VCR LTER Dataset

VCR97033 - NOAA Hourly Tidal Heights for Wachapreague, VA 1985-1989

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Basic Information

Dataset ID:VCR97033

Dataset Title (Identity):NOAA Hourly Tidal Heights for Wachapreague, VA 1985-1989

Dataset Contacts: John H Porter ,

Dataset Originators (Authors): . NOAA,

LTER Core Areas: Site Physical Characteristics

Collection Started (MM/DD/YY): 01/01/85 Collection Ended: 12/31/89

General Location Where Data Was Collected: Wachapreague

Form of the Data: Column

Publications using data from the Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research Project should cite the dataset and its originators. Additionally, they should include the following paragraph:
Some data used in this publication was provided by the Virginia Coast Reserve LTER project, which was supported by National Science Foundation grants BSR-8702333-06, DEB-9211772, DEB-9411974, DEB-0080381 and DEB-0621014.

Variables

Variable	Units	Description
YEAR		Year
MONTH		month
DAY		day
CARD		card number
TMERID		Time Meridian (example: 075W)
HGT012	.01 ft	hourly height (in hundreths of feet)
HGT113	.01 ft	hourly height (in hundreths of feet)
HGT214	.01 ft	hourly height (in hundreths of feet)
HGT315	.01 ft	hourly height (in hundreths of feet)
HGT416	.01 ft	hourly height (in hundreths of feet)
HGT517	.01 ft	hourly height (in hundreths of feet)
HGT618	.01 ft	hourly height (in hundreths of feet)
HGT719	.01 ft	hourly height (in hundreths of feet)
HGT820	.01 ft	hourly height (in hundreths of feet)
HGT921	.01 ft	hourly height (in hundreths of feet)
HGT1022	.01 ft	hourly height (in hundreths of feet)
HGT1123	.01 ft	hourly height (in hundreths of feet)

Detailed Variable Information

YEAR - Year

Range: 1985-1989
Format Information:
- Start Column: 1
- End Column: 4
- Format: I

MONTH - month

Range: 1-12
Format Information:
- Start Column: 5
- End Column: 6
- Format: I

DAY - day

Range: 1-31
Format Information:
- Start Column: 7
- End Column: 8
- Format: I

CARD - card number

Range: 1-2
Format Information:
- Start Column: 9
- End Column: 9
- Format: I
Codes for Variable CARD
Code Value
1 first card of day for 0 to 11 hours

2 second card of day for 12 to 23 hours

Code	Value
1	first card of day for 0 to 11 hours
2	second card of day for 12 to 23 hours

TMERID - Time Meridian (example: 075W)

Format Information:
- Start Column: 10
- End Column: 13
- Format: A

HGT012 - hourly height (in hundreths of feet)

Units: .01 ft
Missing Values: 20100
Format Information:
- Start Column: 14
- End Column: 18
- Format: I

HGT113 - hourly height (in hundreths of feet)

Units: .01 ft
Missing Values: 20100
Format Information:
- Start Column: 19
- End Column: 23
- Format: I

HGT214 - hourly height (in hundreths of feet)

Units: .01 ft
Missing Values: 20100
Format Information:
- Start Column: 24
- End Column: 28
- Format: I

HGT315 - hourly height (in hundreths of feet)

Units: .01 ft
Missing Values: 20100
Format Information:
- Start Column: 28
- End Column: 33
- Format: I

HGT416 - hourly height (in hundreths of feet)

Units: .01 ft
Missing Values: 20100
Format Information:
- Start Column: 34
- End Column: 38
- Format: I

HGT517 - hourly height (in hundreths of feet)

Units: .01 ft
Missing Values: 20100
Format Information:
- Start Column: 39
- End Column: 43
- Format: I

HGT618 - hourly height (in hundreths of feet)

Units: .01 ft
Missing Values: 20100
Format Information:
- Start Column: 44
- End Column: 48
- Format: I

HGT719 - hourly height (in hundreths of feet)

Units: .01 ft
Missing Values: 20100
Format Information:
- Start Column: 49
- End Column: 53
- Format: I

HGT820 - hourly height (in hundreths of feet)

Units: .01 ft
Missing Values: 20100
Format Information:
- Start Column: 54
- End Column: 58
- Format: I

HGT921 - hourly height (in hundreths of feet)

Units: .01 ft
Missing Values: 20100
Format Information:
- Start Column: 59
- End Column: 63
- Format: I

HGT1022 - hourly height (in hundreths of feet)

Units: .01 ft
Missing Values: 20100
Format Information:
- Start Column: 64
- End Column: 68
- Format: I

HGT1123 - hourly height (in hundreths of feet)

Units: .01 ft
Missing Values: 20100
Format Information:
- Start Column: 69
- End Column: 73
- Format: I

Dataset Contacts

John H Porter

LTER ID: jporter , LTER Affiliation: PI

Speciality: Data management, population, community and landscape ecology, remote-sensing, GIS

Contact Information

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Address	Phone	Electronic
John H Porter Res. Assistant Professor UVA, Department of Environmental Sciences 291 McCormick Road P.O. Box 400123 Charlottesville, VA 22903-4123 USA	434-924-8999 434-924-6546 FAX: 434-982-2137	E-Mail: jhp7e@virginia.edu jporter@lternet.edu URL: http://www.vcrlter.virginia.edu/~jhp7e

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Dataset Originators (Authors) - Details

NOAA .

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0621014
Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recomendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).