There are four GEOCODE_LEVEL files that are used to specify country level (Section 6.10.3.1, “GEOCODE_LEVEL1”), country/state-level (Section 6.10.3.2, “GEOCODE_LEVEL2”), country/state/county-level (Section 6.10.3.3, “GEOCODE_LEVEL3”) or country/state/county/tribal-level (Section 6.10.3.4, “GEOCODE_LEVEL4”) Geographical codes and descriptions. These files are used if USE_EXP_GEO_CODES is set to Y, and they replace the (Section 6.10.2, “COSTCY: Country, state, and county names and data”) file.
The GEOCODE_LEVEL1 input file contains a 3 character code used to specify the Country-level Geographical Code. The COSTCY file will not be used if the environment variable USE_EXP_GEO_CODES is set to Y. If the user would like to use chemical and temporal profiles that are specified for each country in the gridded inventory data then they would create a GEOCODE_LEVEL1 file.
The GEOCODE_LEVEL1 file is comma delimited as shown in Table 6.87, “File Format for GEOCODE_LEVEL1” . This file should not include any descriptions that have the pipe symbol (|), single quotes, or double quotes. It is okay
to include dashes, slashes, semicolons, colons, commas, and periods in descriptions. The format of the GEOCODE_LEVEL1 file is shown in Table 6.87, “File Format for GEOCODE_LEVEL1”.
#GEOCODE_LEVEL1, Description "001","United States of America" "002","Mexico" "003","South Korea" "004","Ocean"
The GEOCODE_LEVEL2 input file contains up to 6 character code to specify the Country/State-level Geographical Codes which will replace the COSTCY file if the environment variable USE_EXP_GEO_CODES is set to Y. If the user would like to use chemical and temporal profiles that are specified for each state level region for each country in the gridded inventory data then they would create a GEOCODE_LEVEL2 file.
The GEOCODE_LEVEL2 file is comma delimited as shown in Table 6.88, “File Format for GEOCODE_LEVEL2” . This file should not include any descriptions that have the pipe symbol (|), single quotes, or double quotes. It is okay
to include dashes, slashes, semicolons, colons, commas, and periods in descriptions. The format of the GEOCODE_LEVEL2 file is shown in Table 6.88, “File Format for GEOCODE_LEVEL2”.
#GEOCODE_LEVEL2, Description "001006","California, USA" "001035","New Mexico, USA" "001048","Texas, USA" "002030","Veracruz, Mexico"
The GEOCODE_LEVEL3 input file contains up to 9 character code to specify the Country/State-level/County-level Geographical Code which will replace the COSTCY file if the environment variable USE_EXP_GEO_CODES is set to Y.
The GEOCODE_LEVEL3 file is comma delimited as shown in Table 6.89, “File Format for GEOCODE_LEVEL3” . This file should not include any descriptions that have the pipe symbol (|), single quotes, or double quotes. It is okay
to include dashes, slashes, semicolons, colons, commas, and periods in descriptions. The format of the GEOCODE_LEVEL3 file is shown in Table 6.89, “File Format for GEOCODE_LEVEL3”.
#GEOCODE_LEVEL3, Description "001006037","Los Angeles, California, USA" "001035028","Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA" "001048015","Austin, Texas, USA"
The GEOCODE_LEVEL4 input file contains a 12 character code to specify the Country/State/County/Tribal-level Geographical Code which will replace the COSTCY file if the environment variable USE_EXP_GEO_CODES is set to Y.
The GEOCODE_LEVEL4 file is comma delimited as shown in Table 6.90, “File Format for GEOCODE_LEVEL4
” . This file should not include any descriptions that have the pipe symbol (|), single quotes, or double quotes. It is okay
to include dashes, slashes, semicolons, colons, commas, and periods in descriptions. The format of the GEOCODE_LEVEL4 file is shown in Table 6.90, “File Format for GEOCODE_LEVEL4
”.
#GEOCODE_LEVEL4, Description, Time Zone "001006037000","Los Angeles, CA, USA",PST "001035028000","Los Alamos, NM, USA",CST "001048015000","Austin, TX, USA",CST
Table 6.90. File Format for GEOCODE_LEVEL4
| Lines | Position | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1+ | A | Country/State/County/District Code(12-character maximum) |
| B | Country/State/County/District Code Description (20-character) | |
| C | Time Zone (3-character) | |
| D | Standard (non-Daylight-Saving) county time zone; see Table 6.86, “Valid COSTCY and GEOCODE_LEVEL4 time zones” for valid time zones (Character)
|