Author: Karen Baker
Date: 10 Oct 1999
Updated: 
Purpose: Palmer LTER standard file format 
Contact: kbaker@ucsd.edu

LTERSTD: Palmer LTER standard (.std) file format:
A standard file contains a matrix (m lines by n columns) with a header
of n+1 lines.  Headers  are  assumed to be in the form: number of columns
(integer) on first line, followed by column  names (ascii text),  
one  per  line.  The next m lines contain the data matrix 
(m lines by n columns) with each line containing n columns of 
numbers seperated by a delimiter (ie blank space or comma)

Matlab routines for handling LTERSTD format files:
read_stdhdr.m and stdload.m where the latter calls read_stdhdr.m to load 
and save a list of DF Format data files as .mat files with the header 
information in a matrix and the header information in another matrix.
(under development 1999)