DAESIM-preprocess 0.0.6

Harvesting environmental forcing data for running the Dynamic Agro-Ecosystem Simulator (DAESIM)

DAESIM_preprocess

Harvesting environmental forcing data for running the Dynamic Agro-Ecosystem Simulator (DAESIM).

Jupyter Notebook Examples

I've made some demo notebooks and these can all be run directly in Google Colab like this:

Click Google Colab > Open Colab > Sign In (just requires a google account) > GitHub >
search for 'ChristopherBradley' and select a notebook.

• ozwald_daily.ipynb
• ozwald_8day.ipynb
• silo_daily.ipynb
• slga_soils.ipynb
• terrain_tiles.ipynb
• topography.ipynb
• daesim_forcing.ipynb

Then uncomment the line '!pip install daesim-preprocess' and run each cell in sequence (or click 'Run all').

Available Variables

ozwald_8day.py can download these variables modelled at 500m spatial and 8 day temporal resolution, from the Australian Water and Landscape Dynamics (OzWALD).

• Alb: Albedo
• BS: Bare Surface
• EVI: Enhanced Vegetation Index
• FMC: Fuel Moisture Content
• GPP: Gross Primary Productivity
• LAI: Leaf Area Index
• NDVI: Normalised Difference Vegetation Index
• NPV: Non Photosynthetic Vegetation
• OW: Open Water
• PV: Photosynthetic Vegetation
• Qtot: Streamflow
• SN: Snow
• Ssoil: Soil profile moisture change

ozwald_daily.py can download these climate variables modelled at varying spatial resolutions (500m-5km depending on the variable) and daily temporal resolution, also from OzWald.

• Pg : Gross precipitation
• Tmax : Maximum temperature
• Tmin : Minimum temperature
• Uavg : Average 24h windspeed
• Ueff : Effective daytime windspeed
• VPeff : Volume of effective rainfall
• kTavg : Coefficient to calculate mean screen level temperature
• kTeff : Coefficient to calculate effective screen level temperature

silo_daily.py can download these climate variables modelled at 5km resolution daily, from Scientific Information for LandOwners (SILO).

• daily_rain: Daily rainfall, mm
• monthly_rain: Monthly rainfall, mm
• max_temp: Maximum temperature, degrees Celsius
• min_temp: Minimum temperature, degrees Celsius
• vp: Vapour pressure, hPa
• vp_deficit: Vapour pressure deficit, hPa
• evap_pan: Class A pan evaporation, mm
• evap_syn: Synthetic estimate, mm
• evap_morton_lake: Morton's shallow lake evaporation, mm
• radiation: Solar radiation: Solar exposure, consisting of both direct and diffuse components, MJ/m2
• rh_tmax: Relative humidity at the time of maximum temperature, %
• rh_tmin: Relative humidity at the time of minimum temperature, %
• et_short_crop: Evapotranspiration FAO564 short crop, mm
• et_tall_crop: ASCE5 tall crop6, mm
• et_morton_actual: Morton's areal actual evapotranspiration, mm
• et_morton_potential: Morton's point potential evapotranspiration, mm
• et_morton_wet: Morton's wet-environment areal potential evapotranspiration over land, mm
• mslp: Mean sea level pressure Mean sea level pressure, hPa

slga_soils.py can download these soil variables modelled at 90m resolution from the Soils and Landscape Grid of Australia (SLGA).

• Clay
• Silt
• Sand
• pH_CaCl2
• Bulk_Density
• Available_Water_Capacity
• Effective_Cation_Exchange_Capacity
• Total_Nitrogen
• Total_Phosphorus

terrain_tiles.py can download global elevation data from various sources at minimum 30m resolution, rescaled to 10m resolution by using tile level 14 (Terrain Tiles).

• elevation

topography.py can download these derived topographic information mainly using (pysheds).

• slope
• aspect
• accumulation
• topographic wetness index (TWI)

Available Parameters

The functions in this repo use mostly the same inputs for consistency. All parameters have default values to make the functions easier to use and help with debugging.

Function	Parameters
ozwald_8day	variables, lat, lon, buffer, start_year, end_year, outdir, stub, tmpdir, thredds, save_netcdf, plot
ozwald_daily	variables, lat, lon, buffer, start_year, end_year, outdir, stub, tmpdir, thredds, save_netcdf, plot
silo_daily	variables, lat, lon, buffer, start_year, end_year, outdir, stub, tmpdir, thredds, save_netcdf, plot
slga_soils	variables, lat, lon, buffer, outdir, stub, tmpdir, depths
terrain_tiles	lat, lon, buffer, outdir, stub, tmpdir, tile_level, interpolate
topography	outdir, stub, ds, smooth, sigma, savetifs, plot
daesim_forcing	outdir, stub

Parameter Descriptions

This is the meaning of each parameter.

