Agrometeorology and Agricultural Modelling Tools

ClimGen

Generating weather data in ClimGen consists of the following steps:
1. Describing or geolocating the location.
2. Preparing the location parameters either with statistical analysis of real weather data, or providing know monthly statistics.
3. Generating the data.
4. Exporting the data to available file formats used by other applications.
The ClimGen Wizard provides a step-by-step procedure presenting input fields for entering parameters. The available data options and the actual data provided will determine what additional data will need to be provided or what additional data might be estimated to produce the optimal set of parameters for data generation.

The official webpage of ClimGen is at the Department of Biological Systems Engineering - Washington State University.

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