readme_adjusted.txt

Format description of the monthly upper-air temperature data.
Monthly means are only provided if more than 8 data per month are available.


The dataset consists of 12 stations:

Name		 WMO code	Longitude	Latitude	Altitude

Schleswig	 10035	 	 9.55		54.33		 48
Greifswald	 10184		13.4		54.1		  6
Emden		 10200		 7.23		53.39		  8
Hannover	 10338 	 	 9.7		52.27		 55
Lindenberg	 10393		14.12		52.22		110
Essen 		 10410		 6.97		51.4		153
Dresden		 10486		13.68		51.12		232
Meiningen	 10548		10.38		50.57		453
Idar/Oberstein 	 10618 		 7.33		49.7		376
Stuttgart	 10739 		 9.2		48.83		315
Munich		 10868 		11.55		48.25		489
Hohenpeissenberg 10962		11.02		47.8		986

Data is presented in K units.

Missing values are indicated with 1.0e+20.

The data is provided at 11 mandatory pressure levels: 
850hPa, 700hPa, 500hPa, 400hPa, 300hPa, 250hPa, 200hPa, 150hPa, 100hPa, 70hPa, and 50hPa.

ASCII formatting:
   1 -  5  Station's WMO code
   7 - 10  Year
  14 - 15  Month
  18 - 29  Temperature at 850hPa pressure level
  32 - 43  Temperature at 700hPa pressure level
  46 - 57  Temperature at 500hPa pressure level
  60 - 71  Temperature at 400hPa pressure level
  74 - 85  Temperature at 300hPa pressure level
  88 - 99  Temperature at 250hPa pressure level
 102 -113  Temperature at 200hPa pressure level
 116 -127  Temperature at 150hPa pressure level
 130 -141  Temperature at 100hPa pressure level
 144 -155  Temperature at  70hPa pressure level
 158 -169  Temperature at  50hPa pressure level
  
  
  
Contact:
Dr. (York Univ.) Wolfgang Steinbrecht
Meteorological Observatory Hohenpeissenberg
Deutscher Wetterdienst
Wolfgang.Steinbrecht@dwd.de