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Those during the calendar year 1997 can be found in 'readme.updates'. This file contains the list of changes/updates for the ten-minute interval data on this site during the calendar year 1994-95, and may refer to files and directories that have since been moved, removed, or replaced. Questions can be directed to amrc@ssec.wisc.edu. 09/23/03 -- Data for Ski-Hi (8917) for February - December, 1995 have been replaced to correct problems with the original processing. 08/01/03 -- Data for Ski-Hi (8917) for December, 1994 - January, 1995 have been replaced to correct problems with the original processing. 12/19/95 -- Most of the ten-minute data for November 1995 added to pub/10min/rdr/1995. 12/08/95 -- Ten-minute data for the Greenland stations added for November 1995 to pub/10min/rdr/1995. 11/28/95 -- Monthly .zip file for October 1995 added to months. 11/27/95 -- All available October 1995 10-minute data added to 1995. Monthly .tar.Z file for October 1995 added to pub/10min/rdr/months. 11/15/95 -- Monthly .zip files for 1995, through September, updated in pub/10min/rdr/months. 11/14/95 -- Monthly .zip files for 1994 updated in pub/10min/rdr/months. 11/10/95 -- All available 1984 10-minute data added to 1984; this includes replacements of all data earlier removed from this directory. Monthly .tar.Z and .zip files for 1984 in pub/10min/rdr/months. Monthly .tar.Z files for 1994 updated in pub/10min/rdr/months. Monthly .tar.Z files for January through September of 1995 added/ updated in pub/10min/rdr/months. 11/02/95 -- Racer Rock (8947) data for August 1994, and Schwerdtfeger (8913) data for May and July-September of 1995, were added. 10/30/95 -- Pegasus South (8937) data replaced for 1994 and 1995; extremes of temperature and pressure removed. Data replaced for GISP2 (8936) and Clean Air (8987) for the same time period with extremes of temperature and pressure removed. 10/27/95 -- September 1995 10-minute data (minus Pegasus South (8937)) added to pub/10min/rdr/1995. January, May, July, September, and October of 1994, and February, April, May, and August of 1995 replaced for GISP2 (8936) site due to a processing error. 10/25/95 -- Pegasus South data (8937) removed for 1994 and 1995 due to problems with the humidity and vertical temperature difference data. Monthly .tar.Z and .zip files removed for 1994 and 1995. GISP2 (8936) data for January of 1994 also removed. 10/23/95 -- New monthly .zip files for 1995, through August, added. 10/20/95 -- GISP2 (8936) 10-minute data for June of 1994 was accidentally left off yesterday's replacement of 1994, and has been added. New .zip and .tar.Z files for 1994 and new .tar.Z files for 1995, added to 10min/rdr/months. 10/19/95 -- GISP2 (8936) 10-minute data for 1994 and 1995 has been replaced. 10/18/95 -- Clean Air (8987) data for January-May, July-December of 1994, and through August of 1995, has been replaced. GISP2 data for all of 1994 and 1995 has been pulled again due to missing humidity and delta-T. 10/17/95 -- GISP2 (8936) and Pegasus South (8937) data for January-May, July-December of 1994, and through August of 1995, has been replaced. 10/11/95 -- GISP2 (8936), Pegasus South (8937), and Clean Air (8987), for 1994-1995 have been removed due to an error which caused miscalculation of the wind direction. Monthly .zip and .tar.Z files for 1994 and 1995 also removed from pub/10min/rdr/months. Data replaced for GISP2, Pegasus South, and Clean Air, for June of 1994, in pub/10min/rdr/1994. 10/10/95 -- Monthly .zip files for 1995 replaced in pub/10min/rdr/months. 10/09/95 -- Monthly .zip files for 1994 replaced in pub/10min/rdr/months. 10/06/95 -- GISP2 site (8936) ten minute data added for January 1994 through August 1995 to pub/10min/rdr/1994 and 1995. Monthly .tar.Z files for 1994 and 1995 restored to pub/10min/rdr/months. 