gov.noaa.ncdc:C00367 National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Unknown tabular digital data http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/documentlibrary/datasets.html#TD3360 http DSI-3360 Documentation NCDC Dataset Documentation for DSI-3360 information 15-Minute Precipitation Data Inventory is digital data set DSI-3360 archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This data set is the inventory of digital data set DSI-3260, 15-Minute Precipitation Data, also archived at NCDC. Major parameters are the station identification, year of data being inventoried, number of missing days of 15-minute precipitation, and number of days of flagged data. Header Records - Each header record contains the observing station identification, the most current station name, the name of the state where the station is located, the first year of 15-minute precipitation data observations, and the last year of 15-minute precipitation data observations. Elements Observed Records - Each elements observed record contains the observing station identification and a list of the elements observed at that station over the stations period of record. Inventory Records - Each inventory record contains the observing station identification, year of 15-minute precipitation data inventoried, name of element inventoried, number of missing days of 15-minute precipitation data for each month, and number of days of 15-minute precipitation data flagged for each month. Each inventory record represents the inventory for one year for one element observed of 15-minute precipitation data. Missing Data - A day of 15-minute precipitation data is counted as missing when there is no 15-minute precipitation data value present for any quarter hour of the day. The 15-minute precipitation data for the entire day is in a missing period, a deleted period, an accumulation period, or any combination of missing/deleted/accumulation periods (See documentation for DSI-3260). Flagged Data - A day of 15-minute precipitation data is counted as flagged when there is at least one 15-minute flag representing the beginning or ending of a missing period, a deleted period, or an accumulation period (See documentation for DSI-3260). To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers and the public. data set C00367 RAIN GAUGES WEATHER STATIONS National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/documentlibrary/datasets.html#TD3360 19700101 Present Ground Condition Complete As Needed 130.0 -65.0 72.0 -15.0 ISO 19115 Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere 004 DIF Discipline Keyword Thesaurus Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Meteorology Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Climatology Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Weather Earth Sciences > Land > Hydrology GCMD Sciences Keyword Valids EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > RAIN GCMD Location Valids UNITED STATES OF AMERICA GCMD Location Valids LAND SURFACE WEATHER STATIONS RAIN GAUGES 1 None None Not provided Unknown Completeness information not available. This data set is derived from Hourly Precipitation Data: Special ASOS Network, DSI-3260, C00367. Unknown HEADER RECORD Station Identifier: (STNIDH) is an 8-character alphanumeric string that uniquely specifies the station whose hourly precipitation data is inventoried. The first two characters represent the state code, the next four characters represent the cooperative network index, and the last two characters represent the cooperative network division. These three parts are described below. The state codes are as follows: 01 Alabama 28 New Jersey 02 Arizona 29 New Mexico 03 Arkansas 30 New York 04 California 31 North Carolina 05 Colorado 32 North Dakota 06 Connecticut 33 Ohio 07 Delaware 34 Oklahoma 08 Florida 35 Oregon 09 Georgia 36 Pennsylvania 10 Idaho 37 Rhode Island 11 Illinois 38 South Carolina 12 Indiana 39 South Dakota 13 Iowa 40 Tennessee 14 Kansas 41 Texas 15 Kentucky 42 Utah 16 Louisiana 43 Vermont 17 Maine 44 Virginia 18 Maryland 45 Washington 19 Massachusetts 46 West Virginia 20 Michigan 47 Wisconsin 21 Minnesota 48 Wyoming 22 Mississippi 50 Alaska 23 Missouri 51 Hawaii 24 Montana 66 Puerto Rico 25 Nebraska 67 Virgin Islands 26 Nevada 91 Pacific Islands 27 New Hampshire The cooperative network index ranges in value from 0001 through 9993. The cooperative network division ranges in value from 00 to 10. 00 is used in all station identifiers prior to November 1993. Record Number: (RECNOH) is an integer that specifies the record number of the header record. The record number always has a value of "0001", and is used only for sorting purposes. Station Name: (STNAME) is a 20-character alphanumeric string that specifies the most current name associated with the station identifier. State Name: (STATE) is a 14-character string that specifies the state where the station is located. Begin Year: (BYEAR) is an integer that specifies the first year of 15-minute precipitation data for this station. End Year: (EYEAR) is an integer that specifies the last year of 15-minute precipitation data for this station. ELEMENTS OBSERVED RECORD Station Identifier: (STNIDE) is the same as Station Identifier described in the HEADER RECORD. Record Number: (RECNOE) is an integer that specifies the record number of the elements observed record. The record number always has a value of "0002", and is used only for sorting purposes. Element Text: (TEXTE) is a 13-character alphanumeric string that always has a value of "ELEMS TAKEN =". Element Name: (ELNAME) is a 4-character string that specifies the elements observed at this station over the stations period of record. The element name has a range of "QPCP" and "QGAG". DATA RECORD Station Identifier: (STNID) is the same as Station Identifier described in the HEADER RECORD. Inventory Record Year: (YEAR) is an integer that specifies the year of 15- minute precipitation data inventoried for this data record. This element ranges in value from 1970 to present. Element: (ELEM) is a 4-character alphanumeric string that specifies the element inventoried for this data record. The element has a range of "QPCP" and "QGAG". Number of Missing Days: (NUMISS) is a two character alphanumeric string that specifies the number of days per month of 15-minute precipitation data that is missing. There are twelve monthly values beginning with the month of January. Range of values is 01 - 30, "--", and "XX". EXAMPLES -- Entire month of 15-minute precipitation data is present. XX Entire month of 15-minute precipitation data is missing (missing and/or deleted and/or in an accumulation period). 06 Six (6) days of 15-minute precipitation data missing for the month. Number of Flagged Days: (NUMFLG) is a two character alphanumeric string that specifies the number of days per month of 15-minute data that is flagged as being in a missing, deleted, or accumulation period. There are twelve monthly values beginning with the month of January. Range of values is 01 - 31, "--", and "XX". EXAMPLES -- No days flagged during the month. XX No days flagged during the month. Entire month of 15-minute precipitation data is missing. 02 Two (2) days of 15-minute precipitation data flagged for the month. None National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Customer Services Branch Mailing and physical

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