Parameter	Default	Description
variables	depends on the function	List of variables to download
lat	-34.389	Latitude from google maps (EPSG:4326)
lon	148.469	Longitude from google maps (EPSG:4326)
buffer	0.01 or 0.1	Buffer in degrees in each direction (so 0.01 ~= 2km x 2km)
start_year	2020	Temporal data starts from Jan 1 of this year
end_year	2021	Temporal data ends on Dec 31 of this year
outdir	"." (current directory)	The directory for the final outputs
stub	"TEST"	The name that gets prepended to each file
tmpdir	"." (current directory)	The directory for temporary intermediate files
thredds	True	Boolean to use the public facing Thredds API
save_netcdf	True	Boolean to save the final result to file
plot	True	Boolean to generate output png images

The extra parameters for slga_soils, terrain_tiles and topography are documented in the relevant python files.

Return Types

Data is returned as an xarray DataSet and downloaded as NetCDF (.nc), tif, and/or png files.

Usage

This is the basic pattern for using each function. More comprehensive examples are in the notebooks and tests.

pip install DAESIM_preprocess  

from DAESIM_preprocess.ozwald_daily import ozwald_daily # (or another function)  
variables = [Tmax, Tmin]                                # (or other variables)  
lat, lon, buffer = -34.38, 148.46, 0.01                 # (or another location)  
ds = ozwald_daily(variables, lat, lon, buffer)  

Running Locally

1. Download and install Miniconda from https://www.anaconda.com/download/success
2. Add the miniconda filepath to your ~/.zhrc, e.g. export PATH="/opt/miniconda3/bin:$PATH"
3. brew install gdal
4. git clone https://github.com/ChristopherBradley/DAESIM_preprocess.git
5. cd DAESIM_preprocess
6. conda env create -f environment.yml
7. conda activate DAESIM_preprocess
8. jupyter lab (to run the example notebooks like on google colab)

Running via Command Line

After completing steps 1-7 of running locally, you can run each of the scripts directly via the command line. For example:

python ozwald_8day.py   --variable Ssoil    --lat -34.389 --lon 148.469 --buffer 0.01 --start_year 2020 --end_year 2021  # etc.
python ozwald_daily.py  --variable Tmin     --lat -34.389 --lon 148.469 --buffer 0.01 --start_year 2020 --end_year 2021  # etc.
python silo_daily.py    --variable min_temp --lat -34.389 --lon 148.469 --buffer 0.01 --start_year 2020 --end_year 2021  # etc.
python slga_soils.py    --variable Clay     --lat -34.389 --lon 148.469 --buffer 0.01  # etc.
python terrain_tiles.py --lat -34.389 --lon 148.469 --buffer 0.01  # etc.
python topography.py    --outdir '.'  --stub TEST  # etc.

The main differences when running from the command line are that you can only specify a single variable at a time, and the boolean default is False. This is documented in each python file, and you can also use python ozwald_8day.py --help to see info about the available parameters for each function from the command line.

Testing

After completing steps 1-7 of running locally, you can check the setup is working correctly by running the tests.

1. python tests/tests_local.py
2. In Visual Studio Code, you can use the debugger to set breakpoints and step through the code while analysing variables.
3. You can test the command line arguments with the bash script ./tests/tests_command_line.sh
4. The local tests should all run on NCI, along with some additional tests python tests/tests_nci.py

Sometimes the API's can be a bit temperamental, especially the SLGA, so you may need to wait a while and try the test again.

Uploading to PyPI

Just a note for myself when I need to republish the library.

1. python3 -m build
2. twine upload dist/*
3. Enter the API token
4. Check it out at https://pypi.org/project/DAESIM-preprocess

References

• Australia terrain data © Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2017;
• Haan S, Harianto J, Butterworth N, Bishop T (2023) Geodata-Harvester: A Python package to jumpstart geospatial data extraction and analysis, Journal of Open Source Software, 8(89):5205, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.05205
• Jeffrey SJ, Carter JO, Moodie KB, Beswick AR (2001) Using spatial interpolation to construct a comprehensive archive of Australian climate data, Environmental Modelling & Software, 16(4):309-30, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1364-8152(01)00008-1
• Rossel RV, Chen C, Grundy MJ, Searle R, Clifford D, Campbell PH (2015) The Australian three-dimensional soil grid: Australia’s contribution to the GlobalSoilMap project, Soil Research, 53(8):845-64, https://doi.org/10.1071/SR14366
• Mapzen (2017) Terrain Tiles on AWS, Amazon, accessed 28 October 2024, https://registry.opendata.aws/terrain-tiles
• United States 3DEP (formerly NED) and global GMTED2010 and SRTM terrain data courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey.
• Van Dijk, AIJM (2010) The Australian Water Resources Assessment System. Technical Report 3. Landscape Model (version 0.5) Technical Description, CSIRO: Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship, https://awo.bom.gov.au/assets/notes/publications/Van_Dijk_AWRA05_TechReport3.pdf
• Van Dijk AIJM, Rahman J (2019) Synthesising multiple observations into annual environmental condition reports: the OzWALD system and Australia’s Environment Explorer. In Elsawah, S. (ed.) MODSIM2019, 23rd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, pp. 884–890. ISBN: 978-0-9758400-9-2, https://doi.org/10.36334/modsim.2019.J5.vandijk