Table 3. Content, size, and format of data files
| File number | Name and description | Logical records | File size in bytes |
| 1. | ndp065.txt: a detailed description of the cruise network, the two FORTRAN 77 data retrieval routines, and the six oceanographic data files | 2,081 | 110,914 |
| 2. | stainv.for: a FORTRAN 77 data retrieval routine to read and print the three station inventory files: p16ap17a.sta (File 4), p17ep19s.sta (File 5), and p19c.sta (File 6) | 46 | 1,387 |
| 3. | data.for: a FORTRAN 77 data retrieval routine to read and print the three data files: p16ap17a.dat (File 7), p17ep19s.dat (File 8), and p19c.dat (File 9) | 56 | 2,282 |
| 4. | p16ap17a.sta: a listing of the station locations, sampling dates, and sounding bottom depths for each of the 127 stations of WOCE Section P16A/P17A | 138 | 11,271 |
| 5. | p17ep19s.sta: a listing of the station locations, sampling dates, and sounding bottom depths for each of the 106 stations of WOCE Section P17E/P19S | 116 | 9,489 |
| 6. | p19c.sta: a listing of the station locations, sampling dates, and sounding bottom depths for each of the 189 stations of WOCE Section P19C | 200 | 16,293 |
| 7. | p16ap17a.dat: hydrographic, carbon dioxide, and chemical data from 127 stations of WOCE Section P16A/P17A | 4,426 | 791,641 |
| 8. | p17ep19s.dat: hydrographic, carbon dioxide, and chemical data from 106 stations of WOCE Section P17E/P19S | 3,765 | 673,332 |
| 9. | p19c.dat: hydrographic, carbon dioxide, and chemical data from 189 stations of WOCE Section P19C | 6,356 | 1,137,111 |
| ______ | ________ | ||
| Total | 17,184 | 2,753,720 | |