Tool Frost Change Frequency

This tool calculates statistics about the frost change frequency either from monthly or daily minimum and maximum temperatures. In case of monthly observations these will be spline interpolated to gain a daily resolution.

Author: O.Conrad (c) 2016
Menu: Climate|Tools

Parameters

	Name	Type	Identifier	Description	Constraints
Input	Minimum Temperature	Grid list (input)	`TMIN`	Monthly (12) or daily (365) temperature observations.	-
Input	Maximum Temperature	Grid list (input)	`TMAX`	Monthly (12) or daily (365) temperature observations.	-
Output	Frost Change Frequency	Grid (output)	`FREQUENCY`	The number of days with frost change.	-
	Mean Temperature Span (*)	Grid (optional output)	`DT_MEAN`	Mean daily temperature span of frost change days.	-
	Maximum Temperature Span (*)	Grid (optional output)	`DT_MAX`	Maximum daily temperature span of frost change days.	-
	Standard Deviation of Temperature Span (*)	Grid (optional output)	`DT_STDV`	Standard deviation of daily temperature span of frost change days.	-
	Mean Minimum Temperature (*)	Grid (optional output)	`TMIN_MEAN`	Mean daily minimum temperature of frost change days.	-
	Minimum Temperature (*)	Grid (optional output)	`TMIN_MIN`	Coldest daily minimum temperature of all frost change days.	-
Options	Grid system	Grid system	`PARAMETERS_GRID_SYSTEM`	-	-
(*) optional

Command-line

Usage: saga_cmd climate_tools 14 [-TMIN <str>] [-TMAX <str>] [-FREQUENCY <str>] [-DT_MEAN <str>] [-DT_MAX <str>] [-DT_STDV <str>] [-TMIN_MEAN <str>] [-TMIN_MIN <str>]
  -TMIN:<str>     	Minimum Temperature
	Grid list (input)
  -TMAX:<str>     	Maximum Temperature
	Grid list (input)
  -FREQUENCY:<str>	Frost Change Frequency
	Grid (output)
  -DT_MEAN:<str>  	Mean Temperature Span
	Grid (optional output)
  -DT_MAX:<str>   	Maximum Temperature Span
	Grid (optional output)
  -DT_STDV:<str>  	Standard Deviation of Temperature Span
	Grid (optional output)
  -TMIN_MEAN:<str>	Mean Minimum Temperature
	Grid (optional output)
  -TMIN_MIN:<str> 	Minimum Temperature
	Grid (optional output)