10/05/95 -- August 1995, Clean Air (8987), and the newly added Pegasus South (8937) 10-minute data have been replaced with updated versions. 10/04/95 -- August 1995, Clean Air (8987), newly added Pegasus South (8937), and all of 1984 .r files removed from the anonymous ftp due an error in a single line of data. The data should be restored shortly. 10/03/95 -- Clean Air data (8987) added to pub/10min/rdr/1994 and 1995, through August of 1995. Monthly .tar.Z and .zip files pulled from pub/10min/rdr/months for 1994 and 1995 to add the new data. 09/29/95 -- More 1984 10-minute data added to pub/10min/rdr/1984. 09/28/95 -- More 1984 10-minute data added to pub/10min/rdr/1984. 09/22/95 -- All monthly .tar.Z and .zip files moved to pub/10min/rdr/months. Some 1984 10-minute data added to pub/10min/rdr/1984. 09/15/95 -- All available August 1995 10-minute data added to 1995. Monthly .tar.Z and .zip files added for August of 1995 to pub/10min/rdr/1995. 09/11/95 -- Monthly .zip files added to 1985. 09/06/95 -- The remainder of available 1985 10-minute data has been added to pub/10min/rdr/1985. Monthly .tar.Z files added to 1985. 0185.tar.Z and 89090185.r (Fogle) replaced due to an errant header. 09/05/95 -- More 1985 10-minute data added to pub/10min/rdr/1985. 09/01/95 -- Some 1985 10-minute data added to pub/10min/rdr/1985. 08/29/95 -- Nov-Dec '94, and Jan-Jul '95 .zip files added to pub/10min/rdr/1994 and 1995. 08/28/95 -- All 13?? data in 1994 and 1995 (Harry, J.C., Theresa, Doug, Brianna, Erin) replaced with corrected versions. Nov-Dec 94, and January-July 1995 .tar.Z files replaced or added as appropriate. 08/23/95 -- All 13?? data (Harry, J.C., Theresa, Doug, Brianna, Erin) removed again. 08/11/95 -- All 13?? data in 1994 and 1995 (Harry, J.C., Theresa, Doug, Brianna, Erin) were removed due to an error in processing. Nov-Dec '94 .tar.Z and .zip files removed from 1994. January of 1995 for the 13?? replaced in pub/10min/rdr/1995. 08/08/95 -- Added .zip files to 1986. All currently available July 1995 data added to pub/10min/rdr/1995. Jan-Jun '95 for Dome Fuji (8982) replaced, and May 1995 for Santa Claus Island (8910) replaced due to errant header information. 08/07/95 -- Added .zip files to 1994. 08/04/95 -- All currently available 1986 added to pub/10min/rdr/1986. Monthly .tar.Z files have been added to 1986 and 1994. 08/03/95 -- All data transferred back to uwaaws from its temporary home on uwamrc. 07/20/95 -- All currently available June 1995 data added. 06/21/95 -- Jan-Jul of 1994 for Willie Field (8901) and Dome C (8904) replaced due to errant header information. Barber (8928) for September 1994 also replaced. 1994 .zip and .tar.Z removed. 06/12/95 -- Monthly .zip in 1994 replaced. 06/10/95 -- Monthly .tar.Z in 1994 replaced. 06/09/95 -- Bonaparte Point (8912) was replaced for 1994 with files containing a corrected header. Monthly .tar.Z and .zip files removed for 1994. 06/08/95 -- All currently available May 1995 data added to pub/10min/rdr/1995. 06/02/95 -- Monthly .zip files replaced in 1994. 06/01/95 -- January 1994 data replaced with datasets containing all available data (the first 4-5 days were originally missing). 1994 .zip files were removed; 1994 .tar.Z have been replaced. 05/31/95 -- Data for D-80 (8919) for 1994-on may contain improperly calibrated wind data. We are investigating. 05/17/95 -- All currently available April 1995 data added to pub/10min/rdr/1995. 04/28/95 -- All currently available March 1995 data added to pub/10min/rdr/1995. 04/27/95 -- Monthly .zip files replaced in 1991 & 1992. 04/26/95 -- Monthly .zip files replaced in 1993 & 1994. 04/25/95 -- Marilyn data (8931) has been replaced in 1991-1995. Monthly .tar.Z files replaced in 1991-1994. 04/24/95 -- Marilyn data (8931) has been removed for 1991-1995 due to further wind direction problems. All .zip and .tar.Z files removed from 1991-1994. 04/14/95 -- All currently available February 1995 data added to pub/10min/rdr/1995. 