Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management BMBF
SASSCAL Data and Information Portal
Open Data and Information on Climate Change and Adapted Land Management in Southern Africa

RBIS - GSOD Import

Title
Title RBIS - GSOD Import ?
Abstract Steps for initial Import or Update based on WMO ID:

1. Download zipped file for each year (during update since last imported year) until current date (ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/gsod/)
2. Extract downloaded files
3. Read files line by line
4. Unit conversion (inch -> mm, ...)
5. Write new file for data import
6. Import file based on predefined template

Import types:

1. 11 Parameter
2. 12 Parameter (including snow)
3. 12 Parameter (including snow and calculated relativ humidity)
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based on / part or extension of RBIS (River Basin Information System) / SASSCAL Data and Information Portal ?
Dataset
Online Linkage ?
Associated project SASSCAL (Phase 1) ?
Subproject 008 Integrated data base on water quality and quantity (incl. maps) for ILWRM ?
Metadata
Metadata Contact Person Zander, Franziska ?
Metadata Date Stamp 2018-01-31 ?
Identifier
Internal identifier sdp_li_rbis_process_software_3177 (Link)