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, 0.25-in. tape cartridge; MAC- or IBM-formatted floppy diskettes; or from CDIAC's anonymous file transfer protocol (FTP) area via the Internet (see FTP address below). Requests should include any specific media instructions required by the user to access the data (e.g., 1600 or 6250 BPI, labeled or nonlabeled, ASCII or EBCDIC characters, and variable- or fixed-length records; 3.5- or 5.25-in. floppy diskettes, high or low density; and 8200 or 8500 format, 8-mm tape). Magnetic tape requests not accompanied by specific instructions will be filled on 9-track, 6250-BPI, nonlabeled tapes with ASCII characters. Requests should be addressed to:

Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P.O. Box 2008
Oak Ridge, TN 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 be also acquired from CDIAC's anonymous FTP account via Internet:

• FTP to cdiac.esd.ornl.gov (128.219.24.36)
• Enter "ftp" or "anonymous" as the userid
• Enter your electronic mail address as the password (e.g.,"alex@alex.esd.ornl.gov")¹,
• Change to the directory "/pub/ndp062"
• Acquire the files using the FTP "get" or "mget" command.

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  ¹ Please enter your correct address. This adress is used by CDIAC to inform data recipients of revisions and updates.

As an alternative, one can access the following World Wide Web URL

• http://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/oceans/doc.html

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