rainData.rb

Synopsis

Parse rainfall events from hourly rain data files from the NCDC, and provide useful general and event-based statistics.

Usage

ruby rainData.rb [options] <input_file> See ruby rainData.rb —help for a full list of options.

Author

Travis Lee Branham, Undergraduate, Computer Science Dept., The University of the District of Columbia

Advisor: Pradeep K. Behera, Ph.D, P.E., Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Dept., The University of the District of Columbia

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2007 by Travis Lee Branham Licensed under the same terms as Ruby.

Change Log

Version 0.0.1 Date: August 14, 2007

• Added debugging functionality.
• Added winter-stripping functionality.
• Added single user-defined IETD support.
• Added IETD spread support.
• Added support for files without header rows.
• Added OptionParser support.

Version 0.1.0 Date: August 15, 2007

• Added table output functionality.
• Updated winter-stripping utility.
• Updated OptionParser support

Version 0.1.1 Date: August 16, 2007

• Updated documentation.

Version 0.2.0 Date: August 20, 2007

• Added experemental histogram drawing support.

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