Hourly computed potential evapotranspiration in thousandths of an inch, January 1, 1948 - September 30, 2017
Dates
Start Date
1948-01-01
End Date
2017-09-30
Publication Date
2018-04-27
Citation
Bera, M., and Over, T.M., 2018, Meteorological Database, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, January 1, 1948 - September 30, 2017: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7H1318R.
Summary
The text file "PET.txt" contains hourly potential evapotranspiration (PET) data in thousandths of an inch from January 1, 1948, to September 30, 2017. Daily PET in thousandths of an inch is computed from average daily air temperature in degrees Fahrenheit (°F), average daily dewpoint temperature in degrees Fahrenheit (°F), daily total wind movement in miles (mi), and daily total solar radiation in Langleys per day (Lg/d) and disaggregated to hourly PET in thousandths of an inch using the Fortran program LXPET (Murphy, 2005). The primary source of the data is Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne National Laboratory, 2017) and is processed following the guidelines documented in Over and others (2010). References Cited: Argonne National [...]
Summary
The text file "PET.txt" contains hourly potential evapotranspiration (PET) data in thousandths of an inch from January 1, 1948, to September 30, 2017. Daily PET in thousandths of an inch is computed from average daily air temperature in degrees Fahrenheit (°F), average daily dewpoint temperature in degrees Fahrenheit (°F), daily total wind movement in miles (mi), and daily total solar radiation in Langleys per day (Lg/d) and disaggregated to hourly PET in thousandths of an inch using the Fortran program LXPET (Murphy, 2005). The primary source of the data is Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne National Laboratory, 2017) and is processed following the guidelines documented in Over and others (2010).
References Cited:
Argonne National Laboratory, 2017, Meteorological data, accessed on October 25, 2017, at URL http://gonzalo.er.anl.gov/ANLMET/.
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: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1020, 20 p., https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20051020.
Over, T.M., Price, T.H., and Ishii, A.L., 2010, Development and analysis of a meteorological database, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois: U.S.Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1220, 67 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1220/.
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 is available to public and other stakeholders for the purpose of doing similar research.
Data is collected by Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) (Argonne National Laboratory, 2017). The primary data for each year is downloaded from ANL and is processed following the guidelines documented in Over and others (2010).
