This directory holds the different benchmarks versions, plus supporting
files and routines.

Naming convention: cc_fF-ver.tgz
where:

cc (country code):
  se=Sweden
  si=Slovenia
F (Flavor; B=Breaks, C=Clean, M=Missing data, Q=Quality issues/not breaks):
  C   (AKA "Baboon")
  B   (AKA "Weird Baboon")
  BM  (AKA "Angry Baboon")
  QM  (AKA "Tall Baboon")
  QMB (AKA "Ballistic Baboon")
ver (version):
  csv=CSV
  ecad=ECAD
  
The station coordinates for each country (common to all flavors) are in:
  se_Stations.txt and si_Stations.txt

The list of breaks introduced on the fB and fQMB benchmarks can be found in:
  se_breaks.tgz and si_breaks.tgz
(Archived files contain four columns: ID, Date,kdif,factor; but only
  ID and Date are relevant)

--- The function csv2ecad (in indecis.R) helps in converting from
CSV to ECAD formats. Its parameters are explained at the beginning of the
source.
Example to convert the se_fB benchmark (all variables, after uncompressing the
tgz archive) using the default csv2ecad_header.txt here provided (specify paths
if these files are not in the working directory):

source('indecis.R')
vars=c('CC','FG','HU','PP','RR','SD','SS','TN','TX')
for(var in vars) csv2ecad(sprintf('%sse_fB.csv',var))

You will find the ECAD formated data files in the directory csv2ecad.

The stations files common to all variables are:
  se_Stations.txt (for Southern Sweden)
  si_Stations.txt (for Slovenia)

--- The function ecad2csv (in indecis.R) helps in converting from ECAD to CSV
formats. Its parameters are explained at the beginning of the source.

Example to convert all ECAD files in the directory 'ecadfiles' to file 'my.csv'
containing data from 1950-01-01 to 2005-12-31 (files in 'ecadfiles' should
contain data for the same variable only):

source('indecis.R')
ecad2csv('ecadfiles','my.csv','1950-01-01','2005-12-31')

--- All variables are stored as integers, in ECAD units:

CC : Cloud Cover in oktas
DD : Wind Direction in degrees
FG : Wind Speed in  0.1 m/s
FX : Wind Gust in 0.1 m/s
HU : Humidity in 1 %
PP : Sea Level Pressure in 0.1 hPa
RR : Precipitation Amount in 0.1 mm
SD : Snow Depth in 1 cm
SS : Sunshine in 0.1 hours
TN : Minimum Temperature in 0.1 °C
TX : Maximum Temperature in 0.1 °C

Homogenization results provided by the participants are also expected to be in
integers. (Otherwise, they will be rounded.)