ALRCRN-STATIONS.TXT

This report is a fixed-length text summary listing of current Alabama U.S. Climate Reference Network (AL USRCRN) 
stations, including identifiers and the latest known location information.

The included identifiers are the NCDC ID number and WBAN ID number.

The location information includes latitude, longitude, elevation, and time zone.

The file is sorted by country and then by state.

*** UPDATE 20131001: NWS Cooperative identifier was replaced with GHCN-Daily identifier.

FIELD   LENGTH  FORMAT      POSITION     DESCRIPTION
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NCDCID  8       99999999    001-008      Unique identifier used by NCEI.

WBAN    5       99999       010-014      Used at NCEI for digital data storage and general station identification purposes.

GHCND   11      X(11)       016-026      Populated if station is included in GHCN-Daily product.

NAME    30      X(30)       028-057      Name of station, uppercase may contain characters, numbers or symbols.

COUNTRY 20      X(20)       059-078      Name of country, uppercase.

ST      2       XX          080-081      USPS two character alphabetic abbreviation for each state, uppercase.

COUNTY  30      X(30)       083-112      Name of county, uppercase.

LAT     9       x99.99999   114-122      Latitude in decimal degrees, where "x" is blank or "-".

LON     10      x999.99999  124-133      Longitude in decimal degrees, where "x" is blank or "-".

ELEV    6       999999      135-140      Station elevation in feet, -99999 if missing.

UTC     3       x99         142-146      Time zone, positive or negative offset from UTC, where "x" is "+" or "-".

STNTYPE 50      X(50)       148-197      Type of observing programs associated with the station.
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