04/12/95 -- Monthly .zip files were added to 1993 & 1994. 04/11/95 -- Monthly .zip files were added to 1991 & 1992. All currently available January 1995 data were added to pub/10min/rdr/1995. 04/10/95 -- Monthly .zip files were added to 1989 & 1990. 04/06/95 -- Monthly .zip files were added to 1987 & 1988. 04/05/95 -- This site was down intermittently for systems upgrades. -04/07/95 04/04/95 -- More November and December 1994 data has been added to pub/10min/rdr/1994. Please download the file readme.5digit for further information. All 1994 data, except GISP2, Pegasus South, and 8987, are now available. All .zip files for 1987-1994 were temporarily removed. All .tar.Z files have been replaced in 1987-1994. 04/03/95 -- Bonaparte Point (8912) for February and March 1994 have been replaced with corrected versions. Santa Claus Island (8910) for December 1994 was added. 03/31/95 -- Bonaparte Point (8912) for February and March 1994 have been removed temporarily due to incorrectly missing data. Most of December 1994 was added to pub/10min/rdr/1994. 03/24/95 -- D-80 site data (8919) for 1994 has been rerun and the 18.4 pressure adjustment added in to the new values. 03/21/95 -- Damage to the AWS unit at D-80 in 1994 (8919) has caused the pressure reported to be lower than actual. A constant 18.4 hPa can be added to the listings in the data to arrive at an appropriate value. The data will also be rerun as soon as possible, but this temporary solution can be made in the interim. 03/17/95 -- Due to an error in calibration, the wind directions for all Marilyn (8931) data from 1991-on are errant. All .tar.Z and .zip files for 91-94 have been removed. All 8931 Marilyn data for 1991-1994 has been replaced (.r files). 03/15/95 -- Monthly .zip files replaced in 1989. 03/14/95 -- Monthly .zip files replaced in 1990. A new file will now appear in every sub-directory of pub/10min/rdr; ie, all the year directories. They are "namelist??" with ?? being the year in question. They list the header information for each file, so it is readily obvious at a glance what stations belong to what filenames. This is especially useful for those who might not know the ID# of a station, but would know the name. Also, in many cases, numbers change from year to year and names stay the same. namelist87-namelist94 added to the appropriate directories. Larsen Ice Shelf (8926) for June 1994 was replaced due to a missing header. 03/13/95 -- Monthly .zip files replaced in 1991 & 1992. 03/10/95 -- Data for May-Aug 87 for Cathy (8922) was replaced due an errant header. Sep-Dec 87 for Cathy (8922), and all 1987 data for 8923-8928 (Martha I, Schwerdtfeger, Gill, Larsen Ice Shelf, Jimmy, and Buckle Island respectively) was added to 1987. 0292.tar.Z was replaced. Recently added/replaced data in 1989, 1988, 1987 were altered slightly and replaced in the appropriate directories. 0189.tar.Z replaced in 1989. All .tar.Z replaced in 1987 and 1988. 03/09/95 -- Marilyn for February 1992 was replaced due to a slight error in the header. 0292.tar.Z was removed. Data for Cathy (8922) for Sep-Dec 88 was added. 03/08/95 -- The file 0189.tar.Z was removed from 1989 due to being an incomplete dataset. The file 8901x189.r was added, containing January data for Jimmy site. Data for 8923-8931, as well as 8x02 and 8x16, were added to 1988. 03/07/95 -- The .tar.Z files were removed from 1988 due to being incomplete datasets. The .tar.Z files were removed from 1987 for the same reasons. 02/28/95 -- All .zip files removed due to the possibility of viral infection. 02/16/95 -- Monthly .zip files replaced in 1990. 02/15/95 -- Monthly .zip files replaced in 1991-1993. 02/14/95 -- Monthly .tar.Z and .zip files pulled from 1990-1994 due to a slight error in the processing of data. Pegasus North data also pulled from 1990-1994, and replaced with corrected versions. Monthly .tar.Z files replaced in 1990-1993. 