FILE DESCRIPTIONS

This section describes the content and format of each of the 19 files that comprise this numeric data package (NDP) (see Table 2). Because CDIAC distributes the data set in several ways (e.g., via anonymous FTP and on floppy diskette), each of the 19 files is referenced by both an ASCII file name, which is given in lowercase, bold-faced type (e.g., ndp076.txt) and a file number. The remainder of this section describes (or lists, where appropriate) the contents of each file.

Table 3. Content, size, and format of data files.

File
number		File name
and description		Logical
records		File size
in bytes
1
ndp076.txt:
a detailed description of the
data set, methods of calculations
of carbon fields, the five
FORTRAN 77 data-retrieval routines,
and the thirteen oceanographic data files
1,094
58,117
2
coef_talk.for:
a FORTRAN 77 data-retrieval routine
to read and print coef_talk.dat (File 7)
45
1,430
3
coef_tco2.for:
a FORTRAN 77 data-retrieval routine to
read and print coef_tco2.dat (File 8)
39
1,160
4
mld1x1.for:
a FORTRAN 77 data-retrieval routine to
read and print mld1x1.dat (File 9)
47
1,631
5
talkdat.for:
a FORTRAN 77 data-retrieval routine to
read and print talk_*.dat (Files 10-14)
44
1,456
6
tco2dat.for:
a FORTRAN 77 data-retrieval routine to
read and print tco2_*.dat (Files 15-19)
41
1,285
7
coef_talk.dat:
a listing of the a, b, and c coefficients
used to calculate TALK fields
48,387
4,403,002
8
coef_tco2.dat:
a listing of the a, b, c, and d coefficients
used to calculate TCO2 fields
48,387
3,096,806
9
mld1x1.dat:
mixed layer depths (1°×1° grid) calculated
for each month of the year
34,144
4,574,721
10-14
talk_*.dat:
interpolated TALK fields calculated
annually and for each quarter
4,973,480
447,612,905
15-19
tco2dat:
interpolated TCO2 fields calculated
annually and for each quarter
4,980,110
323,714,083

Total
10,085,818
783,466,596

akozyr 10/9/2000