DSSATTools 0.0.1

A set of Tools to ease the crop simulation ussing DSSAT

Py_DSSATTools

A set of Tools to ease the crop simulation ussing DSSAT

Introduction

It will be conformed for different modules that will allow the user to sort the data needed to run the model, create the required files to run the model. To run the model you have to have the DSSAT Executable file (Ussually located in DSSAT47/DSCSM047.EXE). The library is a collection of modules to so far allows:

• Run the model with custom weather, soil, management and crop files.
• Read, modify and write crop files (.SPE, .CUL, .ECO) Some future featrues may include:
• Read, modify and write Soil, Management, Mowing and Weather Files

So far to handle DSSAT Files (Except crop files) I recommend to use tradssat library.

Modules

The library contains two modules:

• run: contains the CSM_EXE class. That class is used to initialize the model by passing the DSSAT executable path. The model can be run by the method runDSSAT. After running the model the results will be available at the results attribute, and any output file can be accessed by using the getOutput method on that attribute.
• dssatUtils: Contains some functions and classes to read, parse and write Python Files. It contains the class CropParser. That class allows to read the crop files by passing the crop file path as a parameter. The parameters can be modified by using the set_parameter or set_parameters methods.

All the classes, functions and methods include their docstring, which can be consulted by using the help function. If you are not an experienced Python progammer: the help function allows you to see the information of any Class or Function, e.g., if you want to know how to run the model you just have to type help(DSSATClass.runDSSAT) where DSSATClass is an already initialized CSM_EXE instance.