Contents of the WYEARS.DAT file
Version 1.0, 1 Sep 92
No record after WY1988 has been examined for inclusion
in the HCDN and none is provided.
There is one record (line) for each station.
The file is sorted on station number (columns 1-8).
Columns Format Contents
1-8 I8 Station number - the 8 digit station number uniquely
identifying the station.
9 1X Blank.
10-12 I3 Number of complete water years of record for this station.
13 1X Blank.
14-128 115A1 Indicator for whether there is data for a particular water
year. The character * (asterisk) indicates that the water
year is complete and so can be found in the data files for
the station. The character . (period) indicates that the
water year is not complete or is not suitable and so no
data is supplied. Column 14 corresponds to water year
1874, column n to water year 1860+n, and column 128
corresponds to water year 1988.
Format descriptions:
In an integer field n columns wide.
A1 a character field 1 column wide.
1X a single blank column.
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