02/13/95 -- Pegasus North (8927) 1990-1994 data replaced with files that have a pressure adjustment of -18.1mb. Monthly .zip and .tar.Z files removed from 1990 and 1991. Monthly .tar.Z files replaced in 1990-1994. Monthly .zip files replaced in 1992. 02/10/95 -- Mt. Siple (8981) 1992-1994 data replaced with files containing updated header information. Monthly .zip and .tar.Z files removed from 1992 and 1993. 02/09/95 -- Recovery Glacier (8932) for 1994 data replaced due to inaccurate header. 01/27/95 -- Monthly .zip files replaced in pub/10min/rdr/1987, 1988, and 1989. 01/26/95 -- All 1987 .r files have been replaced, except the following: 89160587.r 89160887.r 89160987.r 89190587.r which did not require alteration. Monthly .tar.Z files replaced in pub/10min/rdr/1987. Monthly .zip files replaced in pub/10min/rdr/1990. 01/25/95 -- Monthly .zip files replaced in pub/10min/rdr/1992. All 1990 .r files have been replaced, except the following: 89140590.r 89230390.r 89230690.r 89230990.r 89330590.r 89331290.r 89181190.r 89230590.r 89230890.r 89280590.r 89331190.r which did not require alteration. All 1989 .r files have been replaced, except the following: 89020989.r 89160489.r 89160689.r 89161089.r 89230589.r 89280589.r 89280789.r 89160389.r 89160589.r 89160989.r 89181289.r 89230989.r 89280689.r 89280889.r 89280989.r which did not require alteration. All 1988 .r files have been replaced, except the following: 89050388.r 89050588.r 89150688.r which did not require alteration. Monthly .tar.Z files replaced in pub/10min/rdr/1990, 1989, and 1988. Monthly .zip files replaced in pub/10min/rdr/1991. 01/24/95 -- All 1992 .r files have been replaced except the following: 89090392.r 89160292.r 89160392.r 89160792.r 89230392.r 89290492.r 89331192.r 89340992.r which did not require alteration. All 1991 .r files have been replaced except for the following: 89230391.r 89230691.r 89230891.r 8931x191.r 89330891.r which did not require alteration. Monthly .tar.Z files and monthly .zip files removed from pub/10min/rdr subdirectories of 1990, 1989, 1988, and 1987 until such time as they are replaced with corrected versions. Monthly .tar.Z files replaced in pub/10min/rdr/1993, 1992, and 1991. 01/23/95 -- Aesthetic changes made in the form of adjustments to the wind data. Where the wind speed is zero, the wind direction was set to zero, and where the wind speed was above zero, but the wind direction was zero, the direction has been set to 360 (due north). Virtually all of the 1994 data was changed to reflect this; the only files NOT affected are: 89161194.r 89230394.r 89230894.r 89330894.r 89380694.r 89850794.r 89190494.r 89230494.r 89320194.r 89350694.r 89800294.r 89850994.r Eventually all the 10-minute interval data will be checked and replaced with this alteration where warranted. All 1993 .r files have been replaced except for the following: 89070393.r 89150393.r 89150893.r 89210393.r 89230493.r 89470893.r 89850893.r 89140593.r 89150593.r 89150993.r 89210493.r 89270993.r 89800293.r which did not require alteration. Monthly .tar.Z files replaced in pub/10min/rdr/1993. Monthly .zip files removed from pub/10min/rdr/1993. 01/19/95 -- Nico (8924) for September 1994 was replaced. 01/12/95 -- All of the following files were replaced, possibly with an adjustment to their first few observations: 89000394.r 89030394.r 89060694.r 89120394.r 89190794.r 89240794.r 89310694.r 89850394.r 89000694.r 89030694.r 89080394.r 89130394.r 89200294.r 89260294.r 89320394.r 89850694.r 89000794.r 89040694.r 89080694.r 89130694.r 89210394.r 89260394.r 89320794.r 89850794.r 89010694.r 89040794.r 89090794.r 89130794.r 89210694.r 89260694.r 89340394.r 89860794.r 89011194.r 89050394.r 89110394.r 89170394.r 89220594.r 89270394.r 89340694.r 89880694.r 89020394.r 89050694.r 89110694.r 89170694.r 89240394.r 89280594.r 89470294.r 89890594.r 89020694.r 89060394.r 89120294.r 89190694.r 89240694.r 89310394.r 89810394.r In addition these files were replaced due to misspaced header: 89890294.r 89890394.r 89890494.r 89890694.r 89890794.r 01/10/95 -- Nico (8924) for September 1994 was removed due to an error in processing. It will be replaced as soon as possible. 