The daily text data file is in a tabular format with one variable per column. Missing values in the data file are specified by the value "-99.99". The variables are described in the following table.
| Column No. | Variable | Description | Type | Unit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | day | day of month | integer | |||||
| 2 | month | month number | integer | |||||
| 3 | year | year (4 digits) | integer | |||||
| 4 | jday | julian day, or day of year | integer | |||||
| 5 | tmax | maximum temperature for day | real | degrees C | ||||
| 6 | tmin | minimum temperature for day | real | degrees C | ||||
| 7 | precip | daily precipitation | real | cm day-1 | ||||
| 8 | srad | solar radiation flux (optional) | real | langleys day-1 | ||||
| 9 | rh | relative humidity (optional) | real | percent | ||||
| 10 | ws | average daily wind speed (optional) | real | miles hour-1 |
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # Data source: DAYMET 1 km at lat/long = 39.5/-104.5 # Date created (year/month/day): 2007/05/08 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # day month year jday tmax tmin precip srad rh ws 1 1 1980 1 5.5 -7.5 0 224 42.7 -99.99 2 1 1980 2 1.5 -7 0.3 121.6 69.6 -99.99 3 1 1980 3 1.5 -15 0 259.2 40.9 -99.99 ... 29 12 2003 363 2 -14 0 224 19.5 -99.99 30 12 2003 364 8 -9.5 0 236.8 26.0 -99.99 31 12 2003 365 11.5 -6 0 236.8 20.4 -99.99
In your management schedule files, for the Weather option in the first block in which you want to use the daily climate data, use the option F, and on the following line, put the name of the file DailyWeather.wth at the start of the line.
For example:
F Weather choice DailyWeather.wth