BROWSER – a tool for time-series exploration 

Compatible Formats 

The following file formats are supported in Browser...
NOTE THAT THE FIRST 4 FORMATS ARE THE USER DEFAULT TYPES. i.e. if you add your own data type to the database... the files will be assumed to be one of the following 4 formats.

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User Daily Column Format
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Westbrook data
// The first line contains the file identifier. In this case "Westbrook data".
// You can include as many comments as you like... even at then end of the file... so long as they are commenced with the "//"symbol.
// The date format must be as outlined below... be sure to include leading zeros... i.e. 01/01/1987 instead of 1/1/1987.
// You can include as many columns of data as you like.
// The next line must contain the data names. Make sure that names containing more than 2 words are contained in quotes... i.e. "irrigation (mm)".

"Date","Rainfall (mm)","irrigation (mm)","Runoff (mm)" ... (note that "..." just means you can add more data here!!)
 01/01/1987,     18.00,    0.00,    4.30 ...
 02/01/1987,      0.00,    0.00,    0.00 ...
 03/01/1987,      4.00,    0.00,    0.00 ...
 04/01/1987,      0.00,    0.00,    2.31 ...
 05/01/1987,      0.00,    0.00,    0.00 ...
 06/01/1987,      0.00,    0.00,    0.00 ...
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User Monthly Column Format
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Westbrook data
// The first line contains the file identifier. In this case "Westbrook data".
// You can include as many comments as you like... even at then end of the file... so long as they are commenced with the "//" symbol.
// The date format must be as outlined below... be sure to include leading zeros... i.e. 01/1987 instead of 1/1987.
// You can include as many columns of data as you like.
// The next line must contain the data names. Make sure that names containing more than 2 words are contained in quotes... i.e. "irrigation (mm)"

