HOW TO IRRIGATE HOW TO IRRIGATE WHEN TO IRRIGATE To Resolve These Questions We Need To Know - PLANT REQUIREMENTS - SOIL CHARATTERISTICS - AGROCLIMATIC CONDITION WHAT IS NEW LOC CLIM NEW LOCCLIM IS A TOOL FOR SPATIAL INTERPOLATION OF AGROCLIMATIC DATA. The programme includes the current updated version of the faoclim database of almost 30,000 stations worldwide, but users can also process their own data. HOW TO USE NEW LOCCLIM
NEW LOCCLIM RUNS IN 3 MODES:
SINGLE POINT MODE WORKBENCH MODE. AUTOMATIC MODE, SINGLE POINT MODE SELECT LOCATION FROM A LIST SINGLE POINT MODE
As a third option the location can be characterized as the
name of a settlement. the corresponding database consists of about 65,000 entries and coves all cities worldwide. SINGLE POINT MODE
The coordinates can be inserted as degrees, minutes, seconds or
decimal degrees. they will automatically be displayed in both ways. if an altitude is provided by the user this altitude is taken by new locclim. however, if this box is left empty new locclim takes a value from a digital elevation model SINGLE POINT MODE
Several functions (zoom, display of rivers, roads, border, display
of stations) can be used in order to orientate on the map. the mouse pointer on the world map will automatically be cross hair and a mouse click on the map will fix the actual mouse coordinates and do the interpolation. SINGLE POINT MODE
The monthly resolution is a direct product of the interpolation.
All the finer resolutions result from a Fourier interpolation of the annual cycle as it is given by the monthly values. SINGLE POINT MODE THIS FRAME ALLOWS TO DISPLAY THE ANNUAL CYCLES OF DAILY MINIMUM, AVERAGE AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE, PRECIPITATION SUMS AND POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION SUMS, WATER VAPOUR PRESSURE AND WIND SPEED, SUNSHINE FRACTION, DAY LENGTH AND SUNSHINE HOURS.
THESE VARIABLES CAN BE DISPLAYED IN MONTHLY, DECADAL AND DAILY
RESOLUTION AS WELL AS IN DAYS ABOVE THRESHOLD. NOTE THAT SINCE ALL THE VALUES ARE EXPECTATIONS ALSO THE DAYS ABOVE THRESHOLDS ARE EXPECTED NUMBER OF DAYS WITH EXPECTATION VALUES ABOVE THRESHOLDS. WARNING FOR EACH VARIABLE A LIST OF WARNING IS GIVEN. IF THE LOCATION IS HIGHER/LOWER THAN THE HIGHEST/LOWEST NEIGHBOURING STATION, A HIGH/LOW WARNING OCCURS. THE ALTITUDE OF THE LOCATION AND OF THE HIGHEST/LOWEST STATION ARE PROVIDED. IF A LOCATION IS SEPARATED FROM THE GROUP OF NEIGHBOURING STATIONS IT IS “LONELY”. THUS, A LONELY WARNING OCCURS IN ORDER TO WARN OF A HORIZONTAL EXTRAPOLATION. IN THIS CASE THE DISTANCE OF THE CLOSEST STATION IS PROVIDED AS WELL. FURTHER CLIMATIC INFORMATION FURTHER CLIMATIC INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AN THE FURTHER-CLIMATIC-INFORMATION FORM. THIS INFORMATION CONSISTS MOSTLY OF INDICES. FURTHERMORE, ANNUAL CYCLES OF SOME DERIVED VARIABLES ARE PROVIDED ON THIS FRAME. THE AUTOMATIC MODE THE WORKBENCH MODE THIS MODE ALLOWS TO INTERPOLATE AGROCLIMATIC DATA. THE RESULTS ARE DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN AND CAN BE ANALYSED BY THE USER. A LARGE VARIETY OF SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THIS MODE. THE MAIN SCREEN OF THE WORKBENCH MODE LOOKS LIKE THIS: