Your observation is correct: "Grünland' is different from the '*general*' 
GrowingDegreeDays:
wikipedia explains as per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growing_degree-day 
With your observation if fact you open can of worms, because a large amount 
of variations of GrowingDegree Days related to different animals, insects 
and plants.

;-) Each country has it's variations as well .........


Op dinsdag 15 december 2020 om 17:13:50 UTC+1 schreef kk44...@gmail.com:

> I found the aggregation type "growing degree day" ("growdeg"). 
>
> There is a special version of that in Europe. In Germany it is called 
> "Grünlandtemperatursumme". I found no translation to English. The word in 
> the subject is translated word by word.
>
> It is based on the daily average temperature, as growing degree day is. 
> The base temperature is 0 degrees centigrade (32 degrees Fahrenheit).
>
>    - In January, all the values are multiplied by 0.5.
>    - In February, all the values are multiplied by 0.75.
>    - Form March on, the values are used as is.
>    
> The sum is calculated from Jan. 1st to May 31st.
>
> The day, when the value exceeds 200 in spring (if calculated in 
> centigrade), is considered the start of growing of the plants.
>
> Some german weather networks ask for those values (sum and date).
>
> It seems to me that the actual aggregation function does not cover that 
> version.
>
>
>
>

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