BLAST - Description of the Subroutines in the WIFE (Weather Information File Encoder) Program

摘要

This report describes the common deck and the subroutines in the Weather Information File Encoder program (WIFE), level 021 - 1983. The program is developed by the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL), Champaign, Illinois, USA. The purpose for the program is to convert raw-weather data to weather files which can be used by the BLAST program. The WIFE program can convert the following formats: DATSAV - USAFETAC Data Save tape. OTHER - User written format. SOLAR 280 - Solar Radiation tape. SOLMET - NOAA Solar Radiation. TDF-14 - TDF-14 NOAA Raw Data tape. TMY - NOAA Test MeteorologicaL Year. TRY - NOAA Test Reference Year. (ERA citation 11:016404)