CDIAC Metadata Standard
Product number: NDP-042
Product title: United States Historical Climatology Network Daily Temperature and Precipitation Data (1991) 
NAuthors: 4
Author name1: Hughes, P. Y.
Author name2: Mason, E. H.
Author name3: Karl, T. R.
Author name4: Brower, W. A.
Author company1: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Author company2: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
Author company3: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
Author company4: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Author organization1: National Climatic Data Center
Author organization2: National Climatic Data Center 
Author organization3: National Climatic Data Center 
Author organization4: National Climatic Data Center 
Thematic area: United States Temperature, Precipitation, and Snow Data
Begin date: 01/01/1871
End date: 01/01/1932
north: 48.783
east: -67.000
south: 28.333
west: -123.333
Data site: United States
Nvarrec: 1
Variables 1: STCODE,CNI,STATE,STNAME,BMON,BYEAR,TOBS,LATDEG,LATMIN,LONDEG,LONMIN
Variables 2: STANUM,STATE,DIVISION,CURRNAME,COUNTY,XREF
Variables 3: staid,dattyp,year,mon,days,sf,value,dmf,dqf
Descriptive files: ndp042.doc,ndp042.txt,ndp042.met
Ndatarec: 2
Data files 1: hcndalid.dat.Z,hcndilmi.dat.Z,hcndmnny.dat.Z,hcndnctn.dat.Z,hcndtxwy.dat.Z
Data files 2: station.his,station.inv
Ninput: 1
Data input/output files1: retrievl.fo1,retrievl.fo2,retrievl.fo3,retrievl.sa1,retrievl.sa2,retrievl.sa3
Initial date of publication: 06/02/1999
Most recent date of publication: 
Nkeyrec: 2
Keywords1: maximum temperature,minimum temperature,precipitation
Data file location: cdiac:/ndp/ftp/pub/ndp042
Distribution: external
Contact: Dale Kaiser
Meta data file: ndp042.met