Weather Database
The Wind Erosion Prediction System (WEPS) requires wind speed and
direction in order to simulate the process of soil erosion by wind.
These and other weather variables are also needed to drive temporal
changes in hydrology, soil erodibility, crop growth, and residue
decomposition in WEPS. The weather generator of WEPS consists of
the programs WINDGEN and CLIGEN and it
is capable of simulating the needed weather variables on a daily
basis and wind speed on a subdaily basis. The weather generator
generates the needed weather files through the interface at the
beginning of a simulation run.
For more information on the WEPS weather database, see the WEPS
User Manual or contace WERU.