Evaluation of climgen model to generate weather parameters under different climatic situations in Punjab

Authors

  • S.K. BAL Department of Agrometeorology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, Punjab
  • B. U. CHOUDHURY Punjab Remote Sensing Centre, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, Punjab
  • ANIL SOOD Punjab Remote Sensing Centre, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, Punjab
  • S.K. JALOTA Department of Soils, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, Punjab
  • H. SINGH Punjab Remote Sensing Centre, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004, Punjab

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54386/jam.v10i1.1168

Keywords:

ClimGen, Weather generation, Solar radiation, Temperature Punjab

Abstract

In the present study, ClimGen (weather generator) generated data was compared to the observed  weather data of Ballowal, Ludhiana and Bathinda weather stations representing different type of climatic situations in Punjab. Several years of daily data of solar radiation, maximum and minimum temperature, morning and evening relative humidity, rainfall and wind speed were used as input and five years data were used for validation purpose. Evaluation was done on the basis of coefficient of determination (R2), Residual Mean Square Error (RMSE), General Standard Deviation (GSD) and Wilmott’s index (d) of agreement between generated and observed data. The ClimGen generated data for maximum and minimum temperature showed good performance (GSD d” 0.10 and d e” 0.95) and the data generated for morning relative humidity was acceptable (GSD > 0.10 but d” 0.20 and d < 0.95 but e” 0.90) while evening relative humidity and wind speed were poor except for Ludhiana station. However, the generated rainfall data was poor for all the stations and hence, cannot be accepted. Overall, results indicated ClimGen a good performer as a weather generator for certain parameters.

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Published

01-06-2008

How to Cite

S.K. BAL, B. U. CHOUDHURY, ANIL SOOD, S.K. JALOTA, & H. SINGH. (2008). Evaluation of climgen model to generate weather parameters under different climatic situations in Punjab. Journal of Agrometeorology, 10(1), 39–45. https://doi.org/10.54386/jam.v10i1.1168

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