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Lake Superior Discharge/Water Quality Directory Structure and File Description:


Bold Type indicates directory e.g., Michigan

Normal type underlined indicates file e.g., 04010500.txt


superior (main directory)
	metadata.doc (this document)
	datasmry.xls (list of stations and what data is available)

misc. water sites)
	arcviewfiles

		chmistry.dbf (locations of stations with water quality data in data base format)
		dischrg.dbf (locations of stations with daily discharge data in data base format)
		peak.dbf (locations of stations with peak discharge data in data base format)
		proj1.apr (Arcview project: station location map)
		staloc.dbf (locations of Canadian stations with monthly mean
discharge data in data

       base format)
	h2oqual
		readme.txt (description of data format for water quality data files)
		h2ostations.txt (list of stations with water quality data for Region 04-Great Lakes)
		04001000 (contains files with various water quality data for this station)
		04014500 (contains files with various water quality data for this station)
		04024000 (contains files with various water quality data for this station)
		04024430 (contains files with various water quality data for this station)
		04027000 (contains files with various water quality data for this station)
		04027595 (contains files with various water quality data for this station)
		04040000 (contains files with various water quality data for this station)
		04043004 (contains files with various water quality data for this station)
		04045500 (contains files with various water quality data for this station)
		04045580 (contains files with various water quality data for this station)

	Michigan
		peakflow (contains files of peak flow data for stations in Michigan)
		daily (contains files of daily discharge data for stations in Michigan)
			04001000.txt (example of file with daily discharge)
			0400100096-98.txt (files with ``96-98'' contain data from 1996 thru 1998)
		allstations.txt (list of all stations in Michigan; station # and location description)
		cnty.gif (map of Michigan showing counties and drainage basins)
		counties.txt (list of counties in Michigan with monitoring stations)
		discon.txt (list of discontinued monitoring stations in Michigan)
		midrange6.gif (map of Michigan showing drainage areas for Great lakes)
		miscmeas.exe (executable file which creates list of misc.  stations with various measurements)
		Miscme~1.txt (file created by miscmeas.exe)
	Minnesota
		daily (contains files of daily discharge data for stations in Minnesota)
			04010500.txt (example of file with daily discharge)
		flood97 (contains file of peak flow data for flood of 97)
		latestdata (contains water year 1997 data from 4 stations in Minnesota)
			intro.txt (U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-DATA REPORT MN-97-1)
			readme.txt (disclaimer for latestdata files)
		peakflow (contains files of peak flow data for stations in Minnesota)
		allstations.txt (list of all stations in Michigan; station # and location description)
		cnty.gif (map of Minnesota showing counties and drainage basins)
	misc
		locpeak.xls (file of station Lat/Longs, conversion from ddmmss to dd.ddddd)
		sault.txt (water depth and discharge for July 1998 at Sault Ste. Marie)
		superior.gif (map of Lake Superior basin with drainage basin names)
		usrivers.txt (summary of water chemistry data for various U.S. rivers; part 1)
		usrivers2.txt (summary of water chemistry data for various U.S. rivers; part 2)

	Ontario
		canadrivers.txt (summary of water chemistry data for various Canadian rivers; part 1)
		canadrivers2.txt (summary of water chemistry data for various Canadian rivers; part 1)
		LSuperior.xls (list of Canadian stations w/ discharge into Lake Superior; station #, location description, and latitude/longitude)
		MONTH2.xls (monthly mean discharge for Canadian rivers in L.  Superior basin)
		MONTH3.xls (monthly mean discharge for Canadian rivers in L.  Superior basin)
		MONTH4.xls (monthly mean discharge for Canadian rivers in L.  Superior basin)
		MONTHLY.xls (monthly mean discharge for Canadian rivers in L.  Superior basin)
		nipigon-bay.gif (picture of Nipigon Bay and Kabamichigama drainage basin)
		staloc.xls (Canadian station location file)
		thunder-bay.gif (picture of Thunder Bay and adjacent drainage basin)

	usgsreport (copy of USGS Circular 1123, Stream-Gaging Program of the U.S. Geological

Survey inc. figures)

	Wisconsin
		peakflow (contains files of peak flow data for stations in Wisconsin)
		daily (contains files of daily discharge data for stations in Wisconsin)
			04024080.txt (example of file with daily discharge)
		allstations.txt (list of all stations in Wisconsin; station # and location description)
		cnty.gif (map of Wisconsin showing counties and drainage basins)