I've just downloaded data from the Epiphyt database. Why are there duplicates in this database?
Initially, the Epiphyt database records a large number of disease observations on agricultural crops. The original observation data correspond to the observation of a crop, in a given place and on a given day, for which the health status of a plant is described by looking at the presence/absence and intensity of several pathogens (fungi, insects...), and its phenological stage. The TEMPO portal broadcasts the observations as they appear in the original database, and since the pathogen information (presence, absence, intensity, etc.) is not redistributed, the phenological data is duplicated. The choice is thus left to process the data and eliminate duplicates.
Is it possible to tell whether the data in TEMPO refer to winter wheat (or winter barley) or spring wheat?
This information is not available in the data disseminated by the TEMPO portal, unless explicitly described by the data provider. The other possibility is to check whether the sowing date of the same series is also available in the database.
Do I have to quote the data sets available in TEMPO?
Yes, when publishing scientific articles, you must respect the licenses and cite the origin of the data used. All dataset licenses are available here and in the downloaded file.
What is the PMP format file available for download?
pheno-pmp.txt is an input file for PMP (Phenology Modelling Platform), a software package for setting up a process-based phenology model. See http://www.cefe.cnrs.fr/fr/recherche/ef/forecast/phenology-modelling-platform.
What do the PMP file headers correspond to, starting with the 4th column?
These are stage codes prefixed by phenological scale codes, identified as present in the TEMPO database and included in the stage.csv file.