"Date","Rainfall (mm)","irrigation (mm)","Runoff (mm)" ... (note that "..." just means you can add more data here!!)
 01/1987,    134.00,      0.00,    4.30 ...
 02/1987,     30.00,      0.00,    0.00 ...
 03/1987,     33.00,      0.00,    0.00 ...
 04/1987,     12.00,     50.00,    2.31 ...
 05/1987,      3.00,     50.00,    0.00 ...
 06/1987,     43.00,      0.00,    0.00 ...
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User Monthly Row Format
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PDO Values
// The first line contains the data identifier. In this case "PDO Values".
// You can include as many comments as you like... even at then end of the file... so long as they are commenced with the "//"  symbol.
// The only data information which is required is the year in the first column. The next columns correspond to the months.
// You dont need to include month labels (like the next line) but it doesn't hurt to include them as comments.
// YEAR     JAN    FEB    MAR    APR    MAY    JUN    JUL    AUG    SEP    OCT    NOV    DEC
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1900       0.04   1.32   0.49   0.35   0.77   0.65   0.95   0.14  -0.24   0.23  -0.44   1.19
1901       0.79  -0.12   0.35   0.61  -0.42  -0.05  -0.60  -1.20  -0.33   0.16  -0.60  -0.14
1902       0.82   1.58   0.48   1.37   1.09   0.52   1.58   1.57   0.44   0.70   0.16  -1.10
1903       0.86  -0.24  -0.22  -0.50   0.43   0.23   0.40   1.01  -0.24   0.18   0.08  -0.03
1904       0.63  -0.91  -0.71  -0.07  -0.22  -1.53  -1.58  -0.64   0.06   0.43   1.45   0.06
1905       0.73   0.91   1.31   1.59  -0.07   0.69   0.85   1.26  -0.03  -0.15   1.11  -0.50
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User Yearly Column Format
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Westbrook data
// The first line contains the file identifier. In this case "Westbrook data".
// You can include as many comments as you like... even at then end of the file... so long as they are commenced with the "//" symbol.
// The date format must be as outlined below...
// You can include as many columns of data as you like.
// The next line must contain the data names. Make sure that names containing more than 2 words are contained in quotes... i.e. "irrigation (mm)".
"Year","Rainfall (mm)","irrigation (mm)","Runoff (mm)" ... (note that "..." just means you can add more data here!!)
 1987,      234.00,         0.00,           4.30 ...
 1988,      230.00,         0.00,           0.00 ...
 1989,      133.00,         0.00,           0.00 ...
 1990,       45.00,        50.00,           2.31 ...
 1991,        3.00,        50.00,           0.00 ...
 1992,       67.00,         0.00,           0.00 ...
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PERFECT Daily File Format (daily.asc)
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"Day","Month","Year","CropID","TillageID","Rainfall (mm)","irrigation (mm)","Runoff (mm)","Soil Evaporation (mm)","Transpiration (mm)","Drainage (mm)","Soil Water (mm)","Soil Water Deficit (mm)","Soil Water 1 (mm)","Soil Water 2 (mm)","Soil Water 3 (mm)","Soil Water 4 (mm)","Crop Stage","Leaf Area Index (cm2/cm2)","Crop Cover (%)","Dry Matter (kg/ha)","Root Depth (mm)","Water Stress Index","Temperature Index","Crop Residue (kg/ha)","Residue Cover (%)","Soil Erosion (t/ha)","Minimum Temperature (oC)","Maximum Temperature (oC)","Solar Radiation (MJ/m2)","Pan Evaporation (mm)","Runoff Curve Number"
  1, 1,1987, 0, 0,   18.00,    0.00,    4.30,    5.20,    0.00,    0.55,  252.95,    0.00,   23.00,   42.00,  187.95,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    3.09,   16.50,   29.50,   21.00,    5.20,  73.
  2, 1,1987, 0, 0,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    4.60,    0.00,    0.51,  247.84,   -7.95,   18.40,   42.00,  187.44,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,   17.00,   29.50,   19.00,    5.80,  73.
  3, 1,1987, 0, 0,    4.00,    0.00,    0.00,    4.00,    0.00,    0.48,  247.36,   -2.84,   18.40,   42.00,  186.96,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,   17.50,   27.00,   24.00,    6.40,  73.
  4, 1,1987, 0, 0,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    2.31,    0.00,    0.45,  244.59,   -2.36,   16.09,   42.00,  186.51,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,   11.50,   28.50,   26.00,    6.40,  73.
  5, 1,1987, 0, 0,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    1.42,    0.00,    0.42,  242.76,    0.41,   14.67,   42.00,  186.09,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,   12.50,   30.00,   29.00,    7.00,  73.
  6, 1,1987, 0, 0,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    1.12,    0.00,    0.39,  241.24,    2.24,   13.54,   42.00,  185.70,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,    0.00,   14.00,   33.50,   30.00,    8.40,  73.
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PERFECT Monthly File Format (monthly.asc)
