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SFEFIL
SFEFIL is the name of the surface edit file to be used to update a
surface file.
SFEFIL is a text file which may be created using the program SFLIST
with F as an output device. A text editor may be used to create or
change the surface edit file.
The parameters to be edited must be specified at the beginning of
the surface edit file. For example:
PARM = TMPF;DWPF
Parameters that have character values, such as WTHR, cannot be edited.
Instead, the numeric value must be used, e.g., WSYM in the case of
WTHR. All the parameters which are to be edited must already exist
in the surface data file, since no parameter transformations will be
done. Station information, such as latitude, longitude and elevation,
cannot be changed with SFEFIL. Use GEMPAK program, SFSTNS, to update
station information in a surface file.
The data follow the parameter list.
Stations and times which do not already exist in the surface data file
will be added.