Column 1:
ERACLIM Inventory ID
Column 2:
WMO - The WMO station ID, if the record has one, if not then use -9999.
Column 3:
ECMWF - The ECMWF source number, if the record has one, if not then use -9999.
Column 4:
Data Owner - Agency/organisation which has the data
Column 5:
Station - Station Name.
Column 6:
Station - Station Name.
Column 7:
Platform
Column 8-9:
Lon (E) & Lat (N) - Longitude in degrees east and Latitude in degrees north, use decimals rather than minutes/seconds
Column 10:
Altitude - Altitude of station in metres
Column 11-12:
Start & End - Start and end day of the record with format YYYY-MM-DD, enter the very first and last day, do not worry about gaps.
Information regarding gaps can be input into the comment box (Column 24).
Note: In exemple file date is separe in columns, its a option also available if prefered.
Column 13:
Time Resolution - Number of Observations per day. For example, "24, 5, 3", would indicate hourly observations and 5 and 3 times-daily observations.
If the number varies, enter the highest frequency value.
Column 14:
Estimated Station Days - Approximate number of days with data for this record.
Column 15:
Vertical Coordinates - The vertical co-ordinates of the data, either altitude, pressure, geopotential height or a combination of these.
Columns 16-23:
Climate Variables - Indicates with a (T)rue or (F)alse whether the record contains information for a particular climate variable.
Column 24:
Comments - any important comments go here, gaps, known pressure adjustments, suspected inhomogeneities etc...
Column 25-30:
Level - The stage of rescue/digitisation. Formatting is six digits, (T)rue or (F)alse.
Column 31:
Link to file - Online access to data if available.
Column 32:
Station position link - Google position of station, if exist.