Either the netCDF file can contain the data as the original 1-byte integers and we can supply the appropriate scaling factors as field attributes. Or we could scale the data as part of the ingest and put only the converted values into the netCDF file. Release notices are also needed. Data is currently being collected on a monthly basis on tape, but is not yet being renamed and sent to the Archive. Need to get McIDAS working so that we can get the date of the files to name them properly.
Raw data is collected monthly via script.
Ingest may be needed if netCDF files are requested. Data contains daily summaries 38 stations in monthly files. Backlog through 1999 is now available. Ingest can be started if files are needed in netCDF format. Files are ascii, but partially accumulative.