04::Climate
Introduction
The Climate cluster provides a series of components that calculate climate-related infomation and draw corresponding diagrams.
Component Usage
Please refer to the following sections for each component from this cluster.
Climate Evapotranspiration
This component provides an estimation of water information in the soil, such as the monthly evapotranspiration rate, based on the climate data of a particular location and soil information.
| Parameter | Abbreviation | I/O | Optional | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Precipitation |
P |
No | Monthly precipitation at the given location. | |
Temperature |
T |
No | Monthly average temperature (°C) at the given location. | |
Latitude |
Lat |
No | Latitude of the given location. | |
SoilInfo |
soilinfo |
No | Info about the current soil based on given content ratio, using output from the Soil Analysis component. | |
SoilDepth |
soilDep |
Yes | The depth (m) of the target soil. | |
Potential Evapotranspiration (Corrected) |
PET.corr |
Corrected evapotranspiration (mm/month). | ||
Actual Evapotranspiration |
ETa |
Real evapotranspiration (mm/month). | ||
Surplus |
SUR |
The water that is not evapotranspired or held in the soil (mm). | ||
Deficit |
DEF |
The difference between the maximum evapotranspiration and the water in the system (mm). | ||
Reserve |
RES |
The ammount of water reserved in the soil (mm). | ||
MaxReserve |
maxRES |
The maximum ammount of water can be reserved in the soil (mm). When this value is reached, the soil is fully saturated. |
Climate Gaussen Diagram
Bagnouls-Gaussen diagram provides a visual representation of a region's climate, focusing on the relationship between temperature and precipitation. This component can be used to automatically draw the Bagnouls-Gaussen diagram with given climate data.
| Parameter | Abbreviation | I/O | Optional | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Plane |
pln |
Yes | The plane to draw the diagram. | |
Precipitation |
Prec |
Yes | Precipitation (mm) of given location in 12 months. | |
Temperature |
Temp |
Yes | Temperature (°C) of given location in 12 months. | |
Scale |
s |
Yes | Scale of the diagram. | |
Frame |
F |
The Frame of the Gaussen diagram. | ||
Temperature Curve |
TC |
The temperature curve of the Gaussen diagram. | ||
Precipitation Curve |
PC |
The precipitation curve of the Gaussen diagram. | ||
Label Location |
TxtLoc |
The label location of the Gaussen diagram. | ||
Label |
Txt |
The label text of the Gaussen diagram. |
- Notes: This component primarily generates the basic framework and curves for Guassen diagram, allowing users the flexibility to customize its style. To create a fully-styled diagram, additional components that define specific styles must be integrated. For guidance on this process, please refer to our example in the Demo file section.
Demo File
The Evapotranspiration Demo (.gh file) is a grasshopper file that shows the use of Climate Evapotranspiration component. Please see the documentation section for more details.
The Guassen Diagram Demo (.gh file) is a grasshopper file demonstrating how to generate a Gaussen diagram. Note that this example uses components from the Human to define the width of curves. Users can install this package via the PackageManager in Rhino.