12. Glossary

Excel numeric date format

Excel stores dates as sequential serial numbers, representing the number of days, in decimal format, since January 1, 1900. For example, January 1, 2008 6:00 AM is serial number 39448.25 because it is 39,447 days and 1/4 after January 1, 1900. Dates before January 1, 1900 is thus not supported by this format.

Input folder

Folder where are saved by default the formatted weather data files generated from downloaded raw data files. This folder is also the default location where the tool to fill the gaps in daily weather data records look for input data files as described in Section 5.1.

Project file

HDF5 binary file with a gwt extension where are saved the metadata related to the project (e.g. project title, author, creation date, etc.) and all the input and output data related to the plotting and interpretation of hydrographs, including the estimation of recharge. See Section 2.4 for more details.

Project folder

Folder where are stored all input and output files relative to a particular project. See Section 2.3 for more details.

Raw folder

Folder where are saved the daily weather data files once they have been downloaded from the CDCD as described in Section 4.1.