File Descriptions

This section describes the content and format of each of the nine files that comprise this NDP (see Table 13 below). Because CDIAC distributes the data set in several ways (via the web, CDIAC's online ordering system, or anonymous FTP), each of the nine files is referenced by both an ASCII file name, which is given in lowercase, bold-faced type (e.g., ndp077.txt), and a file number. The remainder of this section describes (or lists, where appropriate) the contents of each file.

Table 13. Content, size, and format of data files

File number, name	File description	Logical records	File size in bytes
1. ndp077.txt	a detailed description of the cruise network, the two FORTRAN 90 data-retrieval routines, and the six oceanographic data files	1,881	118,354
2. stainv.for	a FORTRAN 90 data-retrieval routine to read and print p6esta.dat (File 4), p6sta.dat (File 5), and p6wsta.dat (File 6)	45	1,337
3. p6ecwdat.for	a FORTRAN 90 data-retrieval to read and print p6e.dat (File 7), p6c.dat (File 8), and p6w.dat (File 9)	54	2,242
4-6. p6esta.dat, p6csta.dat, p6wsta.dat	a listing of the station locations, sampling dates, and sounding bottom depths for each station of the WOCE Sections P6E, P6C, and P6W	82 124 90	6,146 9,338 6,754
7-9. p6e.dat, p6c.dat, p6w.dat	hydrographic, carbon dioxide, and chemical data from all stations occupied on WOCE Sections P6E, P6C, and P6W	2,353 3,982 1,564	412,952 699,656 274,088
Total		10,175	1,530,867