It is possible to use weather data stored in a csv file. When doing so, it is necessary to provide an extra plaintext file containing some constants. This document describes the format of the two files. For an example of an .apsimx file which uses a .csv file for its weather data, see the CsvWeather.apsimx example file which is provided with all apsim installations.
Note that the constants file must contain a latitude.
The .csv file must be RFC 4180-compliant. The first row of the .csv file must contain the column names, and there is currently no support for specifying units. Expected units are:
An example .csv weather file might look like:
year,day,radn,maxt,mint,rain,pan,vp,code
1900,1,24.0,29.4,18.6,0.0,8.2,20.3,300070
1900,2,25.0,31.6,17.2,0.0,8.2,16.5,300070
1900,3,25.0,31.9,16.6,0.0,8.2,14.8,300070
The constants file can be any plain text file with zero or more lines of the form:
constant_name = value
Units may optionally be specified in parentheses after the value. Any text after an exclamation mark (!) character are treated as a comment.
For example:
location = dalby
latitude = -27.18 (DECIMAL DEGREES)
longitude = 151.26 (DECIMAL DEGREES)
tav = 19.09 (oC) ! annual average ambient temperature
amp = 14.63 (oC) ! annual amplitude in mean monthly temperature
The only mandatory constant is latitude, however it can often be useful to provide others such as long-term averages for tav and amp.