Hourly computed potential evapotranspiration in thousandths of an inch, January 1, 1948 - September 30, 2020
Dates
Start Date
1948-01-01
End Date
2020-09-30
Publication Date
2021-05-07
Citation
Bera, M., 2021, Meteorological Database, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, January 1, 1948 - September 30, 2020: U.S. Geological Survey data release, ​https://doi.org/10.5066/P9GP8COF.
Summary
The text file "PET.txt" contains hourly potential evapotranspiration (PET) data, in thousandths of an inch, from January 1, 1948, to September 30, 2020. Daily PET were computed from average daily air temperature, average daily dewpoint temperature, daily total wind speed, and daily total solar radiation and disaggregated to hourly PET, using the Fortran program LXPET (Murphy, 2005). The primary source of the data is Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne National Laboratory, 2020), and data processing followed the guidelines documented in Over and others (2010). References Cited: Argonne National Laboratory, 2020, Meteorological data, accessed on November 17, 2020, at http://www.atmos.anl.gov/ANLMET/. [...]
Summary
The text file "PET.txt" contains hourly potential evapotranspiration (PET) data, in thousandths of an inch, from January 1, 1948, to September 30, 2020. Daily PET were computed from average daily air temperature, average daily dewpoint temperature, daily total wind speed, and daily total solar radiation and disaggregated to hourly PET, using the Fortran program LXPET (Murphy, 2005). The primary source of the data is Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne National Laboratory, 2020), and data processing followed the guidelines documented in Over and others (2010).
References Cited:
Argonne National Laboratory, 2020, Meteorological data, accessed on November 17, 2020, at http://www.atmos.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/.
The data is available as tab delimited text files (.txt) from this child page and Watershed Data Management (WDM) database format (.wdm) from the link https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/602d492cd34eb120311499d5.
Purpose
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 rainfall-runoff modeling or similar analyses.
Rights
File is available to download free of charge. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Although this information product, for the most part, is in the public domain, it may contain copyrighted materials if noted in the text. Permission to reproduce copyrighted items must be secured from the copyright owner whenever applicable. The data have been approved for release and publication by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Although the data have been subjected to rigorous review and are substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. Furthermore, the data are released on the condition that neither the USGS nor the U.S. Government may be held liable for any damages resulting from authorized or unauthorized use. Although the data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system, or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. The U.S. Geological Survey or the U.S. Government shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. Users of the data are advised to read all metadata and associated documentation thoroughly to understand appropriate use and data limitations.
Data is collected by Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). The primary data for water year 2020 are downloaded from ANL (Argonne National Laboratory, 2020) and processed following the guidelines documented in Over and others (2010).
