Table 5. Listing of the varialbes, format, definitions, units, and codes contained in the vertical station data of the US-USSR Weddell Polynya Expedition (WEPOLEX-81), ndp028.ver.


Variable        Column          Format          Definition

Header 1 - Station Number

STATNO		1-10		A10		Station number.

Header 2 - Starting Position and Time

STATDG		2-3		I2		Starting latitude, degrees.
SLATMN		5-9		F5.2		Starting latitude, minutes in
						decimal degrees.
SLATDR		10		A1		Starting latitude direction,
						North or South, (N or S).
SLONDG		12-13		I2		Starting longitude, degrees.
SLONMN		15-19		F5.2		Starting longitude, minutes in
						decimal degrees.
SLONDR		20		A1		Starting longitude direction,
						East or West, (E or W).
STIME		22-25		I4		Starting time.
YEAR		27-28		I2		Starting year.
MON		30-31		I2		Starting month.
DAYS		33-34		I2		Starting day.

Header 3 - Ending Position and Time
ELATDG		2-3		I2		Ending latitude, degrees.
ELATMN		5-9		F5.2		Ending latitude, minutes in
						decimal degrees.
ELATDR		10		A1		Ending latitude direction,
						North or South (N or S).
ELONDG		12-13		I2		Ending longitude, degrees.
ELONMN		15-19		F5.2		Ending longitude, minutes in
						decimal degrees.
ELONDR		20		A1		Ending longitude direction,
						East or West (E or W).
ETIME		22-25		I4		Ending time.

Vertical station data

DEPTH		1-4		I4 		Sample depth in meters.
FLAG 		5		A1		flag
TEM 		9-14		F6.3		Water temperature in °C.
SALNTY		18-23		F6.3		Calculated salinity.
PHH  		28-32		F5.3		pH at 25°C.
TALK 		38-41		I4 		Total alkalinity.
NCA1		44-47		A4		Calcium sample 1 in umol/kg. 
NCA2		48-51		A4		Calcium sample 2 in umol/kg.



tbeaty 02/20/2001