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"Day", "Month", "Year", "Rainfall (mm)", "irrigation (mm)", "Runoff (mm)", "Soil Evaporation (mm)", "Transpiration (mm)", "Drainage (mm)", "Soil Water (mm)", "Leaf Area Index (cm2/cm2)", "Crop Cover (%)", "Dry Matter (kg/ha)", "Crop Residue (kg/ha)", "Residue Cover (%)", "Soil Erosion (t/ha)", "Minimum Temperature (oC)", "Maximum Temperature (oC)", "Solar Radiation (MJ/m2)", "Pan Evaporation (mm)"
31,  1, 1957,  81.0,  0.0,  3.7,  71.2,  0.0,  12.9,   238.2,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  2.3,  18.1,   31.7,   23.6,    5.9
28,  2, 1957,  27.0,  0.0,  0.0,  32.2,  0.0,   6.8,   226.2,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  18.5,   31.1,   20.8,    5.3
31,  3, 1957,  56.0,  0.0,  0.0,  41.9,  0.0,   4.2,   236.1,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  15.5,   30.1,   19.8,    4.8
30,  4, 1957,  14.0,  0.0,  0.0,  22.7,  0.0,   3.8,   223.6,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  13.6,   29.2,   17.0,    4.4
31,  5, 1957,   0.0,  0.0,  0.0,   9.6,  0.0,   0.5,   213.5,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,   5.3,   23.4,   15.3,    3.2
30,  6, 1957,  31.0,  0.0,  0.0,  18.3,  0.0,   0.1,   226.1,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,  0.0,   6.4,   21.2,   11.8,    2.1
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PERFECT Yearly File Format (annual.asc)
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"Day", "Month", "Year", "Rainfall (mm)", "irrigation (mm)", "Runoff (mm)", "Soil Evaporation (mm)", "Transpiration (mm)", "Drainage (mm)", "Soil Water (mm)", "Leaf Area Index (cm2/cm2)", "Crop Cover (%)", "Dry Matter (kg/ha)", "Crop Residue (kg/ha)", "Residue Cover (%)", "Soil Erosion (t/ha)", "Minimum Temperature (oC)", "Maximum Temperature (oC)", "Solar Radiation (MJ/m2)", "Pan Evaporation (mm)"
  31, 12, 1957,  368.0,  0.0,   5.8,   357.6,    0.0,  40.9,   208.6,   0.0,   0.0,    0.0,   0.0,  0.0,   3.8,  11.7,   27.4,  19.3,  4.7
  31, 12, 1958,  760.0,  0.0, 115.6,   311.7,  413.9,   0.0,   127.4,   2.3,  75.0,  764.7,   0.0,  0.0,  61.6,  12.7,   26.6,  18.0,  4.6
  31, 12, 1959,  742.0,  0.0,  72.6,   317.2,  365.1,   0.0,   114.5,   3.9, 100.0, 4757.2,   0.0,  0.0,  16.5,  11.7,   25.8,  17.7,  4.3
  31, 12, 1960,  450.0,  0.0,   0.0,   294.9,  209.3,   0.0,    60.3,   2.7,  89.0, 2581.7,   0.0,  0.0,   0.0,  11.0,   26.2,  18.7,  5.0
  31, 12, 1961,  570.0,  0.0,  17.1,   221.9,  311.0,   0.0,    80.3,   3.2, 100.0, 6819.0,   0.0,  0.0,   0.6,  11.0,   25.9, 18.4,  4.9
  31, 12, 1962,  653.0,  0.0,  20.3,   223.6,  401.2,   0.0,    88.2,   0.1,   3.2,   25.5,   0.0,  0.0,  12.1,  11.3,   26.1,  17.8,  4.6
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APSIM Daily File Format (out.*)
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Summary_file = saved\sum.005
Title = dalby wheat
Date        day   rain   radn     maxt    mint   drain   es     esw     runoff  residue_cover  residue_wt   iwh_lai   iwh_yield
( )        (day)  (mm)  (MJ/m2)   (oC)    (oC)   (mm)   (mm)    (mm)     (mm)     (m^2/m^2)     (kg/ha)     (m2/m2)     (g/m2)
1/01/1988    1   0.200  20.740   33.000  17.400  0.000  5.014  250.286   0.000     0.174        478.424      0.000      0.000
2/01/1988    2   0.000  23.430   33.800  23.000  0.007  3.972  246.306   0.000     0.170        465.887      0.000      0.000
3/01/1988    3   0.000  23.790   32.500  21.000  0.014  1.614  244.678   0.000     0.169        461.495      0.000      0.000
4/01/1988    4  34.000  19.140   30.800  19.700  0.021  4.625  271.900   2.131     0.160        435.267      0.000      0.000
5/01/1988    5   2.000  17.110   28.200  19.200  0.027  3.763  270.110   0.000     0.152        413.031      0.000      0.000
6/01/1988    6   0.000  22.720   29.000  17.800  0.033  3.133  266.944   0.000     0.148        400.916      0.000      0.000
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SILO Daily File Format (OLD FORMAT) (*.sil)
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Statio|Year| M| D|  Max| S|  Min| S|  Rain| S| Evap| S|  Rad| S|  VP| S
Patched data for station 40123
 40123|1999| 1| 1| 23.0|25| 19.5|25|  18.0| 0|  3.2|25| 11.0|25|23.0|25
 40123|1999| 1| 2| 23.5|25| 19.5|25|  21.0| 0|  3.8|25| 10.0|25|25.0|25
 40123|1999| 1| 3| 26.0|25| 18.0|25|  42.0| 0|  3.0|25| 12.0|25|24.0|25
 40123|1999| 1| 4| 26.0|25| 19.5|25|  25.5| 0|  2.2|25| 13.0|25|25.0|25
 40123|1999| 1| 5| 26.5|25| 19.5|25|   0.0| 0|  2.4|25| 24.0|25|22.0|25
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SILO Daily File Format (*.sil)
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"17701231" 365  -99.9 999  -99.9 999 9999.9 999 999.9 999 999.9  999 999.9 999 9999.9 9999.9 31/12/1770
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" This file is SPACE DELIMITED for easy import into both spreadsheets and programs."
"The first line 17701231 contains dummy data and is provided to allow spreadsheets to sense the columns"
" To read into a spreadsheet select DELIMITED and SPACE."
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"=========  The following essential information and notes should be kept in the data file =========="



