CFSR Weather Data

14 September 2015

Worldwide CFSR daily climate data since 1979 have been available in SWAT input format on the SWAT website since November 2014 and have already provided almost 30,000 downloads. A similar interpolated version of the CFSR data base is available from Zach Easton and Daniel Fuka at Virginia Tech, from which data have already been downloaded more than 40,000 times. A number of studies have demonstrated the utility of this global daily data base for SWAT applications; however, biases in rainfall estimates have been discovered for several regions. Recent experience shows that the utility of these databases can be increased by application of a bias correction tools that are available on the SWAT and Virginia Tech websites. Contact Dr. Srinivasan (r-srinivasan@tamu.edu), Dr. Easton (zeaston@vt.edu), or Daniel Fuka (drfuka@vt.edu) for more information.