Circular files format documentation and users guides

Details

• Personal Author:
  Crayton, Raymond B.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Meteorological Center (U.S.)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NWS (National Weather Service) ; NCEP (National Centers for Environmental Prediction)
• Description:
  "Selected data, received by NMC's IBM 4341 computer from communications lines, and needed for NMC and other units' operations, are reformatted and transferred to files on a disk volume that is accessible by both the IBM 4341 and NAS 9000 computer systems. These files are commonly referred to as the circular files. Pointers (record numbers and byte numbers) to data in the circular files are kept in a file of control records. This Office Note documents the formats of the control records and the circular files. It shows examples using the W3FK14 subroutine to retrieve data from the circular files. Finally, it provides the documentation for the W3FK14 routine"--Introduction.
• Content Notes:
  Ray Crayton.
  
  "April 1986."
  
  "This is an unreviewed manuscript, primarily intended for informal exchange of information among NMC staff members."
  
  System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  
  
• Keywords:
  Mathematical Models Numerical Analysis Numerical Weather Forecasting Weather Forecasting Mathematical Models Numerical Analysis Numerical Weather Forecasting Weather Forecasting
• Series:
  Office note (National Centers for Environmental Prediction (U.S.))   319
• Document Type:
  Office Note
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:fb984a36a7bc1239dad9bf7aaf1b905373e6a0a0840dc06b122c21f9e2f6ca04
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/11491/noaa_11491_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 881.82 KB ]