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Comment Package ID: knb-lter-vcr.25.6 Cataloging System:VCR.
Comment Data set title: Hourly Meteorological Data for the Virginia Coast Reserve LTER .
Comment  Data set creator:  John Porter -  
Comment  Data set creator:  David Krovetz -  
Comment  Data set creator:  William Nuttle -  
Comment  Data set creator:  James Spitler -  
Comment  Metadata Provider:    - Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research Project 
Comment  Contact:  John Porter -    - jhp7e@virginia.edu
Comment  Contact:    - Information manager - Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research Project   - jporter@lternet.edu
        
        
Title ' Hourly Meteorological Data for the Virginia Coast Reserve LTER ' . 

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=Delimited 
                              /DELIMITERS=","  
                                    /QUALIFIER='"' 
                    /VARIABLES= 
                    STATION  A  YEAR  F10.2 MONTH  F10.2 DAY  F10.2 TIME  F10.2 PPT  F  AVG_T  F10.2 MIN_T  F10.2 MAX_T  F10.2 AVG_RH  F10.2 MIN_RH  F10.2 MAX_RH  F10.2 AVG_WS  F10.2 AVG_WANG  F  STD_WANG  F  RAD_SOL  F10.2 PAR  F10.2 SOIL_T  A  .
execute.                
                

                
MISSING VALUES  PPT('.','9999').
MISSING VALUES  AVG_T('.','99').
MISSING VALUES  MIN_T('.','99').
MISSING VALUES  MAX_T('.','99').
MISSING VALUES  AVG_RH('.','999').
MISSING VALUES  MIN_RH('.','999').
MISSING VALUES  MAX_RH('.','999').
MISSING VALUES  AVG_WS('.','999').
MISSING VALUES  AVG_WANG('.','999').
MISSING VALUES  STD_WANG('.','999').
MISSING VALUES  RAD_SOL('.','9999').
MISSING VALUES  PAR('.','9999').
VAR LABELS   STATION 'Climate Station Name- ' .
VAR LABELS   YEAR 'YEAR- none' .
VAR LABELS   MONTH 'MONTH- none' .
VAR LABELS   DAY 'DAY- none' .
VAR LABELS   TIME 'Eastern Standard Time- HHMM' .
VAR LABELS   PPT 'Precipitation- mm' .
VAR LABELS   AVG_T 'Average Hourly Temperature- degrees-C' .
VAR LABELS   MIN_T 'Hourly Minimum Temperature- degrees-C' .
VAR LABELS   MAX_T 'Hourly Maximum Temperature- degrees-C' .
VAR LABELS   AVG_RH 'Average Relative Humidity- percent' .
VAR LABELS   MIN_RH 'Minimum Hourly Relative Humidity- percent' .
VAR LABELS   MAX_RH 'Maximum Hourly Relative Humidity- percent' .
VAR LABELS   AVG_WS 'Average Wind Speed- m/sec' .
VAR LABELS   AVG_WANG 'Average Wind Angle- degrees' .
VAR LABELS   STD_WANG 'Standard Deviation of Wind Direction- degrees' .
VAR LABELS   RAD_SOL 'Solar Radiation- KJoules/m2' .
VAR LABELS   PAR 'Photosynthetically Active Radiation- uein/m2' .
VAR LABELS   SOIL_T 'Average Hourly Soil Temperature (10 cm depth)- ' .
VALUE LABELS   STATION 
                                  'BRNV'  'Brownsville in Nassawadox, VA on TNC Brownsville Farm'  
                                  'HOGI'  'Hog Island, VA, in island center near cross island road'  
                                  'OYSM'  'Oyster, VA at LTER Lab in Shirley House, Rt 600'  
                                  'PHCK'  'Phillips Creek Marsh, Nassawadox, VA'  .
                
                
comment The analyses below are basic descriptions of the variables. After testing, they should be replaced.                 
        
                 
Frequencies   variables=STATION /order=analysis.  
Frequencies   variables=SOIL_T /order=analysis.  
Descriptives   variables=YEAR .  
Descriptives   variables=MONTH .  
Descriptives   variables=DAY .  
Descriptives   variables=TIME .  
Descriptives   variables=PPT .  
Descriptives   variables=AVG_T .  
Descriptives   variables=MIN_T .  
Descriptives   variables=MAX_T .  
Descriptives   variables=AVG_RH .  
Descriptives   variables=MIN_RH .  
Descriptives   variables=MAX_RH .  
Descriptives   variables=AVG_WS .  
Descriptives   variables=AVG_WANG .  
Descriptives   variables=STD_WANG .  
Descriptives   variables=RAD_SOL .  
Descriptives   variables=PAR . 
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").
IF ((NOT MISSING(TIME)) AND (TIME LT 0)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "TIME","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(TIME)) AND (TIME GT 2399)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "TIME","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(PPT)) AND (PPT LT 0)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "PPT","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(AVG_T)) AND (AVG_T LT -33)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "AVG_T","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(AVG_T)) AND (AVG_T GT 48)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "AVG_T","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(MIN_T)) AND (MIN_T LT -33)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "MIN_T","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(MIN_T)) AND (MIN_T GT 48)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "MIN_T","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(MAX_T)) AND (MAX_T LT -33)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "MAX_T","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(MAX_T)) AND (MAX_T GT 48)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "MAX_T","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(AVG_RH)) AND (AVG_RH LT 10)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "AVG_RH","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(AVG_RH)) AND (AVG_RH GT 105)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "AVG_RH","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(MIN_RH)) AND (MIN_RH LT 10)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "MIN_RH","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(MIN_RH)) AND (MIN_RH GT 105)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "MIN_RH","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(MAX_RH)) AND (MAX_RH LT 10)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "MAX_RH","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(MAX_RH)) AND (MAX_RH GT 105)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "MAX_RH","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(AVG_WS)) AND (AVG_WS LT 0)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "AVG_WS","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(AVG_WANG)) AND (AVG_WANG LT 0)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "AVG_WANG","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(AVG_WANG)) AND (AVG_WANG GT 360)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "AVG_WANG","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(RAD_SOL)) AND (RAD_SOL LT -100)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "RAD_SOL","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(RAD_SOL)) AND (RAD_SOL GT 3800)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "RAD_SOL","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(PAR)) AND (PAR LT -100)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "PAR","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(PAR)) AND (PAR GT 6999)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "PAR","-max").
SELECT IF (BADVARS NE ""). 
LIST VARIABLES=ALL.
Execute.