In this file, the table numbers refer to the tables as they appear in document NCDC9641.TXT. A. STATION METADATA FILE The station metadata are archived by station sort (region number, country code, WMO station number, national identification number). Some stations do not have a WMO station number. A pseudo-WMO station number was assigned to these stations and generally consists of 000 in the right- most three positions of the five-digit WMO station number, and these stations also have a national identification number either assigned by the submitting country or assigned by the NCDC. Some stations do not have a national identification number. Each station is uniquely identified by its [region number-country code-WMO station number- national identification number] aggregate information. The station metadata consists of information that identifies the station and includes: WMO region number; WMO international index number; location information (latitude, longitude, elevation) and station name as provided by the WMO Member; location information and station name as published in the May 1996 WMO Publication No. 9, Vol. A- Stations (for those stations with a WMO international index number); country code and name; and station name as it appears in the 1961-1990 WMO Global Standard Normals publication (for the published stations). The amount of metadata that was provided varied greatly from Member to Member. Some Members provided complete metadata, some provided limited metadata (with the NCDC identifying the remaining metadata from other sources), and some provided no metadata (other than WMO station number or only station name). In a few cases (less than a dozen stations), the station is identified by only an international index station number which could not be located in the WMO Publication No. 9, Vol. A-Stations. Each station metadata record has the following record format (a blank-filled field indicates the information was not provided or is not available, or is not applicable for the station): POSITION WIDTH TYPE CONTENTS -------- ----- ------------ -------------------------- 001-001 1 numeric region number assigned by the NCDC (see Table 1) 002-003 2 alpha two-letter country identifier code assigned by the NCDC (see Table 2) 004-008 5 numeric WMO international index station number (if 000 appears in the right-most three positions, then this is a pseudo-WMO station number assigned by the NCDC) 009-016 8 alpha national station identification number 017-017 1 alpha national station identification code (see Table 3) 018-018 1 numeric WMO international index station number flag (see Table 4) 019-020 2 numeric latitude (degrees) provided by Member (value: 00 to 90) 021-022 2 numeric latitude (minutes) provided by Member (value: 00 to 59) 023-023 1 alpha latitude (hemisphere) provided by Member (value: N=North, S=South) 024-026 3 numeric longitude (degrees) provided by Member (value: 000 to 180) 027-028 2 numeric longitude (minutes) provided by Member (value: 00 to 59) 029-029 1 alpha longitude (hemisphere) provided by Member (value: E=East, W=West) 030-035 6 numeric station elevation above (or below) Mean Sea Level (meters) provided by Member 036-037 2 numeric latitude (degrees) from WMO Publication No. 9, Vol. A-Stations (value: 00 to 90) 038-039 2 numeric latitude (minutes) from WMO Publication No. 9, Vol. A-Stations (value: 00 to 59) 040-040 1 alpha latitude (hemisphere) from WMO Publication No. 9, Vol. A-Stations (value: N=North, S=South) 041-043 3 numeric longitude (degrees) from WMO Publication No. 9, Vol. A-Stations (value: 000 to 180) 044-045 2 numeric longitude (minutes) from WMO Publication No. 9, Vol. A-Stations (value: 00 to 59) 046-046 1 alpha longitude (hemisphere) from WMO Publication No. 9, Vol. A-Stations (value: E=East, W=West) 047-050 4 numeric station elevation above (or below) Mean Sea Level (meters) from WMO Publication No. 9, Vol. A-Stations 051-056 6 numeric barometer elevation above (or below) Mean Sea Level (meters) provided by Member 057-090 34 alpha station name provided by Member 091-136 46 alpha station name from WMO Publication No. 9, Vol. A-Stations 137-158 22 alpha station name as printed in the corresponding 1961-1990 WMO global standard normals publication (for those published stations) 159-208 50 alpha name of country or territory ------------------------------------------------------------ Table 1. Region number codes assigned by the NCDC. ----------------------------------------------------------- Code Region ----------------------------------------------------------- 1 WMO Region I: Africa 2 WMO Region II: Asia 3 WMO Region III: South America 4 WMO Region IV: North and Central America 5 WMO Region V: South-West Pacific 6 WMO Region VI: Europe 7 Antarctic Stations ----------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------- Table 3. National station identification code. ----------------------------------------------------------- Code Description ----------------------------------------------------------- 0 national station number assigned by Member 1 for U.S.A., national station number is from the Cooperative Station Network 2 for U.S.A., national station number is the WBAN station number 3 national station number assigned by the NCDC for internal data processing purposes blank no national station identification number ----------------------------------------------------------- Table 4. WMO international index station number flag assigned by the NCDC. ----------------------------------------------------------- Flag Description ----------------------------------------------------------- 1 WMO international index station number provided by Member 2 WMO international index station number determined by the NCDC from other sources (i.e., WMO Publication No. 9, Vol. A-Stations; Monthly Climatic Data for the World CLIMAT-reporting station list; Federal Climate Complex master station file; Global Historical Climatology Network files) 3 WMO international index station number is a pseudo number assigned by the NCDC for internal data processing purposes -----------------------------------------------------------