01/09/95 -- Klinck (8909) for September 1994 was replaced due to an incorrect header. 12/15/94 -- Most data for November 1994 has been added to 10min/rdr/1994. 12/01/94 -- Data for October 1994 has been added to 10min/rdr/1994. 11/19/94 -- Monthly .zip files added to 10min/rdr/1987. 11/18/94 -- Data that was removed for Julie (8986) and Minna Bluff (8988) has been replaced. Data for September 1994 has been added to 10min/rdr/1994. 11/01/94 -- Minna Bluff (8988) for 1994 was removed from 10min/rdr/1994 due a problem with the air pressure. 10/22/94 -- Most data for August 1994 were added to 10min/rdr/1994. 10/11/94 -- Data for Julie (8986) in 1994 was removed due to a problem with the pressure data. Data was added for Lindsay (8986) for January of 1994 to 10min/rdr/1994. 10/07/94 -- All D-80 (8919) data for 1994 replaced with corrected data, and Ski-Hi (8917) was also added to 10min/rdr/1994. Some additional January data added to 10min/rdr/1994. Note that 89320194.r contains AGO-A81 data, while x9320194.r contains Recovery Glacier data. 10/04/94 -- Bonaparte Point (8912) for January 1994, and Julie (8928) for April 1994, were replaced with updated versions. More January data was added to 10min/rdr/1994. 10/02/94 -- Bonaparte Point (8912) for January 1994, and Julie (8928) for April 1994, were temporarily removed. 09/28/94 -- Some January data have been added to 10min/rdr/1994. Note that the data sets are missing the first few days of the month. Please download "readme.1994data" in this directory, or "README.NOW" in the directory 10min/rdr/1994 for information. 09/27/94 -- Bonaparte Point (8912) for March 1994 was replaced with a corrected version. 09/23/94 -- Bonaparte Point (8912) for February 1994 was replaced with a corrected version; the previous file had data that was incorrectly listed as missing. A couple more stations were also added for February through July. 09/17/94 -- A couple files of ten minute data were added to 10min/rdr/1994. Note that 89220694.r and x9220694.r are data for the unit 8922 which was temporarily at two different sites during the month (Kenton and Klinck respectively). 09/16/94 -- Selected ten minute data added to 10min/rdr/1994 for February through July 1994. 08/26/94 -- The complete set of 1987 ten minute data was added to 10min/rdr/1987. Monthly .tar.Z files were added to 10min/rdr/1987. 08/24/94 -- Monthly .zip files were added to 10min/rdr/1988. 08/22/94 -- The remainder of 1988 ten minute data was added to 10min/rdr/1988. Monthly .tar.Z files were added to 10min/rdr/1988. 08/08/94 -- Part of 1988 ten minute data was added to 10min/rdr/1988. 08/05/94 -- The file "readme.format" was revised. Monthly .zip files were added to 10min/rdr/1989. 08/04/94 -- The remainder of 1989 data were added to 10min/rdr/1989. Monthly .tar.Z files were added to 10min/rdr/1989. 08/03/94 -- Monthly .zip files were added to 10min/rdr/1990. Part of 1989 ten minute data were added to 10min/rdr/1989. 08/01/94 -- Part of 1989 ten minute data was added to 10min/rdr/1989. 07/31/94 -- Monthly .zip files were added to 10min/rdr/1991. Monthly .tar.Z files were added to 10min/rdr/1990. 07/30/94 -- Shristi (8909) for March 1991, Sandra (8923) for June 1991, Klinck (8938) for May 1991, Barber (8939) for May 1991, and Young Island (8980) for May 1991, were all replaced due to a slight error in their original generation. The .tar.Z files corresponding to March, May, and June of 1991, were also refitted with the revised data. Monthly files compressed with pkzip (.zip files) were added to 10min/rdr/1992. Remainder of 1990 data placed in 10min/rdr/1990.