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The USDA has finally gotten a department wide internet access. As a result of this, our agency has received internet addresses. I no longer have to log on to a remote site at 2400 baud but instead can receive mail directly to my host machine. Would you please change (yet again) my address to jhudd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. We have been closely following the netCDF mail and other information. The Soil Conservation Service (SCS) has begun to implement netCDF for storage of climatic data and other natural resource information. The climatic data is NCDC's TD-3200 format. SCS worked with NCDC to clean up this dataset and it is the only online dataset of its type for daily and monthly climatic data. The system can be accessed through modem now but will soon have internet access. Call 503- 326-4098 for information on access to the CDBS system in Portland. I am working with the SCS' Climatic Data Access Facility in Portland, Oregon to transition their climate data base from a custom built structure to a netCDF based system. The design (of both) and the transition will be the subject of a paper I will be presenting in April, 94 to the Western Snow Conference. John Huddleston National Information Systems Division USDA Soil Conservation Service 2625 Redwing Rd, #110 Fort Collins, CO 80526 jhudd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
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