In this file, the table numbers refer to the tables as they appear in document NCDC9641.TXT. B. NARRATIVE METADATA FILE The narrative metadata are archived by country code sort and consist of narrative descriptions of the normals data, computational procedures, special cases, and any other information the WMO Member thought important, as submitted by the Member. Fewer than half of the Members who provided normals data also provided narrative metadata. Most Members who provided narratives provided the narrative in English, but a few provided narratives in their national language. Some Members provided more than one set of narrative metadata documents. The format of the narrative document varied from Member to Member. All of the narrative documents were reformatted to conform to the following record format: POSITION WIDTH TYPE CONTENTS -------- ----- ------------ -------------------------- 001-002 2 alpha two-letter country identifier code assigned by the NCDC (see Table 2) 003-003 1 numeric narrative metadata document number 004-007 4 numeric line number within the indicated narrative document 008-008 1 alpha not used (blank) 009-208 200 alpha descriptive narrative provided by Member ------------------------------------------------------------ Table 2. Country identifier code assigned by the NCDC. ----------------------------------------------------------- Code Country or Territory Name ----------------------------------------------------------- AA ARGENTINA (ANTARCTIC STATIONS) AB ALBANIA AC CHILE (ANTARCTIC STATIONS) AG ARGENTINA AH AFGHANISTAN, ISLAMIC STATE OF AJ AZERBAIJAN AL ALGERIA AM UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (ANTARCTIC STATIONS) AN ANGOLA AP JAPAN (ANTARCTIC STATIONS) AR ARMENIA AS AUSTRALIA (ANTARCTIC STATIONS) AU AUSTRALIA B1 BAHRAIN B2 BELIZE B3 BENIN BA BAHAMAS BG GUYANA BH BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BL BELARUS BP BRUNEI DARUSSALAM BU BULGARIA BX BELGIUM BZ BRAZIL C1 COLOMBIA (SAN ANDRES AND PROVIDENCIA ISLANDS) CH CHILE CN CANADA CO COLOMBIA CS COSTA RICA CU CUBA CV CAPE VERDE CY CYPRUS CZ CZECH REPUBLIC D1 DJIBOUTI DL GERMANY DN DENMARK DO DOMINICA DR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC E1 ERITREA EJ FIJI EQ ECUADOR ES ESTONIA F1 FRANCE (ISLANDS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN) FG FRANCE (FRENCH DEPARTMENT OF GUYANA) FI FINLAND FM MOROCCO FP FRENCH POLYNESIA FR FRANCE GA GEORGIA GL GREENLAND GN GABON GP FRANCE (CARIBBEAN ISLANDS, GUADELOUPE, MARTINIQUE) GR GREECE GW GUINEA HK HONG KONG HO HONDURAS HR CROATIA HU HUNGARY IE IRELAND IL ICELAND IN INDIA IR IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IS ISRAEL IV IVORY COAST IY ITALY JP JAPAN K1 KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KM CAMEROON KN KENYA KO KOREA, REPUBLIC OF KS KAZAKSTAN (ASIA) KW KUWAIT KY KYRGYZ REPUBLIC KZ KAZAKSTAN (EUROPE) LA LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC LB LEBANON LU LITHUANIA LV LATVIA LX LUXEMBOURG M1 MALI MA MAURITIUS MC THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA MD MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF MG MADAGASCAR ML MALTA MM MYANMAR MO MONGOLIA MS MALAYSIA MV MALDIVES MW MALAWI MX MEXICO NA NETHERLANDS ANTILLES AND ARUBA NC NEW CALEDONIA NG NIGER NI NIGERIA NK NICARAGUA NL NETHERLANDS NO NORWAY NZ NEW ZEALAND OM OMAN OS AUSTRIA PA PORTUGAL (MADEIRA) PC CHINA PH PHILIPPINES PK PAKISTAN PL POLAND PO PORTUGAL PR PERU PY PARAGUAY QR QATAR RA RUSSIAN FEDERATION (ASIA) RE RUSSIAN FEDERATION (EUROPE) RO ROMANIA RW RWANDA S1 SLOVAKIA S2 SLOVENIA S3 SRI LANKA SA SPAIN (CANARY ISLANDS, CEUTA AND MELILLA) SC SEYCHELLES SD SAUDI ARABIA SG SENEGAL SL SIERRA LEONE SN SWEDEN SO SOLOMON ISLANDS SP SPAIN SR SINGAPORE SU SUDAN SV EL SALVADOR SW SWITZERLAND SY SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC TD TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TE CHAD TG TOGO TH THAILAND TJ JORDAN TK TAJIKISTAN TN TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF TS TUNISIA TU TURKEY TX TURKMENISTAN U1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (PACIFIC ISLANDS) UA SOUTH AFRICA UB EGYPT UE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UK UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND UP UKRAINE US UNITED STATES OF AMERICA UY URUGUAY UZ UZBEKISTAN VN VENEZUELA YG YUGOSLAVIA ZA ZAMBIA ZI ZIMBABWE -----------------------------------------------------------