Ike_data_readme.txt

Updated:  11/01/2010

This readme file contains the metadata associated with each of the different
 data sources in the Ike Data set.

The file Stn_Lst.txt lists the number of stations from each data source, and the
locations for each station in the complete data set.

All datasets include Tidal data.

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!		NDBC			!
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The original NDBC dataset uploaded to the server had a poor data format.  A more
	easily read set of the data has been uploaded to the server as the zipped
	file NDBC-Wave+Wind-data.zip.
This zipped file contains the data in .txt format and has a NDBC_README.txt file
	with a detailed description of each dataset.  In short these are deployed 
 	buoys that recorded wave data, i.e. wind speed, significant wave
	height, etc.  Each data file has the station number as its filename.  The
	heading of each .txt file contains the station name, latitude and longitude.
	Below the heading the format of the data is as follows:
		C1:  Year YYYY
		C2:  Month MM
		C3:  Day DD
		C4:  Hour HH  Local Time
		C5:  Minute MM
		C6:  Wind Direction WDIR
		C7:  Wind Speed WSPD
		C8:  Peak Gust Speed GST
		C9:  Sig. Wave Height WVHT
		C10: Dominant Wave Period DWP
		C11: Avg. Wave Period APD
		C12: Mean Wave Dir. MWD
		C13: Sea Level Pressure PRES
		C14: Air Temp degC ATMP
		C15: Sea Surface Temp degC WTMP
		C16: Dewpoint Temp DEWP
		C17: Visibility VIS
		C18: Water Level TIDE

Note:  Length/Height Measurements are in FEET.

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!		NOAA			!
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The NOAA data sets are water level datasets. Each filename gives the station
	id # and the station names.  Within the data files themselves each
	column after the heading is labeled as:
		C1:  Station id #
		C2:  Date in YYYYMMDD
		C3:  Time in GMT
		C4:  NOAA predicted water level in m
		C5:  Measured water level in m
	Unless otherwise noted in the station header the datum for each
	station file is NAVD.  In all of the datasets the units are in
	meters.  The locations for each station can be found in the file
	NOAA.txt.  The first column is station id#, the second column is
	longitude, the third column is latitude.  Negative longitude means
	West and positive latitude means North.

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!		TCOON			!
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The TCOON data sets are water level datasets.  Each station has two files
	associated with it.  The *_WL.txt data file has the raw data for
	comparison.  The *_README.txt file contains specific post-processed
	data, including station location, and average water levels.
	Each filename gives the station ID # and station name.  The *_WL.txt
	data files have the following format in columns after the heading.
		C1:  Date in YYYYDDD (DDD is Julian Date)
		C2:  Time in GMT	
		C3:  Water Level in m
	In the heading of each file one can find the datum type, as well
	as height above sea level of the station.  There is also the station
	location information.  Unless otherwise noted the datum in each
	data set is NAVD88


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!		USACE			!
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The USACE data sets are water level datasets.  Each filename gives the station
	id # and the station names.  Within the data files themselves each
	column is labeled as follows:
		C1:  Date in MM/DD/YYYY
		C2:  Time in GMT
		C3:  Measured water level in ft.
	In most cases the datum is NAVD, however there are some cases when the
	datum is MLG.  The datum for each station is given in the USACE.txt
	file.  The first column is station id, the second column is longitude 
	the third column is latitude and the fourth column is datum type. For
	longitude, negative value means West and for latitude a positive
	values represents north.
Note:  The data for these files is in FEET.


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!		USGS-DEPL		!
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This folder is broken up into two subfolders; LA for Louisiana and TX for
	Texas.  These data files are Water Level data sets.  Each individual
	data file is named for the station id.  Each data file contains a
	large heading with information regarding station location, station
	id and datum type (usually NAVD88).  After the heading the format of
	the data file is set up as follows:
		C1:  Date in MM-DD-YYYY
		C2:  Time in CDT
		C3:  Elevation in FEET
		C4-11:  Surge sensor, barometric_sensor data
Note:  The data for these files is in FEET.

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!		USGS-PERM		!
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The USGS-PERM data files are Water Level data sets.  Each file is named
	for the station id #.  Within the heading of each file information
	regarding datum type (usually NAVD88), the start date and end date
	for the data collection and station name.  After the heading the
	data is setup in the following format:
		C1:  Date in YYYYMMDD
		C2:  Time in HHMMSS
		C3:  Timezone
		C4:  Water Level in FEET
		C5-9: Flags and Remarks
	Station locations, latitude and longitude can be found in the file
	USGS.txt.
Note:  The data for these files is in FEET.