Appendix 3. Contents of 3.5" floppy disks

The two 3.5" HD disks contain 3 type of files (station.dat, normal.dat,
<element number>.dat)in fixed ASCII format, one in Microsoft Word format
(readme.doc) and one in ASCII text format (readme.txt). Data from the disks
may only be used with proper reference to the accompanying report 
(Cappelen, J. & E.V. Laursen, 1998:The Climate of the Faroe Islands
- with Climatological Standard Normals, 1961-1990.
DMI Technical Report 98-14).

Station file: station.dat

The station catalogue contained in the file station.dat describes the number,
element number, name, position, elevation and quality of  the stations in this
report. Each record in the file contains information about one station/element.
The file is sorted by station number/element number and has the following layout:

Position	Format		Description

1-8		F8.0		Station number
9-16		F8.0		Element number
17-36		A20		Station name
37-44		F8.2		Latitude (degrees N, minutes N )
45-52		F8.2		Longitude (degrees E, minutes E)
53-56		F4.0		Elevation (metres above sea level)
57-58		A2		Quality of time series (cf. below)


Quality label description

H - Homogeneous, rigorously tested and possibly adjusted 
T - Tested, possibly adjusted but not perfectly homogeneous
N - Not tested, but not necessarily inhomogeneous
I - Inhomogeneous series that is presently unadjustable 


Normal files: normal.dat

Normal values for the standard normal period 1961-1990 and other periods are
contained in the file normal.dat. The file contains normal values for all 
stations described in the station and element catalogue, see Appendix 1.
The file is sorted by station number/element number. Each record in the file
contains the mean monthly and annual values - all in units 0,1 - from one 
station/element number in the following format. Please note that the unit
is 1 and the scale is 1-9 (see Appendix 2) for element number 360 - Most 
frequent wind direction:

Position	Format		Description

1-6		F6.0		Station number
7-12		F6.0		Element number
13-20		F8.2		First (year, month) in normal period  
21-28		F8.2		Last (year, month) in normal period 
29-34		F6.0		January normal value 
35-40		F6.0		February normal value
41-46 		F6.0		March normal value
47-52 		F6.0		April normal value
53-58 		F6.0		May normal value 
59-64 		F6.0		June normal value 
65-70 		F6.0		July normal value 
71-76 		F6.0		August normal value
77-82 		F6.0		September normal value
83-88	 	F6.0		October normal value
89-94 		F6.0		November normal value
95-100		F6.0		December normal value
101-106		F6.0		Annual normal value


Monthly Files: <element number>.dat

Time series for all the stations presented in this report are contained
in the files <element number>.dat. The files are sorted by station
number/element number, year and month (month 13 gives the annual total).
Each record in the files contains one monthly or annual value for one 
station/element number in the following format. The units of the values
can be seen in the table in Appendix 2. Please also note that the "Date"
variable only exists in the files concerned with extreme values (format
is [month][day] ie. 825 for 25 August). Furthermore the "Frequency" 
variable only exists in the file concerned with element number 360 - Most
frequent wind direction (unit is %):

Position	Format		Description

1-6		F6.0		Station number
7-12		F6.0		Element number
13-18		F6.0		Year
19-24		F6.0		Month (1-12  and 13 for annual)
25-30		F6.0		Value
31-36		F6.0		Date/Frequency.

