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METSCAN Surface Meteorological Data QA Processor
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Purpose:
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	  Reads one file of hourly surface meteorological data
          and checks for missing, duplicate, and questionable values.

Demonstration:
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          Process several data files in CD144 format and one file in
          NCDC CD-ROM (SAMSON) format, which are to be used in SMERGE.


Files for Demonstration:
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   NAME        TYPE     SIZE(bytes)             DESCRIPTION
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 METSCAN.EXE  Program       506,213     Executable

 BANGOR.INP   Input              74     Control file
 BRUNSWK.INP  Input              74     Control file
 BURLING.INP  Input              74     Control file
 CONCORD.INP  Input              74     Control file
 PORTLND.INP  Input              83     Control file
 BANGOR.144   Input         720,288     Surface Met File for 1 Station
 BRUNSWK.144  Input         720,288     Surface Met File for 1 Station
 BURLING.144  Input         720,288     Surface Met File for 1 Station
 CONCORD.144  Input         720,288     Surface Met File for 1 Station
 PORTLND.CDR  Input       1,226,674     Surface Met File for 1 Station

 BANGOR.LST   Output          6,846     List file
 BRUNSWK.LST  Output         15,595     List file
 BURLING.LST  Output          7,084     List file
 CONCORD.LST  Output          8,839     List file
 PORTLND.LST  Output          4,623     List file



Procedure:
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1.  Five applications of METSCAN are needed, and there is a control
    file for each application (e.g. BANGOR.INP).

2.  Run the BANGOR application by typing:

    copy bangor.inp metscan.inp [return]
    del cd144.dat [return]
    copy bangor.144 cd144.dat [return]
    metscan [return]
    copy metscan.lst bangor.lst [return]

3.  The program reads the processing instructions from METSCAN.INP,
    scans the data found in file CD144.DAT, and reports data that
    may need to be reviewed to the list file that you have copied to
    BANGOR.LST.  Note that METSCAN expects to find a data file named
    either CD144.DAT or NCDC_S.DAT, depending on the information in 
    METSCAN.INP (see Section 4 of the CALMET users guide).

4.  Repeat Steps 2 and 3, substituting the name 'brunswk' for 'bangor'.

5.  Repeat Steps 2 and 3, substituting the name 'burling' for 'bangor'.

6.  Repeat Steps 2 and 3, substituting the name 'concord' for 'bangor'.

7.  Run the PORTLAND application by typing:

    copy portlnd.inp metscan.inp [return]
    del ncdc_s.dat [return]
    copy portlnd.cdr ncdc_s.dat [return]
    metscan [return]
    copy metscan.lst portlnd.lst [return]

8.  The program reads the processing instructions from METSCAN.INP,
    scans the data found in file NCDC_S.DAT, and reports data that
    may need to be reviewed to the list file that you have copied to
    PORTLND.LST.  Note that METSCAN expects to find a data file named
    either CD144.DAT or NCDC_S.DAT, depending on the information in 
    METSCAN.INP (see Section 4 of the CALMET users guide).
