TITLE: Mesonet Missouri Commercial Agriculture Weather Station (CAWS) 
       Network [JOSS] 
     
CONTACTS:

Steve Williams
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder CO 80307-3000
Email sfw@ucar.edu

303-497-8164 (voice)
970-491-8293 (fax)

1.0  DATA SET OVERVIEW
     

This data set contains hourly resolution surface meteorological data 
from the Missouri Commercial Agriculture Weather Station (CAWS)
Network.  These CAWS stations are located across the state of Missouri.  
This data set covers the period from 01 May to 01 August 2003.  There
are 21 stations included within this data set.  The data are in columnar
ASCII format.


2.0  INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION


2.1  Station Locations

Station Name        Location                    Latitude  Longitude  Elev (ft)
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Albany              Hundley-Whaley Farm           40.25     -94.35      840
Auxvasse            6 miles nw of Auxvasse        39.08     -92.00      900
Brunswick           4 miles west of Brunswick     39.42     -93.20      620
Cameron             Grindstone Reservoir          39.77639  -94.30889   557.7
Cardwell            Cardwell Dunklin Co           36.00     -90.32      240
Charleston          5 mi south of Charleston      36.51     -89.21      380
Clarkton            Rhodes Memorial Research Farm 36.48222  -89.96528
Columbia            South Farms 4mi SE Columbia   38.91     -92.28      780
Cook_Station        Wurdack Farm                  37.80     -91.43      880
Corning             Graves Memorial Field         40.30     -95.48      920
Delta               Delta Cape Girardeau County   37.13     -89.44      300
Glennonville        Rice Farm                     36.34     -90.08      240
Lamar               Electric Cooperative Lamar    37.50     -94.32      940
Linneus             Forage Systems Research       39.87     -93.15      820
Monroe_City         Monroe City Airport           39.64528  -91.72528
Novelty             Greenley Memorial Center      40.02     -92.35      840
Delta_Center        Delta Center Portageville     36.41389  -89.69972   278.9
Lee_Farm            Lee Farm 5 mi SE Portageville 36.39806  -89.60778
Sanborn_Field       Univ Missouri-Columbia        38.94     -92.31      700
Steele              6 miles west of Steele        36.06     -89.56      240
St_Joseph           Extension Center St. Joseph   39.77     -94.80      980


3.0  DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING


Information on the collection and processing of these data can be
found at the MOCAWS page:
http://agebb.missouri.edu/weather/stations/index.htm

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


4.0  DATA FORMAT AND FILE NAMING


4.1  Data Format
 
These data are in comma-delimited ASCII  format. 

Times are Central Standard Time.  Data are in columnar ASCII format.  Parameters 
and units are included in the header portion of each data file.


4.2  File Naming conventions

Albany.txt

where:
        Albany is the station name (see station table above).


5.0  DATA REMARKS


None.


6.0  REFERENCES


None.