Process representation across tools
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process representation overview tables - links to more specific pages about individual processes?
Canopy interception and evaporation vs throughfall
| Process & algorithm description | WRSM-Pitman (Sami GW) | SPATSIM Pitman (Hughes GW) | ACRU (ACRU4) | SWAT (ArcSWAT2012) | MIKE-SHE semi-distributed | MIKE-SHE fully distributed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Function of | Rain, cover properties | Rain, cover properties | Rain, PET, cover properties, canopy storage (state) | not explicit – part of ‘initial abstraction’ calculation, see infiltration & surface runoff below | Rain, PET, cover properties, canopy storage (state) | Rain, PET, cover properties, canopy storage (state) |
| Rainfall, | Rainfall, | Rainfall, | Rainfall, | Rainfall, | ||
| canopy storage (state) | canopy storage (state) | canopy storage (state) | ||||
| max interception | max interception | max interception (or LAI) | LAI, interception coeff, | LAI, interception coeff, | ||
| PET | PET | PET | ||||
| Function type | exponential & threshold | exponential & threshold | threshold | threshold | threshold | |
| Thresholds? | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| (interception capacity - calculated) | (interception capacity - calculated) | (interception capacity - input) | (interception capacity - input) | (interception capacity - input) |