To use this program, follow these steps:<ol><li>Open an SPSS syntax window (or another text editor)</li><li>COPY the program below and PASTE it into the editor window</li><li>Edit the program so that the FILE= specification points to where the data file is stored on your system</li><li>Save the modified program file and RUN it using SPSS</li></ol>The program is below this line. If no program is listed, the URL to the EML document may be in error. If the EML file does not include all the information needed, the SPSS program will have errors or be incomplete. <br><hr><pre>Comment Package ID: knb-lter-vcr.7.4 Cataloging System:VCR.
Comment Data set title: LTER hurricane record for the Virginia Coast Reserve..
Comment  Data set creator: Dr. Bruce Hayden -  
Comment  Metadata Provider:    - Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research Project 
Comment  Contact: Dr. Bruce Hayden -    - bph@virginia.edu
Comment  Contact: Dr. Bruce Hayden -    - bph@virginia.edu
Comment  Contact:    - Information manager - Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research Project   - jporter@lternet.edu
        
        
Title ' LTER hurricane record for the Virginia Coast Reserve.' . 

Comment You should replace 'PUT-LOCAL-PATH-TO-DATA-FILE-HERE'  (below) with the appropriate path.   
Comment    to your data file (e.g., c:\mydata\datafile.txt).                 
GET DATA  /TYPE=TXT/
               / FILE="PUT-LOCAL-PATH-TO-DATA-FILE-HERE" 
                        /ARRANGEMENT=Fixed 
                    /VARIABLES= 
                    YEAR 0-3 F4.0 MONTH 9-10 F2.0 DAY 16-17 F2.0 CLASS 23-24 A  TRACK 29-29 A  CROSS 35-44 A  NAME 48-84 A  .
execute.                
                

                
VAR LABELS   YEAR 'Year of occurence of the storm- none' .
VAR LABELS   MONTH 'Month of occurrence of the storm- none' .
VAR LABELS   DAY 'Day in the month the storm occurred- none' .
VAR LABELS   CLASS 'Classification of the storm based on wind speed- ' .
VAR LABELS   TRACK 'The path of the storm- ' .
VAR LABELS   CROSS 'Coastal location of storm crossing- ' .
VAR LABELS   NAME 'Name of the storm- ' .
VALUE LABELS   CLASS 
                                  'EX'  'Extratropical - No longer a tropical storm (associated with fronts)'  
                                  'H'  'Hurricane (72 mph or greater)'  
                                  'TS'  'Tropical Storm (less than 72 miles per hour)'  .
VALUE LABELS   TRACK 
                                  'A'  'Along the shore track. Produces storm surge.'  
                                  'I'  'Inland of Virginia Coast Reserve'  
                                  'L'  'Landfall: produces storm surge'  
                                  'O'  'Track Offshore: little storm surge if any'  .
                
                
comment The analyses below are basic descriptions of the variables. After testing, they should be replaced.                 
        
                 
Frequencies   variables=CLASS /order=analysis.  
Frequencies   variables=TRACK /order=analysis.  
Frequencies   variables=CROSS /order=analysis.  
Frequencies   variables=NAME /order=analysis.  
Descriptives   variables=YEAR .  
Descriptives   variables=MONTH .  
Descriptives   variables=DAY . 
Execute. 
                
                  
COMMENT List cases where data is out of range.  
COMMENT Note: if no out of range cases are detected, the variable names will be listed, but no actual cases.  
TEMPORARY .               
STRING BADVARS (A255).
IF ((NOT MISSING(MONTH)) AND (MONTH LT 1)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "MONTH","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(MONTH)) AND (MONTH GT 12)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "MONTH","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(DAY)) AND (DAY LT 1)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "DAY","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(DAY)) AND (DAY GT 31)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "DAY","-max").
SELECT IF (BADVARS NE ""). 
LIST VARIABLES=ALL.
Execute.                 
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