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Data Retrieval, Processing and Final Storage in the Nile Basin Database
PC208W Datalogger Support Software
For each five-minute interval in which rainfall has been registered at the station, the following information is
extracted from raw input data file: station datalogger-ID, year, date and time and cumulative five-minute rainfall
values. The first four values (i.e. ID, year, date and time) guarantee that each array is uniquely identified.
The associated output file is in comma separated ASCII format. This is shown below for the output file “metrn31.
txt” referred to in the above screen; the file can be opened and viewed by Windows Explorer or any other software
capable of reading ASCII text format. In the following case the respective Output File is opened using the View utility
of the PC208W 3.3 software.