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|         Attribute_Name          |                 Measurement_Scale                  |       ORDER        |             Number_Type             |   Number_Domain    |    Storage_Type    |       UNITS        |    DESCRIPTION     |                       CODES                        |
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| Station                         | nominal                                            |                  2 | n/a                                 |                    | a                  | n/a                | code for           | 11, old manual equipment from Internation Biome    |
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| Flag_Daily_AirTemp_Mean_C       | nominal                                            |                  5 | n/a                                 |                    | a                  | n/a                | data quality flag  | g = good, m = missing, q = questionable            |
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| Flag_Daily_AirTemp_AbsMax_C     | nominal                                            |                  7 | n/a                                 |                    | a                  | n/a                | data quality flag  | g = good, m = missing, q = questionable            |
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| Flag_Daily_AirTemp_AbsMin_C     | nominal                                            |                  9 | n/a                                 |                    | a                  | n/a                | data quality flag  | g = good, m = missing, q = questionable            |
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| Flag_Daily_Precip_Total_mm      | nominal                                            |                 11 | n/a                                 |                    | a                  | n/a                | data quality flag  | g = good, m = missing, q = questionable            |
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| Daily_AirTemp_Mean_C            | ratio                                              |                  4 | real                                |                    | f                  | celsius            | derived mean daily | n/a                                                |
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| Daily_AirTemp_AbsMax_C          | ratio                                              |                  6 | real                                |                    | f                  | celsius            | maximum            | n/a                                                |
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| Daily_AirTemp_AbsMin_C          | ratio                                              |                  8 | real                                |                    | f                  | celsius            | minimum            | n/a                                                |
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| Daily_Precip_Total_mm           | ratio                                              |                 10 | real                                |                    | f                  | millimeter         | daily              | n/a                                                |
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| LTER_site                       | nominal                                            |                  1 | n/a                                 |                    | a                  | n/a                | code for LTER      | Shortgrass Steppe LTER site                        |
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| Date                            | date-time                                          |                  3 | n/a                                 |                    | a                  | nominalDay         | date and year of   | YYYYMMDD                                           |
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