swn.SurfaceWaterNetwork.estimate_width

SurfaceWaterNetwork.estimate_width(a=1.42, b=0.52, upstream_area='upstream_area')

Estimate stream width based on upstream area and fitting parameters.

The column ‘upstream_area’ (in m^2) must exist in segments, as automatically calculated if provided catchments (polygons), or appended manually.

Stream width is based on the formula:

width = a + (upstream_area / 1e6) ** b

Parameters:

a, bfloat or pandas.Series, optional

Fitting parameters, with defaults a=1.42, and b=0.52

upstream_areastr or pandas.Series

Column name in segments (default upstream_area) to use for upstream area (in m^2), or series of upstream areas.

Returns:

None