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Attributes in entity 2: Periodic precipitation from standard and storage rain and snow gauges

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1. DBCODE
Definition: FSDB database code
Domain: enum
2. ENTITY
Definition: Entity number
Units: number
Domain: range (minimum = 2.  maximum = 2.)
3. SITECODE
Definition: Site code for the precipitation measurement station
Domain: place
4. PROBE_CODE
Definition: Probe number code indicates the measurement type, site, and sensor number (e.g., PPTCS201)
Domain: enum
5. DATETIME_BEGIN
Definition: Date and time in Pacific Standard Time (PST) of start of gauge operation
Units: date as datetime type
Domain: range (minimum = Nov 21 1951 12:00PM  maximum = Nov 30 2016 9:50AM)
6. DATETIME_END
Definition: Date and time in Pacific Standard Time (PST) of end of gauge operation
Units: date as datetime type
Domain: range (minimum = Nov 29 1951 9:00AM  maximum = Dec 21 2016 10:53AM)
7. PERIOD_LENGTH
Definition: Length of measurement period
Units: number of days
Domain: range (minimum = 0.  maximum = 578.)
8. PRECIP_TOT_PERIOD
Definition: Total precipitation over the measurement period for the standard or storage rain gauge
Units: millimeters
Domain: range (minimum = 0.0  maximum = 3474.0)
9. PRECIP_TOT_FLAG
Definition: Total precipitation flag
Domain: enum
10. PROBE_CODE_REC
Definition: Probe number code of the recording rain gauge used to prorate the periodic precipitation total
Domain: enum
11. PRECIP_REC_PERIOD
Definition: Total precipitation of the recording rain gauge over the exact collection period as the standard or storage gauge measurement
Units: millimeters
Domain: range (minimum = 0.0  maximum = 3535.0)
12. PRECIP_REC_FLAG
Definition: Total recording gauge precipitation flag
Domain: enum
13. COMMENT
Definition: General comment on the collection of precipitation for this period
Domain: freetext