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"The Data Drill system and data are copyright to the Queensland Govt, Department of Natural Resources."
"This data is supplied to the licencee only and may not be given, lent, or sold to any other party"
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"Notes:"
" * Data Drill for Lat, Long: -27.00 150.00 (DECIMAL DEGREES), 27 00'S 150 00'E Your Ref: Sample"
" * Extracted from Silo on 20010702"
" * Please read the documentation on the datadrill at http://www.dnr.qld.gov.au/silo"
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" * As evaporation is read at 9am, it has been shifted to the day before"
"    ie The evaporation measured on 20 April is in row for 19 April"
" * The 6 Source columns Smx-Svp indicate the source of the data to their left"
"   25 = interpolated daily observations, 75 = interpolated long term average"
" * Relative Humidity has been calculated using 9am VP, T.Max and T.Min"
"   RHmaxT is estimated Relative Humidity at Temperature T.Max"
"   RHminT is estimated Relative Humidity at Temperature T.Min"
" * The accuracy of the data depends on many factors including date, location, and variable"
"   for consistency data is supplied using one decimal place, however it is not accurate to that precision."
"   Further information is available from http://www.dnr.qld.gov.au/silo" 


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Date         Day  T.Max  Smx  T.Min  Smn  Rain   Srn  Evap  Sev   Radn    Ssl    VP    Svp  RHmaxT  RHminT    Date2
(yyyymmdd)   ( )   (oC)  ( )  (oC)   ( )  (mm)   ( )  (mm)  ( )  (MJ/m2)   ()   (hPa)  ( )    (%)     (%)   (ddmmyyyy)
19990620     171   20.0   25   -1.5   25   0.0    25   1.8   25   15.0     25    8.0    25   34.2    100.0  20/06/1999
19990621     172   20.5   25   -1.5   25   0.0    25   2.4   25   13.0     25    8.0    25   33.2    100.0  21/06/1999
19990622     173   21.5   25   -1.0   25   0.0    25   2.0   25   14.0     25    8.0    25   31.2    100.0  22/06/1999
19990623     174   19.5   25    1.0   25   0.0    25   2.6   25   12.0     25    8.0    25   35.3    100.0  23/06/1999
19990624     175   20.0   25    7.0   25   6.0    25   1.8   25   13.0     25   11.0    25   47.1    100.0  24/06/1999
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IQQM Daily File Format (out.*)
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Title: IQQM data file(IQQM IO format )               Date:10/03/2000  Time:11:51:38.96
Site : NS1 Irrigator (Node No. 14)
Type : Natural Flow
Units: ML/d
Date : 01/10/1890 to 30/09/1997    Interval : Daily

Year:1890
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Jan  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?   -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?    -1?
Feb  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?   -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?                   -1?
Mar  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?   -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?    -1?
Apr  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?   -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?         -1?
May  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?   -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?    -1?
Jun  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?   -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?         -1?
Jul  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?   -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?    -1?
Aug  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?   -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?    -1?
Sep  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?   -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?  -1?         -1?
Oct  226  324  342  330  306  285  262  456  386  297  255  227  205   782  837  717  633  559  494  535 6490 2984 1145  952  906  789  704  632  573  517  471  24622
Nov  426  386  352  319  291  265  243  223  204  188  173  158 2218 12186 6827 3627 2530 1997 1699 1473 1313 1178 1060  958  868  788  719  656  602  550       44477
Dec  506  466  436  400  366  345  316  294  275  258  236  221  208   192  186  184  165  150  137  130  434  359  261  188  155  136  121  161  176  605  385   8452

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Year:1891
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Jan  313  282  253  226   202  184  165  146  133 5858 10740 9817 8775 9568 12114 17675 10730 7431 7290 5345 11161 11194  7823 11201 8885 6971 5393 4262 3556 2996 2555 183245 
Feb 2211 1940 1728 7117 12068 9509 6793 5020 3921 3152  2604 2225 1945 1725  1542  1395  1270 1159 1061  970   891   818  1129   946  759  661  597  552                 75708
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IQQM Daily File 2-Col Format (out.*)
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NS8.IRR
Crop depletion
mm
01/01/1890      126.4
02/01/1890      130.8
03/01/1890      135.4
04/01/1890      139.7
05/01/1890      143.1
06/01/1890      147.6
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IQQM Monthyl File Format (out.*)
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Glenlyon Dam
Current Storage
ML
10/1890  7796628.0
11/1890  7603182.0
12/1890  7775485.0
01/1891  7951708.0
02/1891  7141308.0
03/1891  7797833.0
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