pyhector: A Python interface for the simple climate model Hector

Journal Article · Fri Mar 31 20:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of Open Source Software

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.00248 · OSTI ID:1406778

Willner, Sven N.  ^[1]; Hartin, Corinne  ^[2]; Gieseke, Robert  ^[3]

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1. Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam (Germany); Univ. of Potsdam, Potsdam (Germany)
2. Joint Global Change Research Institute, College Park, MD (United States)
3. Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam (Germany)

Here, pyhector is a Python interface for the simple climate model Hector (Hartin et al. 2015) developed in C++. Simple climate models like Hector can, for instance, be used in the analysis of scenarios within integrated assessment models like GCAM1, in the emulation of complex climate models, and in uncertainty analyses. Hector is an open-source, object oriented, simple global climate carbon cycle model. Its carbon cycle consists of a one pool atmosphere, three terrestrial pools which can be broken down into finer biomes or regions, and four carbon pools in the ocean component. The terrestrial carbon cycle includes primary production and respiration fluxes. The ocean carbon cycle circulates carbon via a simplified thermohaline circulation, calculating air-sea fluxes as well as the marine carbonate system. The model input is time series of greenhouse gas emissions; as example scenarios for these the Pyhector package contains the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs)2.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• Grant/Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1406778
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA--129781; KP1703030
• Journal Information: Journal of Open Source Software, Journal Name: Journal of Open Source Software Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 2; ISSN 2475-9066
• Publisher: Open Source Initiative - NumFOCUSCopyright Statement
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English