How to Obtain the Data and Documentation

This database is available on request in machine-readable form, without charge, from CDIAC. CDIAC will also distribute subsets of the database as needed. It can be acquired on 9-track magnetic tape; 8-mm tape; 150-mB, 1/4-in. tape cartridge; IBM-formatted floppy diskettes; or from CDIAC's anonymous File Transfer Protocol (FTP) area through the Internet. Requests should include any specific media instructions required by the user to access the data (i.e., 1600- or 6250-BPI, labeled or nonlabeled tapes, ASCII or EBCDIC characters, variable- or fixed-length records; 3.5- or 5.25-in. floppy diskettes, high or low density; 8200 or 8500 format, 8-mm tape). Magnetic tape requests not accompanied by specific instructions will be filled on 9-track, 6250-BPI, standard-labeled tapes with EBCDIC characters. Requests should be send to the following address:

Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Post Office Box 2008
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6335
U.S.A.

Telephone: (865) 574-0390 or (865) 574-3645
Fax: (865) 574-2232

Electronic Mail: cdiac@ornl.gov

The data files can also be acquired from CDIAC's anonymous FTP area through the Internet by following these steps:

• FTP to cdiac.esd.ornl.gov (128.219.24.36)
• Enter "ftp" or "anonymous" as the user ID
• Enter your electronic mail address as the password
• Change to the directory pub/ndp056 (or any NDP number you needed)
• Acquire the files using the FTP "get" or "mget" command

  or

• World Wide Web URL:

  • /oceans/doc.html

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