8.4 p16ap17a.sta (File 4), p17ep19s.sta (File 5), and p19c.sta (File 6)

These files provide station inventory information for each of the 422 stations occupied during the R/V Knorr expeditions along WOCE Sections P16A/P17A, P17E/P19S, and P19C Each record of the files contains an expocode, section number, station number, cast number, sampling date, sampling time, latitude, longitude, and sounding bottom depth. The files are sorted by station number and can be read by using the following FORTRAN 77 code [contained in stainv.for (File 2)]:

       INTEGER  stat, cast, depth
       REAL latdcm, londcm 
       CHARACTER expo*10, sect*9, date*6, time*4
          
       read (1, 10, end=999) expo, sect, stat, cast, date, time,
     1 latdcm, londcm, depth

 10    format (A10, 2X, A9, 3X, I3, 5X, I1, 3X, A10, 2X, A4, 3X,
     1 F7.3, 3X, F8.3, 3X, I4)       

Stated in tabular form, the contents include the following:

Variable	Variable type	Variable width	Starting column	Ending column
expo	Character	10	1	10
sect	Character	9	13	21
stat	Numeric	3	25	27
cast	Numeric	1	33	33
date	Character	6	37	46
time	Character	4	49	52
latdcm	Numeric	7	56	62
londcm	Numeric	8	66	73
depth	Numeric	4	77	80

The variables are defined as follows:

expo	is the expocode of the cruise;
sect	is the WOCE section number;
stat	is the station number;
cast	is the cast number;
date	is the sampling date (month/day/year);
time	is the sampling time (Greenwich mean time);
lat	is the latitude of the station (in decimal degrees; negative values indicate the Southern Hemisphere);
lon	is the longitude of the station (in decimal degrees; negative values indicate the Western Hemisphere);
depth	is the sounding depth of the station (in meters).