Hourly computed potential evapotranspiration in thousandths of an inch
Dates
Start Date
1948-01-01
End Date
2014-09-30
Publication Date
2016
Citation
Bera, M., and Over, T. M., 2016, Meteorological Database, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, January 1, 1948 - September 30, 2014: U.S. Geological Survey data release, ​http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7Q52MQG.
Summary
Note: this data release has been deprecated due to errors found in the ARGNXX.wdm file. Please see the detail in new data release at https://doi.org/10.5066/P146RBHK The text file "PET.TXT" contains the hourly computed potential evapotranspiration (PET) data from January 1, 1948, to September 30, 2014. This data is computed from average daily air temperature, average daily dewpoint temperature, daily unadjusted wind travel, and daily solar radiation using the Fortran program LXPET. This program is documented in detail in Murphy (2005). Reference Cited: Murphy, E.A., 2005, Comparison of potential evapotranspiration calculated by the LXPET (Lamoreux Potential Evapotranspiration) Program and by the WDMUtil (Watershed Data Management [...]
Summary
Note: this data release has been deprecated due to errors found in the ARGNXX.wdm file. Please see the detail in new data release at https://doi.org/10.5066/P146RBHK
The text file "PET.TXT" contains the hourly computed potential evapotranspiration (PET) data from January 1, 1948, to September 30, 2014. This data is computed from average daily air temperature, average daily dewpoint temperature, daily unadjusted wind travel, and daily solar radiation using the Fortran program LXPET. This program is documented in detail in Murphy (2005).
Reference Cited:
Murphy, E.A., 2005, Comparison of potential evapotranspiration calculated by the LXPET (Lamoreux Potential Evapotranspiration) Program and by the WDMUtil (Watershed Data Management Utility) Program: US Geological Survey OpenFile Report 2005-1020, 20p., https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20051020.
This data set may be used to run the Hydrological Simulation Program- FORTRAN (HSPF) model or any other compatible model for simulating rainfall-runoff in DuPage County and nearby areas in northeastern, Illinois. This database will be available to public and other cooperators for the purpose of doing similar research.
PET is computed from daily air temperature, daily dewpoint temperature, daily unadjusted wind travel, and daily solar radiation data using the Fortran program LXPET. This program is documented in Murphy (2005).