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. | - |
| 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)