Output from uspest.org/wea invasive insect degree-day/phenology model program:
Heat Units and predictions of key events from daily weather data
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Model species/general links: emerald ash borer v2 [ash trees]
Type: invasive insect
Model source/other links: Duarte 2013 OSU OIPMC model revised analysis
Calculation method: single sine
Lower threshold: 54 degrees Fahrenheit
Upper threshold: 97 degrees Fahrenheit
Directions for starting/BIOFIX: calendar date
Starting/BIOFIX date: 1 1
No ending date, set to: default date 12 31
Model validation status: Could benefit from data from additional years and regions
Region of known use: Developed from 2011-2012 data in Great Lakes region US
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1. 391 DDs after biofix: First adult emergence approx. beginning
2. 464 DDs after biofix: 10% adult emergence
3. 646 DDs after biofix: 50% adult emergence
4. 830 DDs after biofix: First egg hatch
5. 1206 DDs after biofix: 50% egg hatch and 95% adult emerg.
6. 2050 DDs after biofix: Approx. end of adult activity
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Weather station: 1000 none selected
mn day max min precip DD54 CUMDD54 event
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