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jNSM - Soil Climate Model
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Java Newhall Simulation Model (jNSM) – A Traditional Soil Climate Simulation Model
The PDF files require Adobe Acrobat and the PPTX files require Microsoft Powerpoint.
Background
User’s Guide
(PDF; 11.7 MB)
Public Software Download
(ZIP; 14.4 MB)
Webinar
Overview
(PPTX; 3.92 MB)
Tutorial – Soil Climate Case Study
(PPTX; 6.99 MB)
Sample Input Weather Station Datasets
Empty Batch Input Templates
English –
MS Excel
(11 KB)
Metric –
MS Excel
(20 KB)
One weather station, many single year climate records –
MS Excel
(37 KB) and
CSV
(23 KB)
Many weather stations, single summary of 30 years of climate records (1971-2000 Normal) –
MS Excel
(1.29 MB) and
CSV
(1.03 MB)
Sample Output
(XML; 4 KB)
Useful Climate Data and Information Sources
Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN)
United States Historical Climatology Network (USHCN)
NOAA Regional Climate Centers
High Plains Regional Climate Center
Midwest Regional Climate Center
Northeast Regional Climate Center
Southeast Regional Climate Center
Southern Regional Climate Center
Western Regional Climate Center
Climate Information for Management and Operation Decisions (CLIMOD)
USDA
Office of the Chief Economist Climate Change
USDA
NRCS
National Water & Climate Center (NWCC)