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path and name, selecting "Text File (*.txt)" for the file type and saving the file (Figure <br />8). <br />7. Close the window and return to the "Weather/ET Info" window and repeat steps 3 <br />through 6 with the remainder of the desired stations to download. <br />Several lines of headers (beginning with a date header, followed by the station description line <br />and six lines for the climate data titles and units) and footers (four lines of data statistics) are <br />included with the downloaded data. <br />The NCWCD climate data file includes fields not required for CDSS, such as the calculated daily <br />reference ET and calculated pan evaporation. Following are the fields containing data needed <br />for the CDSS efforts and the units as downloaded. <br />Field Data Type Notes <br />3, 4 Temperature Maximum and minimum temperatures. Units are degrees <br />Fahrenheit (F). <br />7 Dew Point Units are average degree Fahrenheit (F). <br />8 Precipitation Units are total inches (in). <br />9, 10, 11 Wind Maximum wind speed in miles per hour (mph), total wind run in <br />miles (mi), and average wind speed in miles per hour (mph). <br />12 Solar Radiation Units of Langleys. <br />Parameters regarding climate descriptions, including coordinates and elevation data, are not <br />available online at this time. Climate data available online is primarily available for the years of <br />1996 through 2003. According to the SPDSS Feasibility Study, several of the stations have data <br />for years prior to 1996, with some stations having data as far back as the 1970's. NCWCD is in <br />the process of compiling pre-1996 data and plans to post all the available data on the website by <br />July 2005. The contact for these efforts is Mark Crookstone at NCWCD headquarters. <br />The IDSCU consumptive use program, developed by Luis Garcia in conjunction with Colorado <br />State University, has the ability to query the NCWCD website directly. Rather than having to <br />download a single year of data for a given climate station, the IDSCU program automatically <br />collects all available years of data for a given station. The NCWCD website does not currently <br />offer this option. NCWCD does not plan to add this ability to the website. <br />Task 53 1.doc 7 of 14 December 21, 2004 <br />(Rev January 25, 2006) <br />