Soil Moisture Estimator
Description, Disclaimer
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Procedure
Program ETo
Description
FAO Implemention
WRF variables
How to run
Output Variables
Soil Moisture Estimator Tool
Description
Procedure
Input Form
Displays
Text Output
Soil and Crop Forms
Cookies blah blah
Soil Input
Crop Input
WxPython (local) Version
How to Replicate
Download
User Support
Status
To Do List
The Grow Degree Calculator (GDC) project is based on the WRF Hindcast project and calculates the Grow Degree values for either crops or insects. Users can enter the temperature parameters, location, and start and end dates for the organism of interest. Output includes an image of the total accumulated values over the target sector, a plot of accumulated values over time, and a text report.
Accumulated grow degree values are important for agriculture because it can accurately predict organism behavior. For example, knowing the accumulated grow degree values throughout a season, farmers can say when orchard trees will blossom, or when insects will hatch, and more. Click here to use the GDC application.
Procedure
The GDC application calculates a location's accumulated grow degree value from historical WRF Hindcast data stored on our server. The user customizes the calculation request by entering temperature parameters, location, and run dates. The application determines which sector and data pixel to use, gets historical daily minimum and maximum temperatures, calculates and accumulates the grow degree units over the run dates given for the pixel location.
Calculation of Grow Degree
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GDC application with numbered sections
