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Section 4: PXTRACT Precipitation Data Extract Program
sample output list file is shown in Table 4-4. The PXTRACT output data files consist of precipitation
data in TD-3240 format for the time period selected by the user. Each output data file contains the data
for one station. A sample output file is shown in Table 4-5.
Table 4-1:
PXTRACT Input and Output Files
Unit File Name Type Format Description
IO5 PXTRACT.INP input formatted Control file containing user inputs
IO2 TD3240.DAT input formatted Precipitation data in NCDC TD-3240 format
IO6 PXTRACT.LST output formatted List file (line printer output file)
Unit 7
Unit 7
Plus 1
id1.DAT
(id1 is the
6-digit station code
for station #1, e.g.,
040001)
id2.DAT
(id2 is the
6-digit station code
for station #2, e.g.,
040002)
output formatted Precipitation data (in TD-3240) format for station #1 for the
time period selected by the user
output formatted Precipitation data (in TD-3240) format for station #2 for the
time period selected by the user
.
.
.
(Up to 200 new precipitation data files are allowed by PXTRACT).
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