://doi.org/10.3133/tm6A59.