Hour Filling Format for HPD access

Sample output: data fields are described below and on FSL format page.

These records may be read in fortran with this code sample.

A sample of the access routine (with queries and selections) is displayed.

Output in hour filled format

05571105 HT 37.48 106.15 19950101 00 UTC
             0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
             0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
05571105 HT 37.48 106.15 19950102 00 UTC
             0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
             0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
05576504 HT 39.65 105.20 19950101 00 UTC
             0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
             0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 10   0   0
05576504 HT 39.65 105.20 19950102 00 UTC
             0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
             0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
05592204 HT 40.60 103.85 19950101 00 UTC
             0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
             0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
05592204 HT 40.60 103.85 19950102 00 UTC
             0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
             0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
05598204 HT 40.93 106.33 19950101 00 UTC
           DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL
           DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL
05598204 HT 40.93 106.33 19950102 00 UTC
           DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL
           DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL DEL
05602304 HT 40.70 104.78 19950101 00 UTC
             0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
            10   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
05602304 HT 40.70 104.78 19950102 00 UTC
             0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
             0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
05613601 HT 38.52 103.70 19950101 00 UTC
             0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
             0   0   0   0   0   0 MIS MIS   0   0   0   0
05613601 HT 38.52 103.70 19950102 00 UTC
             0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
             0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
05620302 HT 38.02 107.67 19950101 00 UTC
             0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
             0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
05620302 HT 38.02 107.67 19950102 00 UTC
             0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
             0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Fortran code to read hour filled format

read(1,100) astate,astation,aclimzone,agagetype,flat,flon,iyr,imo,iday,ioffset,
* itime,(apre(i),i=1,24)
100 format(a2,a4,a2,1x,a2,1x,f5.2,1x,f6.2,1x,i4,i2,i2,1x,i2,1x,a3,/,12a4,/,12a4)

Sample access using GETHPD

host:~ > gethpd

Welcome to NOAA's Hourly Precipitation Data (HPD) Archive.

A joint development by:

        National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
          - Data Archival and Extensive Quality Control Procedures
        Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL)
          - CDROM Archive and Access Software Development

HPD data from the directory: /home/username/archive/
is available for the years: 1946 thru 1998

What is the beginning date? YYYYMMDD [19950101]
What is the ending date? YYMMDDHH [19950102]

How do you wish to access the data set?
      0 - by station number
      1 - by geographic location
      2 - by state
      3 - all stations
Your Choice? [2]

State Access

Do you have a file containing this list of states? [Y/N] [N]
How many states for the time period would you like? [1 - 100] [1]
Two Letter State Identifier? CO
Which time units do you want?
      0 - Local Standard Time
      1 - Universal Time (UTC)
Your Choice? [1]
What type of output format do you want?
      0 - NCDC TD-3240 format
      1 - FSL short format
      2 - FSL filled format
      3 - Java Display Format
Your Choice? [2]

Where do you want to direct the output?
0 - to the screen
1 - to output file(s)
Your Choice? [1]

Where do you want to write the output files?
Enter the disk and directory only: /home/username

Writing file: /home/username/19950101.HPD.UTC.GRID

Processing State: CO Year: 1995 Station: 059285
Do you wish to continue accessing data from this request? [Y/N] [N]
Would you like to request more data? [Y/N] [N]
host:~ >

Last modified: Tue Aug 24 15:53:22 1999