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Misisng data might occur if a sensor stops working or a measurement isn’t recorded.

Missing: -99 – this is the value that represents the “no data” value.

This information however is important for you to understand. Notice that the data above contain a few extra rows of information. They can be then imported into Python using Pandas for further exploration and processing. These formats are text based and often can be opened in a text editor like Atom or Notepad. Delimiters are discussed below in more detail. In a txt file, often the delimiter (the thing that separates out each column) can vary.

csv: Comma Separated Values - This file has each column separated (delimited) by a comma.

When you are downloading Earth and Environmental data, you will often see tablular data stored in file formats including: xls and xlsx which can be directly opened in Microsoft Excel. Tabular data can be downloaded in many different file formats. The tabular data above contains 4 rows - the first of which (row 1) is a header row and subsequent rows contain data. In the example below, you see a table of values that represent precipitation for 3 days. You may already be familiar with spreadsheet tools such as Excel and Google Sheets that can be used to open tabular data. Columns (and sometimes rows) are often identified by headers, which if named correctly, explain what is in that row or column. Tabular data are data that are stored in a row / column format. Be able to list some commonly used scientific data types that often are downloaded in a tabular format.Describe the difference between the two common types of tabular text file formats: txt and csv files.At the end of this activity, you will be able to: