TRMM Rain Gauge Data

Directory naming convention: [RAIN.YYYY.MM]

File naming convention:  KSCmmYYYYMM.RAW

   YYYY = 4 digit year (1960-2059)
   MM = 2 digit month (00-12)
   mm = 2 digit mill number (00-34)

All times are represented in GMT format.

File attributes: 38 byte fixed-length ascii records.

File contents: a month's worth of rain gauge data.

Record structure:

   Byte    Byte
   Offset  Count    Description
   ------  -----    ------------------------------
      1       1     Space ( )
      2       4     Year (1960-2059)
      6       3     Day of the year (001-365)
      9       1     Space ( )
     10       2     Hour (00-23)
     12       1     Colon (:)
     13       2     Minutes (00-59)
     15       1     Colon (:)
     16       2     Seconds (00-59)
     18       1     Period (.)
     19       3     Milliseconds (always 000)
     22       1     Space ( )
     23      16     Inches rained since last tip (>0.00)


See http://trmm.ksc.nasa.gov/geodetic.htm for locations of rain
gauges.