Data format

VBar-delimited format

centre | model_id | yyyymm | time | forecast_step | station_id | latitude | longitude | station_elevation | parameter | level | period | score | event | sample_size | mean_value

where

• centre (4-characters string) is the WMO identifier of the originating centre (ammc, cwao, ecmf, edzw, egrr, kwbc, lfpw, rjtd, rksl, rums etc);

• model_id (variable-length string) is free model identifier assigned by the originating centre (to distinguish between potentially different models provided by the centre);

• yyyymm is the month of the mean, where yyyy is the year and mm is the month (01-12);
• time is the time (in hours UTC) when the forecasts included in the mean have been validating;
• forecast_step is the length of the forecast (in hours);
• station_id is the name and/or numeric ID of the observation station verifying the forecasts;
• latitude is the latitude of the observation station verifying the forecasts;
• longitude is the longitude of the observation station verifying the forecasts;
  
• station_elevation is he elevation of the observation station above the mean sea level in meters;
• parameter is the parameter and level of the verified model parameter:

level

• period
• score
• event
• sample_size
• mean_value