CRN.TXT

The CRN report is a fixed-length text summary listing of current Climate Reference Network (CRN) stations,
including identifiers and the latest known location information.
The included identifiers are the NCDC id number, the WBAN id number, and the COOP id number.
The location information includes latitude, longitude, elevation, and time zone.
The file is sorted by country and then by state.

FIELD   LENGTH  FORMAT      POSITION     DESCRIPTION
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NCDCID  8       99999999    001-008      Unique identifier used by the NCDC.

WBAN    5       99999       010-014      Used at NCDC for digital data storage and general station identification purposes.

COOPID  6       999999      016-021      Assigned by the NCDC, first 2 digits represent state,last 4 digits are assigned 
                                         numerically by alphabetical ordering of the station name.

NAME    30      X(30)       023-052      Name of station,upper case may contain characters, numbers or symbols.

COUNTRY 20      X(20)       054-073      Name of country,upper case.

ST      2       XX          075-076      USPS two character alphabetic abbreviation for each state,uppercase.

COUNTY  30      X(30)       078-107      Name of county,upper case.

LAT     9       x99.99999   109-117      Latitude in decimal degrees, where "x" is blank or "-".

LON     10      x999.99999  119-128      Longitude in decimal degrees, where "x" is blank or "-".

ELEV    6       999999      130-135      Station elevation,in feet.

TIME    2       +9          137-138      Time zone,adjustment factor to get to GMT.

STNTYPE 50      X(50)       140-189      Type of observing programs associated with the station.
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