EMSHR_LITE.TXT The Enhanced Master Station History Report (EMSHR) - Lite is a list of basic, historical information for every station in the station history database. While the EMSHR is constructed to be used by programs, the EMSHR Lite is built to be a more user-friendly visual report, and contains a subset of the most used fields from the full EMSHR. Note this file is subject to change as NCEI adds more networks to its station history database and new identifiers. The file is sorted by ncdcstn_id, begin_date, end_date and its first row contains column headers as described below. This report is scheduled to be updated monthly. *** UPDATE, beginning with June 2014 report: New RELOCATION field added to end of each line. *** UPDATE, beginning with June 2016 report: New GHCNMLT, IGRA, HPD identifier fields added to end of each line. FIELD LENGTH FORMAT POSITION DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NCDC 8 X(8) 001-008 Unique identifier used by NCEI. Subject to change, but unique to each station in this file. BEG_DT 8 YYYYMMDD 010-017 Beginning date of record, set to 00010101 if date is unknown. END_DT 8 YYYYMMDD 019-026 Ending date of record, set to 99991231 if station is currently open. COOP 6 X(6) 028-033 NWS Cooperative network ID, assigned by NCEI, first 2 digits represent state, last 4 digits are assigned numerically by alphabetical ordering of the station name. WBAN 5 X(5) 035-039 WBAN identifier (Weather-Bureau-Army-Navy), assigned by NCEI, used for digital data storage and general station identification purposes. ICAO 4 X(4) 041-044 ICAO ID, used for geographical locations throughout the world, managed by the International Civil Aviation Organization. FAA 5 X(5) 046-050 FAA ID, alpha-numeric, managed by USDT Federal Aviation Administration used for site identification of sites vital to navigation. Commonly referred to as "Call Sign". NWSLI 5 X(5) 052-056 NWS Location Identifer, alpha-numeric, location identifier assigned by the National Weather Service for use in real-time data transmissions and forecasts. WMO 5 X(5) 058-062 ID assigned by World Meteorological Organization, used for international weather data exchange and station documentation. TRANS 10 X(10) 064-073 Holds miscellaneous IDs that do not fall into an officially sourced ID category that are needed in support of NCEI data products and ingests. GHCND 11 X(11) 075-085 Populated if station is included in GHCN-Daily product during the time period indicated. STATION_NAME 100 X(100) 087-186 Name of station, upper case may contain characters, numbers or symbols. CC 2 X(2) 188-189 FIPS country code. CTRY_NAME 35 X(35) 191-225 FIPS country name. ST 2 X(2) 227-228 USPS two character alphabetic abbreviation for each state, uppercase. COUNTY 35 X(35) 230-264 Name of county, uppercase. CD 2 X(2) 266-267 Usually contains a number between 01 and 10 indicating climate division as determined by master divisional reference maps. Assigned by NCEI. UTC 3 9(3) 269-271 Time zone, UTC offset. LAT_DEC 9 9(9) 273-281 Decimal latitude, blank indicates North and "-" indicates South. LON_DEC 10 9(10) 283-292 Decimal longitude, blank indicates East and "-" indicates West. LOC_PREC 10 X(10) 294-303 Indicates precision of source lat and lon, see Reference Table below. LAT_DMS 13 X(13) 305-317 Latitude degree, minute, etc format based on LOC_PREC precision, delimited by comma, with trailing N/S/E/W directional indicator. LON_DMS 14 X(14) 319-332 Longitude degree, minute, etc format based on LOC_PREC precision, delimited by comma, with trailing N/S/E/W directional indicator. EL_GR_FT 8 9(8) 334-341 Ground elevation in Feet. For Coop network, average elevation of the ground in a 20-meter(60ft) circle around the primary rain gauge. For 1st & 2nd Order stations, elevation of the official temperature sensor for the station. EL_GR_M 8 9(8) 343-350 Ground elevation in Meters. For Coop network, average elevation of the ground in a 20-meter(60ft) circle around the primary rain gauge. For 1st & 2nd Order stations, elevation of the official temperature sensor for the station. EL_AP_FT 8 9(8) 352-359 Airport: Field, Aerodrome, or Runway elevation - in Feet. EL_AP_M 8 9(8) 361-368 Airport: Field, Aerodrome, or Runway elevation - in Meters. TYPE 100 X(100) 370-469 Platforms station participates in (AIRSAMPLE, AIRWAYS, AL USRCRN, AMOS, ASOS, AWOS, BASIC, COCORAHS, COOP, C-MAN, MILITARY, NEPP, NEXRAD, ORC2C, PRE-COOP, RADAR, SURFRAD, SYNOPTIC, UPPERAIR, USCRN, USRCRN, WXSVC, UNKNOWN), delimited by comma. RELOCATION 30 X(30) 471-500 Distance and direction of station relocation expressed as a distance value (1-4 characters), space, distance units (2 character abbreviation), space, and direction (1-3 character 16-point cardinal direction). Date of relocation indicated by begin date of record. GHCNMLT 11 X(11) 502-512 Populated if station is included in GHCN-Monthly Land Temperature product during the time period indicated. IGRA 11 X(11) 514-524 Populated if station is included in IGRA2 product during the time period indicated. HPD 11 X(11) 526-536 Populated if station is included in Hourly Precipitation Data (HPD) product during the time period indicated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAT_LON_PRECISION CODES DD Whole Degrees DDMM Degrees, Whole Minutes DDMMSS Degrees, Whole Minutes, Whole Seconds DDd Decimal Degrees, to Tenths DDdd Decimal Degrees, to Hundredths DDddd Decimal Degrees, to Thousandths DDdddd Decimal Degrees, to Ten Thousandths DDddddd Decimal Degrees, to Hundred Thousandths DDMMm Degrees, Decimal Minutes to Tenths DDMMmm Degrees, Decimal Minutes to Hundredths DDMMmmm Degrees, Decimal Minutes to Thousandths DDMMSSs Degrees, Minutes, Decimal Seconds to Tenths DDMMSSss Degrees, Minutes, Decimal Seconds to Hundredths DDMMSSss Degrees, Minutes, Decimal Seconds to Hundredths