Last updated February 8, 1999

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The information in this section provides the data users with information about file name significance and a description of the data. The file naming convention explanation describes the type of data and the region which the data represents, while the data descriptions include field column descriptions and field descriptions. All collected data is within the 14 year period from 1984 to 1997.

File Naming Convention Explanation

The first four characters denote the data component
      temp = temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit)

Except for the weekly averages for each pool; in this case the file is simply named
      wkmean = weekly mean temperatures

The last two to three characters denote the pool number for which the data represents.
      Example:
      tempp4 = temperature data for Pool 4

Data Descriptions

Field Column Descriptions

The "Format column" contains the following format specifiers:

c = alpha character/symbol/digit
n = numeric value, any digit from 0-9

For files entitled tempp4 to tempp26, this section provides information on the organization and the field position and the format of the data.

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Field Description

YEAR
Gives the period from which the data was collected from, within the span between 1984 to 1997.

JULIAN DAY
Gives the day in the form of Julian day, starting with January 1, as day 1 and December 31 as day 365, unless it is a leap year.

TEMPERATURE
Represents temperature data given in degrees Fahrenheit and carried out to one decimal place.

Field name	Field position	Format
YEAR	1:4	yyyy
JULIAN DAY	6:8	nnn
TEMPERTURE	10:13	nn.n

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Field Description

For wkmean, containing the weekly temperature averages for each pool, this section provides information on the organization, field position and the format of the data.

The data is arranged in columns where "week" occupies the first column and each pool's weekly temperature averages are listed thereafter, starting with Pool 4. The columns containing the temperature data do not include specific headings, but each pool's position is given below.

WEEK
Gives the week of the year that the data is representing, within the range from 1-52.

POOL4 through POOL26
Describes the pool for which the data belongs, beginning with POOL 4 and ending with POOL 26, excluding POOL 23.

Field name	Field position	Format
WEEK	1:3	nn
POOL 4	5:8	nn.n
POOL 5	10:13	nn.n
POOL 5A	15:18	nn.n
POOL 6	20:23	nn.n
POOL 7	25:28	nn.n
POOL 8	30:33	nn.n
POOL 9	35:38	nn.n
POOL 10	40:43	nn.n
POOL 11	45:48	nn.n
POOL 12	50:53	nn.n
POOL 13	55:58	nn.n
POOL 14	60:63	nn.n
POOL 15	65:68	nn.n
POOL 16	70:73	nn.n
POOL 17	75:78	nn.n
POOL 18	80:83	nn.n
POOL 19	85:88	nn.n
POOL 20	90:93	nn.n
POOL 21	95:98	nn.n
POOL 22	100:103	nn.n
POOL 24	105:108	nn.n
POOL 25	110:113	nn.n
POOL 26	115:118	nn.n

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