Retrieve

The Structure of the Archive-NewFormat Directory


[Archive-NewFormat]
           |
           |--- [Category_Level_Form]
                        |
                        |- [Stn#]
                              |
                              |- [Instrument Type]
                                       |
                                       |- [Year]
                                             |
                                             |- data files

Each data file is named as follows:

date.instrument_type.instrument_model.instrument_number.agency

where the date is of the form YYYYMMDD and the agency is the acronym of the submitting agency responsible for the data quality. Refer to the Agency Acronyms and Stations listings on the Metadata page.

For a detailed description of the Category, Level and Form, refer to the notes on the extended Comma Separated Values or extCSV document.

Example 1: Monthly total ozone data from the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) for station 65 (Toronto, CANADA),


[Archive-NewFormat]
        |
        |- [TotalOzone_1.0_1]
                 |
                 |- [Stn065]
                        |
                        |- [Brewer]
                        |      |
                        |      |-[1999]
                        |          |
                        |          |-19990601.Brewer.MKII.014.MSC.CSV
                        |          |-19990601.Brewer.MKII.015.MSC.CSV
                        |          |-19990701.Brewer.MKII.014.MSC.CSV
                        |          |-19990701.Brewer.MKII.015.MSC.CSV
                        |                         
                        |- [Dobson]
                              |
                              |-[1999]
                                  |
                                  |-19990601.Dobson.Beck.077.MSC.CSV

Example 2: Daily level 1, processed, spectral UV data from the Japan Meteorological Agency for Station 12 (Sapporo, JAPAN).



[Archive-NewFormat]
        |
        |- [Spectral_1.0_1]
                |
                |- [Stn012]
                       |
                       |- [Brewer]
                              |
                              |-[1999]
                                   |
                                   |-19990601.Brewer.MKII.058.JMA.CSV
                                   |-19990602.Brewer.MKII.058.JMA.CSV
                                   |-19990603.Brewer.MKII.058.JMA.CSV
                                   |-19990604.Brewer.MKII.058.JMA.CSV


Example 3: Monthly level 1 (N-Value) and Level 2 (C-Umkehr) processed Umkehr data from the Egyptian Meteorological Authority, Station 152 (Cairo, EGYPT). Note that the Level 2 processed data were processed by the WOUDC.



[Archive-NewFormat]
         |
         |- [UmkehrN14_1.0_1] 
         |        |
         |        |- [Stn152]
         |              |
         |              |- [Dobson]
         |                     |
         |                     |-[1999]
         |                         |
         |                         |-19990101.Dobson.Beck.096.EMA.CSV
         |                         |-19990201.Dobson.Beck.096.EMA.CSV
         |                         |-19990301.Dobson.Beck.096.EMA.CSV
         |                         |-19990401.Dobson.Beck.096.EMA.CSV
         |
         |
         |- [UmkehrN14_2.0_1]
                  |
                  |- [Stn152]
                        |
                        |- [Dobson]
                              |
                              |-[1999]
                                   |
                                   |-19990101.Dobson.Beck.096.WOUDC.CSV
                                   |-19990201.Dobson.Beck.096.WOUDC.CSV
                                   |-19990301.Dobson.Beck.096.WOUDC.CSV
                                   |-19990401.Dobson.Beck.096.WOUDC.CSV