ISLSCP Initiative I Variables : Summary

All Variables Table

Footnotes

#***** Template Convention ******

#* Capital letters indicate fixed values that appear on the CDs exactly as shown
#here, lower case letters indicate characters (values) that change for each path
#and file. The interpretation of the lower case characters is as follows, except
#where noted with the data file name Template
#yy       = Last two digits of year
#y        = Last digit of year
#mm       = Numerical month
#hh       = First two digits in GMT 24 hr clock
#h        = Second digit in GMT 24 hr clock
#nnnnnnnn = Parameter Descriptor
#nnn      = Parameter Descriptor
#nn       = Parameter Descriptor
#n        = Parameter Descriptor
#s        = Statistical method
#ww       = Numerical week
########  = A code for the geographic location of the flow gauge
#NOTE: All files ending in ".Z" are compressed and must be decompressed before they
#can be used. Software and instructions to decompress these data are in the
#SOFTWARE directory. READ the "AAREADME.CMP" file. It contains
#TIPS that you must know to decompress the data using a Macintosh or a
#UNIX platform.

#***** Short Names *****

#Short names are AGATASHI's original property which is used mainly in
# ISLSCP easy-access I/O subroutine made by AGATASHI. Users can obtain
# file name, open ISLSCP file and read data only by specifying this short
# name.
#
# Currently the short names are merely a draft.

#

History

This table was made from original PDF file (READ_1st.PDF) by using Hidemaru Editor's Macro (Sep04 2000)

• Data Sources added (Jan10 2001)
• Units and Ranges added (Sep05 2000)
• Short Name(*) added (Sep05 2000)
• Order of column changed (Sep07 2000)