---------------------------------------------------------------------------- GLERL Lake Meteorological Data (LMD) Format (Modified for Lake Erie Project) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Hourly Data yyyyjjjhhmmTiiiiiiiilf aaa.a eee.e ddd ss.s gg.g ccc rrrr.r bbbb.b tt.t ww.w pp.p uuu vvvvvv For Daily Averaged Data yyyyjjj Tiiiiiiiilf aaa.a eee.e ddd ss.s gg.g ccc rrrr.r bbbb.b tt.t ww.w pp.p uuu vvvvvv For Monthly Averaged Data yyyyMM Tiiiiiiiilf aaa.a eee.e ddd ss.s gg.g ccc rrrr.r bbbb.b tt.t ww.w pp.p uuu vvvvvv For Yearly Averaged Data yyyy Tiiiiiiiilf aaa.a eee.e ddd ss.s gg.g ccc rrrr.r bbbb.b tt.t ww.w pp.p uuu vvvvvv ------- -------- ----------- Field Position Description ------- -------- ----------- yyyy 1-4 Year of observation For Hourly Data jjj 5-7 Day of Year (zero fill, i3.3) hh 8-9 Hour (GMT) (zero fill, i2.2) mm 10-11 Minute (zero fill, i2.2) For Daily Averaged Data jjj 5-7 Day of Year (zero fill, i3.3) 8-11 blank For Monthly Averaged Data MM 5-6 Month Number (zero fill, i2.2) 7-11 blank For Yearly Averaged Data 5-11 blank T 12 Station type: 0 = Buoy 1 = CMAN station 2 = U.S. Coast Guard station 3 = Ship report 4 = OMR (Other Marine Reports) station 5 = Surface Synoptic station 6 = Surface Airways station 9 = GLERL met station blank = unknown or not specified iiiiiiii 13-20 Unique Station ID code (8 characters, left justified) l 21 Lake number: 0 = Superior 1 = Michigan 2 = Huron 3 = St. Clair 4 = Erie 5 = Ontario 6 = Georgian Bay blank = unknown or not specified f 22 Data Format (GLMON/LMD): 9 = Lake Meteorological Data (LMD) Format aaa.a 24-28 Air temperature (degrees Centigrade) eee.e 30-34 Dew point (degrees Centigrade) ddd 36-38 Wind direction (degrees from, 0=north, 90=east) ss.s 40-43 Wind speed (meters/second) gg.g 45-48 Maximum wind gust (meters/second) ccc 50-53 Cloud cover (percent) rrrr.r 54-59 Solar Radiation (watts/meter**2) bbbb.b 61-66 Barometric pressure (millibars) tt.t 68-71 Water temperature (degrees Centigrade) ww.w 73-76 Significant Wave height (meters) pp.p 78-81 Wave period (seconds) ------------------------------------------------------------ The following fields are used for Lake Erie Project: ------------------------------------------------------------ uuu 83-85 # Stations used in averaging vvvvvv 87-92 # Observations used for averaging ------------------------------------------------ MISSING DATA ARE INDICATED BY "9" IN ALL DIGITS ------------------------------------------------