CDIAC Metadata Standard
Product number: NDP-021
Product title: Historical Sunshine and Cloud Data in the United States (revised 1991)
NAuthors: 2
Author name1: Steurer, P. M.
Author name2: Karl, T. R.
Author company1: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Author company2: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Author organization1: National Climatic Data Center
Author organization2: National Climatic Data Center
Thematic area: Cloud and Sunshine Data
Begin date: 01/01/1871
End date: 12/31/1987
north: 
east: 
south: 
west: 
Data site: United States
Puerto Rico
Pacific islands
Nvarrec: 4
Variables 1: WBAN,PWBAN,MON,STNAME,YEAR,HRSSUN,TOTAL
Variables 2: WBAN,STNAME,MAXSUN,TOTAL,ADJUST
Variables 3: WBAN,STNAME,YEAR,SUNPCT,FLAG1,FLAG2,FLAG3,FLAG4,MEAN
Variables 4: WBAN,STNAME,YEAR,CLDPCT,FLAG1,FLAG2,FLAG3,FLAG4,MEAN
Descriptive files: ndp021r1.doc,ndp021r1.txt,ndp021.html,ndp021.met
Ndatarec: 1
Data files 1: ndp021r1.f10,ndp021r1.f11,ndp021r1.f12,ndp021r1.f13
Ninput: 1
Data input/output files1: ndp021r1.f2,ndp021r1.f3,ndp021r1.f4,ndp021r1.f5
Initial date of publication: 
Most recent date of publication: 
Nkeyrec: 1
Keywords1: sunshine,cloud amount
Data file location: cdiac:/ndp/ftp/pub/ndp021
Distribution: external
Contact: Dale Kaiser
Meta data file: ndp021.met