Write DSSAT v4.8 Weather File — write_wth

Function compute weather information DSSAT v4.8 weather file.

Usage

write_wth_dssat(path = ".", id_name, wth_data, lat, lon, elev, ref_ht = 2)

Arguments

path: A string indicating path folder or working directory
id_name: A String 4 letters string of locality name. "AIHU" = Aipe, Huila
wth_data: A Data frame Weather data. minimum = date, tmax, tmin, rain
lat: Numeric. Latitude (decimal degrees)
lon: Numeric. Longitude (decimal degrees)
elev: Numeric. Elevation (meters above sea level)
ref_ht: Numeric. Reference height (meters)- weather station

Value

This function returns a vector of model files created in path folder.

References

DSSAT Weather module: https://dssat.net/weather-module/
Brakensiek et al. (1984) for SSKS_Brakensiek

Examples

# Write file
wth_files_created <- write_wth_dssat(
  path = ".", id_name = "TEST", wth_data = weather,
  lat = 3.91, lon = -75.0, elev = 450)
#> DSSAT Weather Files created in  .  : 
#>  ./TEST.WTH

readLines(wth_files_created[1], n = 15) |> writeLines()
#> *WEATHER DATA : TEST DSSAT Weather file - by agroclimR
#> 
#> @ INSI      LAT     LONG  ELEV   TAV   AMP REFHT WNDHT
#>   ACRP    3.910  -75.000   450  28.7   9.9   2.0   2.0
#> @DATE  SRAD  TMAX  TMIN  RAIN  DEWP  WIND   PAR  EVAP  RHUM
#> 13001  20.9  36.0  25.7   0.0          NA              66.3
#> 13002  21.6  35.7  25.1   0.2          NA              73.3
#> 13003  23.1  38.5  24.0   0.0          NA              61.4
#> 13004  21.4  35.7  22.9   0.0          NA              68.9
#> 13005  22.9  38.8  23.8   0.0          NA              69.5
#> 13006  24.2  37.2  22.7   1.2          NA              65.9
#> 13007  22.9  38.4  23.7   0.0          NA              60.3
#> 13008  22.1  34.7  22.5   0.0          NA              74.3
#> 13009  22.7  38.9  23.9   0.0          NA              72.1
#> 13010  22.8  38.9  24.2   0.0          NA              72.2
file.remove(wth_files_created)
#> [1] TRUE