Format of metadata files for former-USSR Temperature and Precipitation Data station_inventory.txt Variable Variable Starting Ending Variable type width column column WMO Numeric 5 1 5 NAME Character 25 7 31 LAT Numeric 5 33 37 LON Numeric 7 39 45 ELEV Numeric 6 47 52 MINTFYR Numeric 4 54 57 MINTMISS Numeric 4 59 62 MIDTFYR Numeric 4 64 67 MIDTMISS Numeric 4 69 72 MAXTFYR Numeric 4 74 77 MAXTMISS Numeric 4 79 82 PRCPFYR Numeric 4 84 87 PRCPMISS Numeric 4 89 92 LYR Numeric 4 94 97 where WMO is the WMO No. of the station. NAME is the name of the station. LAT is the latitude of the station (in decimal degrees). LON is the longitude of the station (in decimal degrees). Stations in the Western Hemisphere have negative longitudes. ELEV is the elevation of the station (in meters). Missing elevations are coded as 999.9. MINTFYR is the first year in which minimum temperature (MINTFYR), MIDTFYR mean temperature (MIDTFYR), maximum temperature (MAXTFYR), MAXTFYR or precipitation (PRCPFYR) data are available at this PRCPFYR station. MINTMISS is the percentage of minimum temperature (MINTMISS), mean MIDTMISS temperature (MIDTMISS), maximum temperature (MAXTMISS), or MAXTMISS precipitation (PRCPMISS) data that are missing at this PRCPMISS station. LYR is the last year in which data are available for all variables at this station. station_history.txt Variable Variable Starting Ending Variable type width column column WMO Numeric 5 1 5 TYPE Character 4 7 10 YEAR Numeric 4 12 15 MONTH Numeric 2 17 18 DAY Numeric 2 20 21 DIST Character 2 23 24 DIRECT Character 3 26 28 where WMO is the WMO No. of the station. TYPE is the type of change indicated by this entry. The possible values of TYPE are as follows: RAIN = rain gauge replacement (i.e., change from old-type gauge to Tretyakov-type gauge). Each station will have only one RAIN entry. In this type of entry, DIST and DIRECT (described below) are not relevant and thus are coded as blanks. MOVE = station relocation. Each station will have at least one MOVE entry. If a station moved on more than one occasion, then separate entries are included for each relocation. If a station never moved, then that station will have only one MOVE entry; in this entry, YEAR, MONTH, DAY, DIST, and DIRECT (described below) are all coded as missing. In other words, if a station has only one MOVE entry, and if all variables in that MOVE entry are coded as missing, then the given station never moved. YEAR is the year in which the change took place. Missing years are coded as -999. MONTH is the month in which the change took place. Missing months are coded as -9. DAY is the day on which the change took place. Missing days are coded as -9. DIST is the distance (in kilometers) that the station was moved. Missing distances are coded as -9. A distance of zero indicates that the station moved less than one kilometer. DIST only applies to station relocation entries (i.e., lines in which TYPE = MOVE). In rain gauge replacement entries (i.e., lines in which TYPE = RAIN), DIST is not relevant and thus is coded as blanks. DIRECT is the direction in which the station was moved (e.g., N = north, SE = southeast). Missing directions are coded as -99. DIRECT only applies to station relocation entries (i.e., lines in which TYPE = MOVE). In rain gauge replacement entries (i.e., lines in which TYPE = RAIN), DIRECT is not relevant and thus is coded as blanks.