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Section 6: SMERGE Surface D<strong>at</strong>a Meteorological Preprocessor<br />

within the file are identified by portions <strong>of</strong> the text field th<strong>at</strong> follow the delimiter character '#', so these<br />

should not be altered. <strong>The</strong> order <strong>of</strong> the d<strong>at</strong>a records is not important, but should be similar to the standard<br />

example for clarity.<br />

<strong>Table</strong> 6-8:<br />

Sample Generic SURFCSV Control Input File (SURFCSV.INP)<br />

SURFCSV.INP 1.0<br />

1<br />

Sample input control file (Any order but keep exact RHS text and # delimiter)<br />

106645 #St<strong>at</strong>ion_ID integer<br />

UTC-0500<br />

#Time_Zone (EST=UTC-0500)<br />

2010 01 01 00 15 #Output Starting_Time (YYYY MM DD hh mm)<br />

2010 02 01 00 00 #Output Ending_Time (YYYY MM DD hh mm)<br />

00 15 #Output Time_Increment (hh mm)<br />

1 #Output Time_Method (1=exact, 2=nearest)<br />

1 #SKIP_headers (number <strong>of</strong> rows before d<strong>at</strong>a)<br />

1 #DATE_column<br />

1 #TIME_column (may be same as d<strong>at</strong>e column)<br />

YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm<br />

#DATETIME_form<strong>at</strong> (YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm), or<br />

(MM/DD/YYYY hh:mm)<br />

11 #WINDSPEED_column (0 = NA)<br />

14 #WINDDIRECTION_column (0 = NA)<br />

4 #TEMPERATURE_column (0 = NA)<br />

8 #RELHUMIDITY_column (0 = NA)<br />

0 #PRESSURE_column (0 = NA)<br />

0 #CLOUD_column (0 = NA) typically cloud+height<br />

0 #CEILING_column (0 = NA)<br />

0 #CLOUDCOVER_column (0 = NA)<br />

MPH #WINDSPEED_units (MPH, MPS, KTS)<br />

DEG<br />

#WINDDIRECTION_units (DEG, NSEW)<br />

F #TEMPERATURE_units (F, C, K)<br />

% #RELHUMIDITY_units (%,FRAC)<br />

MB #PRESSURE_units (MB, IN, ATM)<br />

FT #CEILING_units (FT, 100FT, M, KM)<br />

TENTHS #CLOUDCOVER_units (TENTHS)<br />

6-19

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