ASCII file name format : EEDDMMMCCYYHHmmTPARC-ALL : EE - Indicates file contains expected error quality control values DD - day MMM - Month CCYY - Year HH - hour mm - minute TPARC-ALL - denotes special TPARC AMVs Each ASCII file contains 11 columns of information: 1. TYPE - Type of Wind WV - Imager Water Vapor (6.75 micron) IR - Imager Cloud Drift (10.8 micron) SWIR - Imager Cloud Drift, low level (3.75 micron) VIS - Imager Low Level Visible (0.73 micron) 2. SAT - Satellite Type 3. DAY - Julian Day (yyddd) 4. HMS - Time of the wind set (synoptic wind set time) 5. LAT - Latitude of wind vector + north - south 6. LON - Longitude of wind vector + west - east 7. PRE - Pressure height assignment for vector (mb) 8. SPD - Speed of the vector (meters per second) 9. DIR - Direction of vector 10. RFF - CIMSS recursive filter quality control value 11. QI - EUMETSAT control value 12. EE - Expected error regression value Any questions about these files may be sent to: chris.velden@ssec.wisc.edu