Double click on the climate icon on the main hillslope window.
First, display the climate editor and then select the state and station desired. Click the Save-As button and enter a file-name in the window that is displayed. The CLIGEN program will then generate the daily climate data and put it in the specified file. The file can then be imported in any existing project by right-clicking on the climate icon and then choosing import and then the desired file.
After running a simulation click on the text output button and then double-click on the climate input file in the list.
Why
are only a few states listed?
The climate data is available in a separate install available from ..\wepp.htmlwhich includes data for 2600 stations in the US. After installing the climates all the states and stations are visible.
The CLIGEN programs are separate climate generators that produce WEPP daily climate input based on statistical distributions found in actual measured data. Version 4.3 is currently being used and version 5.1 is being evaluated. Both versions are included with the Windows interface. More information is about CLIGEN is available from http://horizon.nserl.purdue.edu/Cligen
The input file must be prepared in breakpoint format which is described in the WEPP User Summary document (available using the online help from the program or at the NSERL website). A separate breakpoint climate generator program is also included with the install. The program and documentation can be found in the C:/Program Files/USDA/WEPP/Data/climates/bpcdg directory.
Yes. A design storm climate file can be created from the climate editor by choosing the Single Storm or Tr-55 storm types and then clicking the Save-As button.