Header Record 1
Variable Column Format Definition
MREC 2 I2 Multi-record station
Zero = single-record
Non-Zero = multi-record
NATION 3-5 A3 Originators nationality
ROSID 14-16 I2 Rosette/Niskin ID
SQ 17-22 I4 Canadian 10-degree square
ONESQ 23-24 I2 Canadian one-degree square
TWOSQ 25-26 I2 Canadian two-degree square
FIVESQ 27 I1 Canadian five-degree square
HEMLAT 28 A1 Hemisphere of latitude
DEGLAT 29-30 I2 Degrees latitude
MINLAT 31-32 I2 Minutes Latitude
MINTEN 33 I1 Minutes Latitude, tenths
HEMLON 34 A1 Hemisphere of longitude
E or W
DEGLON 35-37 I3 Degrees longitude
MINLON 39-40 I2 Minutes longitude
LONTEN 41 I1 Minutes longitude, tenths
YEAR 42-43 I2 Year of cruise
Month 44-45 I2 Month of year, GMT
Day 46-47 I2 Day of year, GMT
CODE 48-56 A9 Alphanumeric ship code
Knorr - research vessel used
for the Atlantic Ocean cruise.
Melville - research vessel
used for the Pacific and
Indian Ocean cruises.
BDEPTH 57-61 I5 Depth to bottom in meters.
ODEPTH 71-74 I4 First observed depth in meters.
SDEPTH 75-78 I4 Maximum sampling depth in
meters.
Header Record 2
CRUISE 1-17 A17 Originator's cruise
30 = Atlantic Ocean
31 = Pacific Ocean
135 = Indian Ocean
STATN 18-26 A9 Originator's station
(sequence #)
NUMOBS 63-64 I2 Number of observed depths.
NUMDET 68-69 I2 Number of detail depths.
Data Record
CAST 3-4 I2 Cast number.
BOT 5-6 I2 Bottle or barrell number.
DEPTH 7-13 I5 Sampling depth in meters
(Determined from pressure
and density).
TEMP 14-21 F6.3 Potential temperature in
degrees Celsius.
SALIN 22-29 F6.3 Salinity g/kg sea water.
C14 30-37 F6.1 Delta C-14, measured in
mil at the University of
Washington.
CARB14 38-45 F6.1 Delta C-14, measured in
Mil at the University of
Miami.
tbeaty 02/16/2001