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AEME Inputs

aeme-inputs.Rmd

Summary

Inputs for AEME are designed to similar to most standard data inputs used in lake ecosystem modelling.

Lake

Lake inputs include:

Meteorological Data

Meteorological data requirements for lake modelling are similar to those used in most lake ecosystem models. The following meteorological variables are required for AEME:

  • Air temperature
  • Shortwave radiation
  • Wind speed
  • Rain
  • Either relative humidity or dew point temperature
  • Either mean sea level pressure or station pressure

The following meteorological variables can be derived from the required variables:

  • Dew point temperature
  • Relative humidity
  • Precipitation vapor pressure
  • Wind u and v components
  • Cloud cover
  • Longwave radiation

Parameters

Being able to specify the parameters of the model is crucial for the simulation. Parameters can be stored in a data frame within the aeme object. The parameters in this data frame are used to update the model configuration files and/or update the meteorological data (e.g. scaling wind factor) and/or update the inflow/outflow data (e.g. scaling inflow factor).

utils::data("aeme_parameters")
aeme_parameters
parameters(aeme) <- aeme_parameters