Agro-meteorological Forecasting INDices
Acronym | Indicator name | Definition | Units |
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TX | Maximum temperature | Maximum daily temperature | °C |
TN | Minimum temperature | Minimum daily temperature | °C |
TX35 | Very hot days | Number of days with temperature over 35 °C | days |
LFD0 | Late Frost Days | Number of days with minimum temperature under 0 °C (from march to april) | days |
DTR | Diurnal Temperature range | Temperature range between maximum and minimum daily temperature | °C |
RRc | Cumulated precipitation | Precipitation amount, when it overcomes 5 mm per day, cumulated over days | mm |
R20 | Very heavy precipitation days | Number of days with precipitation over 20 mm | days |
ETo | Daily reference crop evapotranspiration | Evapotranspiration from a vegetated reference surface over a day | mm |
EToc | Cumulative reference crop evapotranspiration | Evapotranspiration from a vegetated reference surface cumulated over days | mm |
CWB | Daily climatic water balance | Daily difference between RRd and ETod | mm |
CWBc | Cumulative climatic water balance | Difference between RRd and ETod cumulated over days | mm |