NewTool - SWAT Weather Database

Arthur Hrast Essenfelder

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Jan 4, 2016, 5:23:47 AM1/4/16

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Dear SWAT users,

The reason I am posting this is to share with you a new SWAT tool called "SWAT Weather Database".
Basically, this tool is a Microsoft Access database with a GUI interface (and some VBA coding behind) to help the user in inputting and storing the weather data, while also allowing the user to manage the database itself.

The good thing is that the SWAT Weather Database is capable of:

- Creating the input weather .txt files to be used during the ArcSWAT/QSWAT project setup, for all weather stations at once, and;
- Calculating the WGEN Statistics, for all weather stations at once.

I developed this tool because I had to deal with something around 25 weather stations considering a time span of 25 years, and it was extremely time consuming to create the input .txt (or .dat) files and the WGEN statistics. So, I just tried to make my life a little easier and then though it could be also interesting to share with other SWAT users.

The SWAT Weather Database tool, along with the documentation, can be found on the SWAT website, on this link:
swat.tamu.edu/media/115170/swat-weatherdatabase.7z

Hope this can help other users on configuring their projects.
Cheers,
Arthur
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Arthur Hrast Essenfelder
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Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia
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Arthur Hrast Essenfelder

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Jun 9, 2016, 9:41:11 AM6/9/16

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Hello everyone,

Just sharing the information that I updated the SWAT Weather Database and that it is already available to download at the SWAT website.
Following some users comments, this version fixes some bugs such as an error when opening the stations database and another which prevented the calculation of the WGEN statistics for some users.
Hope it helps,
Best regards,
Arthur

Martin Romagnoli

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Oct 22, 2016, 10:12:40 AM10/22/16

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Dear Arthur,

Is it possible to modify RAIN_YRS parameter for calculating WGEN statistics?

Thanks in advance.

Regards.

Martín.

Arthur Hrast Essenfelder

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Oct 24, 2016, 3:31:40 AM10/24/16

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Dear Martin,

Thank you for your question.
Currently, the SWAT Weather Database tool is designed to receive only daily information, what restricts the calculation of two variables: RAIN_YRS and RAINHHMX.
If such limitation restricts your work in any way, you could still use the SWAT Weather Database tool to calculate the WGEN statistics for all the other variables and update yourself the restricting variables before uploading the data to your SWAT database.

Best regards,
Arthur

Pujo Hutomo

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Mar 12, 2020, 10:38:44 AM3/12/20

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Thank's Mr Arthur

I would like to to download the SWAT Weather Database tool, on the SWAT website, on this link:
swat.tamu.edu/media/115170/swat-weatherdatabase.7z; but I did not find. Could You share the tools to my email: pujohu...@gmail.com Thank's a lot.

Best Regards

Pujo

e-mail: arthur.e...@unive.it
Skype: arthur.essenfelder

Ms. GIS

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Apr 13, 2020, 6:00:50 AM4/13/20

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Hello Mr Arthur!

I would like to to download the SWAT Weather Database tool, on the SWAT website, on your link, but it's died. Would you share me the tool to my email: trinhhoa...@gmail.com. Thanks so much!

Arthur Hrast Essenfelder

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Apr 14, 2020, 5:57:26 AM4/14/20

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Dear all,

The latest version of the tool can be found in the SWAT website.

https://swat.tamu.edu/software/

The direct link for download is:

https://swat.tamu.edu/media/116061/swat-weatherdatabase-v01803.7z

Cheers

Arthur

kn....@unizik.edu.ng

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Sep 1, 2021, 11:40:58 AM9/1/21

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Hi,

I am using the SWAT Weather Database tool but I am getting error that says "SWAT weather database was unable to append all the data to the table".

I observed that If I proceed further, it generates wrong values int he txt files.

Please, how can I solve this challenge

Cheers

Kingsley

Suraj Shah

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Sep 18, 2021, 5:06:48 PM9/18/21

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Hi,

while importing pcp csv file..i have following problem..

Nancy B. Sammons

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Sep 20, 2021, 8:20:41 AM9/20/21

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Kingsley:

Try importing the pcp file from a .txt file instead a .csv file.

Nancy

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NUR AISAH_070

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Apr 11, 2022, 9:16:49 AM4/11/22

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i have tried convert to txt but the problem is worse

Oscar Cabezas N.

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Jun 13, 2022, 3:28:31 PM6/13/22

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Dear Arthur,

I've tried to download the tool from the official website using the link that you provided (https://swat.tamu.edu/media/116061/swat-weatherdatabase-v01803.7z), however, i do not why, everytime I clicked on in an error message pop up.

I would be very grateful if you can send me the zip archive to my email (omc...@gmail.com)

Best wishes

Oscar Cabezas

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Pd: I've tried every browser (explorer, google, opera, firefox, edge) but the error persist

Dr.Ibrahiem Al-Ani

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Jun 20, 2022, 10:10:47 AM6/20/22

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Dear Mr. Arhtur,

Thank you for your support. I wonder about the link since it is not working with me. Also I wonder about the database, Am I able to generate the daily rainfall data from the monthly rainfall data?