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POSITION  #    TYPE
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  1-4    (4)		(A)	Format code (CCDA = CIRA Climate Data Archive)
  5-7    (3)		(I)	HEADI(1) data source code
  8-10   (3)		(I)	HEADI(2) parameter number or code 
 11-11   (1)		(I)	HEADI(3) data type (1=real*4, 2=int*4, 3=int*2, 4=byte)
                                  		 non-VMS (5=real*4, 6=int*4, 7=int*2)
 12-12   (1)	  	blank
 13-14   (2)		y2k start time century (either 19 or 20) if blank then defaults to 19
 15-16   (2)		y2k end time century (either 19 or 20) if blank then defaults to 19

 17-18   (2)	(I)	HEADI(4) start year
 19-21   (3)	(I)	HEADI(5) start jul day
 22-23   (2)	(I)	HEADI(6) start hour 
 24-25   (2)	(I)	HEADI(7) end year
 26-28   (3)	(I)	HEADI(8) end jul day
 29-30   (2)	(I)	HEADI(9) end hour

 31-34   (4)	(I)	HEADI(10) xsize  number horizontal data points
 35-38   (4)	(I)	HEADI(11) ysize  number vertical data points
 39-44   (6)	(F)	HEADR(1)  dx  horizontal degree spacing (+ for W to E)
 45-50   (6)	(F)	HEADR(2)  dy  vertical degree spacing   (- for N to S)
 51-57   (7)	(F)	HEADR(3)  latitude  of first data location ( + for NH )
 58-65   (8)	(F)	HEADR(4)  longitude of western most data location 

 66-76   (11)	(E)	offset for data  (add to data after applying scale)
 77-87   (11)	(E)	scale factor for data  (multiply data by this)
 88-98   (11)	(E)	ZINDEF  indefinite value
 99-104  (6)		blanks
105-144  (40)	(A)	LABEL character label  (40 bytes)


Fortran read statement to parse out the character header buffer
 
  READ(1,REC=1,ERR=92) BUFF(1:144)
       READ(BUFF,11)TAPEC,(HEADI(J),J=1,3),BLANK1, IY2K1, IY2K2,
     >            (HEADI(J),J=4,11),
     >            (HEADR(J),J=1,4),
     >            OFFSET,SCALE,ZINDEF,
     >            BLANK6,LABEL
C
 11    FORMAT( A4, I3, I3, I1, A1, I2, I2, I2, I3, I2, I2, I3, I2,
     >         I4, I4, F6.2, F6.2, F7.3, F8.3,
     >         E11.5, E11.5, E11.5, A6, A40)