The TD23 files contain data for the LIDET fine litter 
decomposition experiment. The files are as follows:


TD2301---THE INITIAL MASS OF THE LITTER

TD2302---THE NITROGEN, LIGNIN, AND CELLULOSE DATA
         AS MEASURED BY NEAR INFRA RED REFLECTANCE

TD2303---THE WET CHEMICAL DATA ON A SUBSAMPLE
         OF LITTERS. (ONLY INITIAL CHEMISTRY AVAILABLE
         AS OF 9/92)

TD2304---THE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION
         DATA FOR SITES DURING EXPERIMENT.
         (THESE ARE LONG-TERM AVERAGES)

TD2305---DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SOILS FOR THE SITES 
         THE LITTER WAS INCUBATED (NOT AVAILABLE AS OF 9/92)

TD2306---GENERAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SITE LOCATIONS, ELEVATIONS,
         CLIMATE, AND VEGETATION 

TD2307---MOISTURE CORRECTION FACTORS USED TO ESTIMATE THE INITIAL
         OVEN DRY WEIGHT

TD2308---ARRANGEMENT OF THE LITTERBAGS, TELLS US WHERE THE BAGS 
         ACTUALLY WENT

TD2309---MASS LOSS DATA FILE, THE MOST IMPORTANT DATA SET COMBINES
         ALL THE OTHER WORKING FILES. YOU WILL ONLY RECIEVE THE
         DATA FOR YOUR SITE.

TD2310---FINAL ASH CONTENT OF THE DECAYED SAMPLES.


---ALL FILES WITH EXTENSION .fmt ARE DBASE COMPATIBLE FILES 
         THAT DESCRIBE THE FORMAT OF THE DATASETS.

----ALL FILES WITH THE EXTENSION DAT ARE ACSII DATA FILES


TD23.ABS-ABSTRACT OF THE STUDY, INCLUDING METHODS (SEE PRINTED COPY).

TD23.COD-CODE DEFINITIONS FOR ALL THE CODED VARIABLES.
         THIS IS A DBASE COMPATIBLE FILE.

TD23.OUT-AN ASCII FILE WITH ALL  INFORMATION FROM THE TD23.COD
         AND *.FMT FILES (SEE PRINTED COPY).

METHOD.TXT- AN ASCII ROUGH DRAFT ON METHODS, FEEL FREE TO USE IN
         AND MANUSCRIPTS YOU WRITE.