gov.noaa.ncdc:C00545 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#TD3341 http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/documentlibrary/datasets.html#TD3341 http DSI-3341 Documentation NCDC Dataset Documentation for DSI-3341 ASOS Special Inventory Hourly Precipitation Data is historical digital data set DSI-3341, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). DSI-3341 is the daily inventory for the subset of stations in data set DSI-3240, Hourly Precipitation Data, that are Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) stations. Areal coverage is the United States excluding Hawaii. Years covered are 1995-8. To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers and the public. data set C00545 RAIN GAUGES METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/documentlibrary/datasets.html#TD3341 19950101 19981231 Ground Condition Complete As Needed 170.0 -65.0 72.0 24.0 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 > PRECIPITATION RATE GCMD Location Valids UNITED STATES OF AMERICA GCMD Location Valids LAND SURFACE METEOROLOGICAL 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-3241, C00360. 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 24 Montana 25 Nebraska 26 Nevada 27 New Hampshire Station Identifier: (STNID) is a four-digit integer that uniquely specifies the station whose hourly precipitation data is inventoried. This station identifier is the COOP number and is assigned by NCDC. Station identifier ranges in value from 0016 through 9941. Year: (YEAR) is a four-digit integer that specifies the year of hourly precipitation data inventoried. Year ranges in value from 1995 through 1998. Month: (MONTH) a two-digit integer that specifies the month of hourly precipitation data inventoried. Month ranges in value from 01 to 12. Day: (DAY) is a two-digit integer that specifies the day of hourly precipitation data inventoried. Day ranges in value from 01 to 31. Element: (ELEM) is a 4-character alphanumeric string that specifies the meteorological element type of hourly precipitation data inventoried. Element has a value of "UNHP", Universal Hourly Precipitation Data. Data Measurement Flag: (FLAG1) is a single character. Data measurement flag has the following range of values: a Begin accumulation period during the hour. A End accumulation period during the hour. NOTE: If this flag is used in conjunction with a Data Quality Flag (FLAG2) of "!", this flag represents a "ghost" data value that falls within the accumulation period. [ Begin missing period during the hour (inclusive). ] End missing period during the hour (inclusive). M NOTE: This flag is used in conjunction with a Data Quality Flag (FLAG2) of "!" and represents a "ghost" data value that falls within the missing period. T Trace amount of precipitation. b (blank) No flag needed. Data Quality Flag: (FLAG2) is a single character. Data quality flag has the following range of values: ! Represents a "ghost" data value. When the flag is used in conjunction with a Data Measurement Flag (FLAG1) of "A", the "ghost" value falls within an accumulation period. When the flag is used in conjunction with a Data Measurement Flag (FLAG1) of "M", the "ghost" value falls within a missing period. b (blank) No flag needed. Flag Pair Count: (FPCNT) is a three-digit integer that specifies the number of times that FLAG1 and FLAG2 occur together as a pair for the given state, station identifier, year, month, day, and element for the hourly precipitation data. 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