1. General Model Information
Name: Weather Simulation Model
Acronym: WEATHER
Main medium: air
Main subject: meteorology
Organization level:
Type of model: not specified
Main application:
Keywords: atmospheric, historic climate data, local weather
Contact:
KHAN, MUHAMMAD A.
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Biosystems Engineering Department
3050 Maile Way #111
Honolulu, HI 96822
Phone: 808 956-8847
Fax : 808 956- 9269
email: akram@hawaii.edu
Author(s):
C.W. Richardson.
Abstract:
The Weather Simulation Model is an adaptation of Richardson's model
(Richardson, 1981) and simulates daily climatic data including precipitation,
solar radiation and temperature based on historic climate data.
Author of the abstract:
CIESIN(CONSORTIUM FOR
INTERNATIONAL EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION NETWORK)
II. Technical Information
II.1 Executables:
Operating System(s): 386 or higher PC
II.2 Source-code:
Programming Language(s): C
II.3 Manuals:
II.4 Data:
III. Mathematical Information
III.1 Mathematics
III.2 Quantities
III.2.1 Input
III.2.2 Output
IV. References
Richardson, C.W. 1981. Stochastic simulation of daily precipitation,temperature, and solar radiation.
Water Resources Research 17 (1):182-190.
V. Further information in the World-Wide-Web
VI. Additional remarks
The model has potential use in generating local weather information fromhistoric climate data for use in a variety of models requiring local weatherdata which may not be available from other sources.
Last review of this document by: T. Gabele : Tue Oct 7 1997
Status of the document:
last modified by
Tobias Gabele Wed Aug 21 21:44:52 CEST 2002