StateDMI / Command / WriteCropCharacteristicsToStateCU

Overview
Command Editor
Command Syntax
Examples
Troubleshooting
See Also

Overview

The WriteCropCharacteristicsToStateCU command (for StateCU) writes crop characteristics data to a StateCU climate crop characteristics file.

Command Editor

The following dialog is used to edit the command and illustrates the command syntax.

WriteCropCharacteristicsToStateCU Command Editor (see also the full-size image)

Command Syntax

The command syntax is as follows:

WriteCropCharacteristicsToStateCU(Parameter="Value",...)

Command Parameters

Parameter	Description	Default
`OutputFile` required	The name of the output file to write, surrounded by double quotes.	None – must be specified.
`Version`	Indicate whether output should be formatted for a specific version of StateCU file.	Write the most current version.
`AutoAdjust`	Automatically adjust the crop names by removing trailing `.XXX` characters (the period and any trailing characters). This may be needed because current modeling procedures use a longer crop name (e.g., `ALFALFA.TR21`) whereas older procedures simply used ALFALFA. The conversion is necessary to allow comparison with older files.	`False`
`WriteHow`	`OverwriteFile` if the file should be overwritten or `UpdateFile` if the file should be updated, resulting in the previous header being carried forward.	`OverwriteFile`

Examples

See the automated tests.

The following example illustrates how to create a StateCU crop characteristics file with data from HydroBase:

StartLog(LogFile="Crops_CCH.StateDMI.log")
#
# StateDMI commands to create the Rio Grande Crop Characteristics File
#
# History:
#
# 2004-03-16 Steven A. Malers, RTi  Initial version using StateDMI.
# 2007-04-22 SAM, RTi               Use new directory structure, current
#                                   software and HydroBase.
#
# Step 1 - read data from HydroBase
#
# Read the general TR-21 characteristics first and then override with Rio Grande
# data.
ReadCropCharacteristicsFromHydroBase(CUMethod="BLANEY-CRIDDLE_TR-21")
ReadCropCharacteristicsFromHydroBase(CUMethod="BLANEY-CRIDDLE_RIO_GRANDE")
#
# Step 2 - adjust crop characteristics if needed
#    No resets are needed.
#
# Step 3 - write the file
#
WriteCropCharacteristicsToStateCU(OutputFile="rg2007.cch")
#
# Check the results
#
CheckCropCharacteristics(ID="*")
WriteCheckFile(OutputFile="rg2007.cch.check.html")

Troubleshooting

See the main troubleshooting documentation