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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
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Table 1. Region number codes assigned by the NCDC.
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Code Region
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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
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Table 2. Country identifier code assigned by the NCDC.
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Code Country or Territory Name
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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
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Table 3. National station identification code.
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Code Description
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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
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Table 4. WMO international index station number flag
assigned by the NCDC.
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Flag Description
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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
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