TITLE: Mesonet Arizona Yavapai County ALERT Streamflow Network Data
     
CONTACTS:


Mark Massis
Senior Hydrologist
Yavapai County Development Services
Flood Control District
Ph: (928) 442-5435 Fax: (928) 771-3427
mark.massis@co.yavapai.az.us

Yavapai County Flood Control District
http://www.co.yavapai.az.us/YavEnterpriseSoln/FloodControl/IntroPage.aspx


1.0  DATA SET OVERVIEW
     

This data set contains streamflow data from the Yavapai County ALERT 
streamflow network.  There are a total of 14 stations included in the 
data set.  The parameters and temporal resolution vary by station. The 
stations are located throughout Yavapai County in Arizona.  This data 
set covers the period from 1 June to 30 September 2004.  The data are 
in ASCII format.


2.0  INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION


2.1  Station Locations

Station locations are included in the file yavapai_station_list.txt 
that is included with your data order.


3.0  DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING


Information on the collection and processing of these data can be
found at the Maricopa County network page:
http://www.co.yavapai.az.us/YavEnterpriseSoln/FloodControl/IntroPage.aspx

UCAR/JOSS conducted no processing or quality control on these data.


4.0  DATA FORMAT AND FILE NAMING


4.1  Data Format
 
There are individual files for each station.

These data are in ASCII format. 

Each file contains some header records, e.g.

ShowdataYavapai County Flood Control District, Prescott, Arizona Device 453
 Clipper Wash at PCC Data
            DateTimeDevice 453
            data in
            feet

These provide the sensor id (453) the station name (Clipper Wash at PCC),
and the units (feet).  The dates and times are Mountain Standard
Time.

The data portion looks like this:

            06/01/200400:11:111.27
            06/01/200403:44:121.25
            06/01/200406:13:121.05
            06/01/200406:19:520.95
and has the following form:
            mm/dd/yyyyhh:mm:ss
This is followed directly by the parameter value (no space between).
The parameter can vary from a single character on up.  Here the values
are 1.27, 1.25, 1.05 and 0.95 respectively.


4.2  File Naming conventions

StationName.txt
e.g.
ClipperWashAtPCC.txt

5.0  DATA REMARKS


None.


6.0  REFERNCES


None.