A simple stochastic weather generator for ecological modeling

abstract

• Stochastic weather generators are useful tools for exploring the relationship between organisms and their environment. This paper describes a simple weather generator that can be used in ecological modeling projects. We provide a detailed description of methodology, and links to full C++ source code (http://weathergen.sourceforge.net) required to implement or modify the generator. We argue that understanding the principles of weather generation will allow ecologists to tailor a solution for their own requirements. The detailed, repeatable methodology we present demonstrates that weather generation is relatively straightforward for ecologists to implement and modify. 2010 Elsevier Ltd.

authors

• Cairns, David
• Coulson, Robert
• Feldman, Richard
• Lafon, Charles

published proceedings

• ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE

author list (cited authors)

• Birt, A. G., Valdez-Vivas, M. R., Feldman, R. M., Lafon, C. W., Cairns, D., Coulson, R. N., ... Guldin, J. M.

citation count

• 5

complete list of authors

• Birt, AG||Valdez-Vivas, MR||Feldman, RM||Lafon, CW||Cairns, D||Coulson, RN||Tchakerian, M||Xi, W||Guldin, JM

publication date

• January 2010

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Environmental Modelling & Software  Journal

keywords

• Climate
• Ecology
• Stochastic Model
• Weather Generator

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.03.006

start page

• 1252

end page

• 1255

volume

• 25

issue

• 10

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.03.006