,Unit,Values,Description
cutout,--,Must be 'europe-2013-sarah3-era5',Specifies the directory where the relevant weather data ist stored.
carriers,--,"Any subset of {'ror', 'PHS', 'hydro'}","Specifies the types of hydro power plants to build per-unit availability time series for. 'ror' stands for run-of-river plants, 'PHS' represents pumped-hydro storage, and 'hydro' stands for hydroelectric dams."
PHS_max_hours,h,float,Maximum state of charge capacity of the pumped-hydro storage (PHS) in terms of hours at full output capacity ``p_nom``. Cf. `PyPSA documentation <https://pypsa.readthedocs.io/en/latest/components.html#storage-unit>`_.
hydro_max_hours,h,"Any of {float, 'energy_capacity_totals_by_country', 'estimate_by_large_installations'}",Maximum state of charge capacity of the pumped-hydro storage (PHS) in terms of hours at full output capacity ``p_nom`` or heuristically determined. Cf. `PyPSA documentation <https://pypsa.readthedocs.io/en/latest/components.html#storage-unit>`_.
flatten_dispatch,bool,"{true, false}",Consider an upper limit for the hydro dispatch. The limit is given by the average capacity factor plus the buffer given in  ``flatten_dispatch_buffer``
flatten_dispatch_buffer,--,float,"If ``flatten_dispatch`` is true, specify the value added above the average capacity factor."
clip_min_inflow,MW,float,"To avoid too small values in the inflow time series, values below this threshold are set to zero."
eia_norm_year,--,"Year in EIA hydro generation dataset; or False to disable","To specify a specific year by which hydro inflow is normed that deviates from the snapshots' year"
eia_correct_by_capacity,--,boolean,"Correct EIA annual hydro generation data by installed capacity."
eia_approximate_missing,--,boolean,"Approximate hydro generation data for years not included in EIA dataset through a regression based on annual runoff."
