G. Lang
NOAA/GLERL
734-741-2250
gregory.lang@noaa.gov
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created 1/23/2004



Data from: 
Tim Hunter,tim.hunter@noaa.gov
734-741-2344

Tom Croley,
tom.croley@noaa.gov
734-741-2238

The files in this directory contain daily air temperature (daily maximum 
and minimum) and total precipitation for each station.  

The format of each station file is as follows (format specifiers 
are FORTRAN style):

      First record:
        Station_id Lat Long (FORMAT: 1X, A7, 2F10.3)                  
        |        | | | |__|__ longitude in decimal degrees           
        |        | |_|_______ latitude in decimal degrees                 
        |________|___________ 7 character station identifier                  
                                                                     
      Second record:                                                 
        Year Month Day (FORMAT: 5X, I4, 2I3)                         
        |  | |   | |_|__ start day                                   
        |  | |___|______ start month                                     
        |__|____________ start year                                            
                                                                     
      Third record:                                                  
        Year Month Day (FORMAT: 5X, I4, 2I3)                         
        |  | |   | |_|__ end day                                     
        |  | |___|______ end month                                       
        |__|____________ end year                                              
                                                                     
      Fourth record:                                                 
        NumDays (FORMAT: 4X, I5)                                     
        |_____|__ number of days of data in the file
                                                                     
      Remaining records                             
        Tmax Tmin Precip (FORMAT: 3I4)                               
        |  | |  | |____|__ depth of daily precipitation
        |  | |  |            (hundredths of inches)
        |  | |__|_________ minimum daily air temperature
        |  |                 (degrees Fahrenheit)
        |__|______________ maximum daily air temperature                         
                             (degrees Fahrenheit)