Reservoir Node

General Description

The reservoir node is a subclass of storage node with additional functionality to represent evaporation and precipitation. API Reference.

Primary Attributes

Name	Description	Required
allocation penalty	The cost per unit flow via the node	Optional
min_volume	The minimum volume of the storage. Defaults to 0.0	Optional
max_volume	The maximum volume of the storage. Defaults to 0.0	Required, otherwise defaults to 0
initial_volume, initial_volume_pc	Specify initial volume in either absolute or proportional terms. Both are required if max_volume is a parameter because the parameter will not be evaluated at the first time-step. If both are given and max_volume is not a Parameter, then the absolute value is ignored	One is required
area, level	Optional float or Parameter defining the area and level of the storage node. These values are accessible through the get_area and get_level methods respectively	Optional
evaporation, precipitation	Evaporation and precipitation rates (length/day)	Optional
unit_conversion	Conversion factor to convert precipitation and evaporation to required length/day units	Optional, default is 0.001 to convert mm/day for use with km2 reservoir area
evaporation penalty (evaporation cost)	Allocation penalty set on the evaporation output	Optional, defaults to -999

Examples

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