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Coastal & Offshore Marine Codes for EAS  [mareasddmmyy]
Coastal & Offshore Marine Codes for NWR  [marnwrddmmyy]
Coastal & Offshore Marine Area Names for EAS & NWR [marstddmmyy]


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Description Valid Date Size (bytes)
Coastal & Offshore Marine Area & Zone Codes for EAS 
(Emergency Alert System) 		 2 October 2007 Download Compressed File
mareas_02oc07.zip		 12,003 Change History Reference
Coastal & Offshore Marine 
Area & Zone Codes, including Marine Synopses, for NWR
(NOAA Weather Radio)		 2 October 2007 Download Compressed File
marnwr_02oc07.zip		 11,789
Coastal & Offshore Marine 
Area Names & Codes for EAS and NWR 
(file included in EAS and NWR Compressed Files)		 02 October 2007 Text File 1,256

File Specifications:

Naming Convention: mar xxx ddmmyy - where xxx is indicator for EAS, NWR, or ST
                                                                   and ddmmyy is file creation date
File type:  .txt (”|” delimited)
Source: Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services (OCWWS), NWSI 10-302
Last Modified: 18 March 2004
 
Description 
file 
 # of Records 
Codes for EAS Application  mareas*.txt 419
Codes for NWR Application  marnwr*.txt  475
Marine Area Names and Codes for 
EAS & NWR Application		 marst*.txt 15

Attributes:  for mareasddmmyy.txt and marnwrddmmyy.txt

field name  type  width,dec  description 
SSALPHA letter 2  Marine Area 2-letter abbreviation (for Marine Area name, see [marstddmmyy] file)
SSCCC  numeric 5 Marine Area & Zone 5-digit identifier (FIPS State and County equivalent) 
ZONENAME  character  250  Name of Marine Zone/Marine Synopsis
LON  numeric  10,5  Longitude of Centroid [decimal degrees] 
LAT  numeric  9,5  Latitude of Centroid [decimal degrees] 

Attributes: for marstddmmyy.txt

field name  type  width,dec  description 
SSALPHA letter 2  Marine Area 2-letter abbreviation (USPS State abbreviation equivalent) 
SSNUM  numeric 2 Marine Area 2-digit identifier (FIPS State equivalent) [SS]
ABBNAME  character  35  Abbreviated Name of Marine Area
AREANAME  character  250 Full Name of Marine Area 

Comments:  Without the help of all in OCWWS, WFOs and regions these files would not exist.
 
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