Creating the input data sets comprises the following steps:
The mkppt program writes the annual precipitation in a format that can be directly appended to the annual precipitation file.
The mktd program is used to precipitation records for the stations of interest to the file TD3220. The mkppt program then extracts the annual precipitation form this file for the following stations:
Identifier | Station | State |
---|---|---|
050109 | Akron 4 E | Colorado |
051121 | Burlington | Colorado |
051564 | Cheyenne Wells | Colorado |
054082 | Holyoke | Colorado |
054413 | Julesburg | Colorado |
059243 | Wray | Colorado |
141179 | Burr Oak 1 N | Kansas |
141699 | Colby 1SW | Kansas |
143527 | Hays 1 S | Kansas |
143837 | Hoxie | Kansas |
145363 | Minneapolis | Kansas |
145856 | Norton 9 SSE | Kansas |
145906 | Oberlin1 E | Kansas |
146374 | Phillipsburg 1 SSE | Kansas |
147093 | Saint Francis | Kansas |
148495 | Wakeeny | Kansas |
250640 | Beaver City | Nebraska |
250810 | Bertrand | Nebraska |
252065 | Culbertson | Nebraska |
252690 | Elwood 8 S | Nebraska |
253365 | Gothenburg | Nebraska |
253735 | Hebron | Nebraska |
253910 | Holdredge | Nebraska |
254110 | Imperial | Nebraska |
255090 | Madrid | Nebraska |
255310 | McCook | Nebraska |
255565 | Minden | Nebraska |
256480 | Palisade | Nebraska |
256585 | Paxton | Nebraska |
257070 | Red Cloud | Nebraska |
258255 | Stratton | Nebraska |
258320 | Superior | Nebraska |
258735 | Upland | Nebraska |
259020 | Wauneta 3 NW | Nebraska |
The rrpp program also uses the location of each of these stations, stored in the file ../data/loc.dat. However, as the station locations does not change over time, this files does not require annual updates.
mkppt 2001 2002 2003 >> ../data/ppt.dat