SNF Dataset: NWS Daily Climatology Data: 1975 (SNF)
Data Center: ORNL DAAC -- The DAAC for Biogeochemical Dynamics
Data Center Contact: Merilyn Gentry   email:  mjg@ornl.gov
                                      phone:  423-376-2655
Source Dataset (SAS):        met_1975.ssd01
ASCII Data File:             met_1975.dat     File Creation Date: 24SEP1996
ASCII Data Definition File:  met_1975.def     File Creation Date: 24SEP1996
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Variable Name  Long Name       SAS Type  Generic Type      Description
1  location    LOCATION        $ 24      CHAR(20)          "Location of Recording Station"
2  obs_datc    OBS_DATE        $ 12      DATE              "The date of the observations, in the format (DD-MMM-YY) (ex 01-jan-90)"
3  temp_min    MIN_TEMP        8         NUMBER(6,1)       "Daily minimum temperature (F)"
4  temp_max    MAX_TEMP        8         NUMBER(6,1)       "Daily maximum temperature (F)"
5  temp_avg    AVG_TEMP        8         NUMBER(6,1)       "Daily average temperature (F)"
6  precip      PRECIP          8         NUMBER(7,2)       "Precipitation: total daily water equivalent (inches)"
7  gdd         GDD             8         NUMBER(5,0)       "Growing (heating) degree days accumulated for that day calculated from the sine wave method.  A base value of 40 degrees (F) was used."
8  t_solar     TOTAL_SOLAR     8         NUMBER(5,1)       "Total daily solar irradiance (Langleys) recorded by a Yellow-Springs solar cell at Winton, Minnesota"
9  rel_hum     REL_HUM         8         NUMBER(6,1)       "Relative humidity (%) as measured daily at 1400 local time"
