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WebWIMP Water Balance Calculator
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Summary
Abstract: WebWIMP is designed to evaluate a climatically-averaged, monthly water balance for virtually any terrestrial location of interest; that is, on any continent at any node of a one-half degree of latitude by one-half degree of longitude grid. Average monthly air temperature and precipitation data have been interpolated to the one-half degree by one-half degree grid and the grid-point water balance is calculated by a modified Thornthwaite procedure.
Service Citation
Title: WebWIMP (The Web-based, Water-Budget, Interactive, Modeling Program)
Release_Date: 2003
Provider: Department of Geography, University of Delaware
Edition: v. 1.01
URL: http://climate.geog.udel.edu/~wimp/
Service Keywords
DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION >STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS Parameter Definition
DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION >VISUALIZATION/IMAGE PROCESSING Parameter Definition

Science Keywords
ATMOSPHERE >ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR Parameter Definition
ATMOSPHERE >PRECIPITATION >PRECIPITATION AMOUNT Parameter Definition
ATMOSPHERE >PRECIPITATION Parameter Definition
CLIMATE INDICATORS >ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS >PRECIPITATION INDICES >STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX Parameter Definition
ISO Topic Category
CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
Project
ESIP >Earth Science Information Partners Program Supplemental Info
SIESIP >Seasonal to Inter-annual Earth Science Information Partners Supplemental Info
Service Provider
UDEL/GEOG/CCR > Center For Climate Research, Department of Geography, University of Delaware Supplemental Info
Service Organization URL: http://climate.geog.udel.edu/~climate/

Service Provider Personnel
Name: KENJI MATSUURA
Phone: (302) 831-497
Fax: (302) 831-665
Email: kenjisan at udel.edu
Contact Address:
Center for Climatic Research
Department of Geography
University of Delaware
City: Newark
Province or State: DE
Postal Code: 19716
Country: USA
Personnel
TYLER B. STEVENS
Role: SERF AUTHOR
Phone: (301) 614-6898
Fax: 301-614-5268
Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Global Change Master Directory
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
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Publications/References
WebWIMP version 1.01 was implemented by K. Matsuura, C. Willmott and D.
Legates at the University of Delaware in 2003. Earlier PC-based versions of
WIMP were developed by C. Willmott, D. Legates, and C. Rowe.

See Willmott, Matsuura and Collaborators' Global Climate Resource Pages

Willmott, C.J., C.M. Rowe and Y. Mintz, 1985. Climatology of the terrestrial
seasonal water cycle. Journal of Climatology, 5, 589-606.

Willmott, C.J. and J.J. Feddema, 1992. A more rational climatic moisture
index. Professional Geographer, 44, 84-87.
Creation and Review Dates
SERF Creation Date: 2004-02-25
SERF Last Revision Date: 2010-08-02
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