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Garcia: /* Running RHESSys with ASCII Gridded Climate Data */

2012-10-25T18:21:18Z

Running RHESSys with ASCII Gridded Climate Data

Aubrey at 17:49, 18 October 2012

2012-10-18T17:49:38Z

Aubrey at 17:47, 18 October 2012

2012-10-18T17:47:33Z

Garcia: /* Gridded Climate Data */

2012-09-18T22:25:36Z

Gridded Climate Data

Garcia: /* Gridded Climate Data */

2012-09-18T22:12:13Z

Gridded Climate Data

Garcia: /* Gridded Climate Data */

2012-09-18T22:10:44Z

Gridded Climate Data

Garcia: /* Gridded Climate Data */

2012-09-18T22:02:37Z

Gridded Climate Data

Dgroulx: /* Met Station Based Climate Data */

2011-01-11T01:08:07Z

Met Station Based Climate Data

Dgroulx: /* Running RHESSys with Gridded Climate Data */

2010-10-13T21:19:28Z

Running RHESSys with Gridded Climate Data

Dgroulx: /* Gridded Climate Data */

2010-10-13T21:05:33Z

Gridded Climate Data

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 # Edit your template file to refer to the climate base file.
 # When running RHESSys, use the command line option '-asciigrid' and RHESSs will properly deal with your ASCII gridded climate data.
-# There's no step 3.
 <br><br>
 ==NetCDF Gridded Climate Data==

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 <pre>
 r.in.gdal input=tmax1980.tif output=tmax80 band=1
-g.region res=100  /* Make sure this is a resolution that divides evenly into your NetCDF cell size (e.g., 100 for a NetCDF cell resolution of 1000) */
+g.region res=100
 r.proj location=grasssf mapset=patch_fullveg input=basin.fullveg output=basin --overwrite
 r.proj location=grasssf mapset=patch_fullveg input=dem30m output=dem --overwrite

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 </pre>
-==Gridded Climate Data==
+==ASCII Gridded Climate Data==
 Climate data in gridded form is not tied to any particular met station, but is a grid of climate data over the watershed such as an interpolation
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 </pre>
-===Running RHESSys with Gridded Climate Data===
+===Running RHESSys with ASCII Gridded Climate Data===
 # Edit your template file to refer to the climate base file.
-# When running RHESSys, use the command line option '-asciigrid' and RHESSs will properly deal with your gridded climate data.
+# When running RHESSys, use the command line option '-asciigrid' and RHESSs will properly deal with your ASCII gridded climate data.
 # There's no step 3.

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 The following is a climate file with four grid cells with index numbers 1-4, their elevations, and four climate data values specific to their cell:
-−
 {| {{table}}
-| align="center" colspan='2' style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Grid Cell Index'''
+| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Grid Cell Index'''
 | align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Elevation'''
 | align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Climate Data for Grid Cell Index'''
 |-
-| 1||           100.1|| 24 24 21 19||
+| 1||           100.1|| 24, 24, 21, 19||
 |-
-| 2||           200.2|| 26 25 23 21||
+| 2||           200.2|| 26, 25, 23, 21||
 |-
-| 3||           300.3|| 27 25 22 19||
+| 3||           300.3|| 27, 25, 22, 19||
 |-
-| 4||           400.4|| 23 21 22 18||
+| 4||           400.4|| 23, 21, 22, 18||
 |}
 <pre>

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 {| {{table}}
-| align="center" colspan='2' style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Grid Cell \nIndex'''
+| align="center" colspan='2' style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Grid Cell Index'''
 | align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Elevation'''
 | align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Climate Data for Grid Cell Index'''

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 The climate variable files will look similar to those from the standard met station based climate input with three important differences.
-(1) The first line specifies the total number of grid cells at the top of the climate file.
+<br>(1) The first line specifies the total number of grid cells at the top of the climate file.
-(2) The third line (after the start date, which is now your second line) specifies the grid cell index for each column of data. These numbers must match
+<br>(2) The third line (after the start date, which is now your second line) specifies the grid cell index for each column of data. These numbers must match
 up with the values of the GIS map specified as the base_station_ID variable in your template file.
-(3) The fourth line is the elevation for the grid cell, which will also match the values of your zone elevations within your world file.
+<br>(3) The fourth line is the elevation for the grid cell, which will also match the values of your zone elevations within your world file.<br>
 The following is a climate file with four grid cells with index numbers 1-4, their elevations, and four climate data values specific to their cell:
-Grid Cell Index       Elevation        Climate Data for Grid Cell Index(i)
-                           100.1             24 24 21 19
+{| {{table}}
-                           200.2             26 25 23 21
+| align="center" colspan='2' style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Grid Cell \nIndex'''
-                           300.3             27 25 22 19
+| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Elevation'''
-                           400.4             23 21 22 18
+| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Climate Data for Grid Cell Index'''
+|-
 <pre>

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 </pre>
-The climate variable files will also look similar to those from the standard met station based climate input. The only major difference
+The climate variable files will look similar to those from the standard met station based climate input with three important differences.
-is inserting a line after the first line starting date that specifies the grid cell index for each column of data. These numbers must match
+(1) The first line specifies the total number of grid cells at the top of the climate file.
-up with the values of the GIS map specified as the base_station_ID variable in your template file. The following is a temperature climate
+(2) The third line (after the start date, which is now your second line) specifies the grid cell index for each column of data. These numbers must match
-file with four grid cells with indices 0-3.
+up with the values of the GIS map specified as the base_station_ID variable in your template file.
 <pre>
 1 1 1
-1 2 3
+2 3 4
 26 27 23
 25 25 21

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 |-
 | tmax||maximum daily temperature* required||°C
 |-
 | dayl||day length||seconds

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 Gridded climate data will have only a single base file, and a single file for each climate variable. The base file is identical to that of non-gridded climate data,
 except that the first line that set the base station id is replaced with a line specifying the total number of grid cells. So if you had a gridded climate dataset
-identical to the one specified above, but with 90 cells, your climate base file would be:<br>
+identical to the one specified above, but with 4 cells, your climate base file would be:<br>
 <pre>
 grid_cells
 .0 x_coordinate
 .0 y_coordinate