Datasets of this format are used in the WDC for data management because it is convenient to see on a screen what values are included. Information which is necessary to estimate actual counts is seen in the header section of LONGFORMAT data. The CARDFORMAT data are those of 80-byte data length. The size of one-year dataset is fixed to 60264 bytes. Each month has data for 31 days, and days with no data are filled by 99999. The number of days in a yearly dataset is 31 x 12 = 372 days. An example of datasets in this format for one day (1 January 1991) is shown below.
KIEL N64PCSA91 1 11 5591 5616 5609 5606 5598 5610 5623 5624 5612 5649 5629 5657
KIEL N64PCSA91 1 12 5647 5645 5661 5650 5643 5634 5651 5648 5643 5626 5613 5620
Format of 80-byte CARDFORMAT Data of Cosmic-Ray Neutron
| bytes | format | notes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-6 | A6 | First six characters of station name | ||||||||||
| 7-13 | A7 | Comments on data, e.g.:
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| 14-15 | I2 | (Year-1900) before 1999, and (Year-2000) after 2000 | ||||||||||
| 16-17 | I2 | Month | ||||||||||
| 18-19 | I2 | Day | ||||||||||
| 20 | I1 | 1: 0-11h UT 2: 12-23h UT | ||||||||||
| 22-80 | 12I5 | Hourly data (99999: no data) |