These files,i08si09s.dat, i09n.dat, i08ni05e.dat, i03.dat, i05wi04.dat, i07n.dat, i01.dat, i10.dat, and i02.dat, provide hydrographic, carbon dioxide, and chemical data for all stations occupied during the R/V Knorr cruises along WOCE Sections I8SI9S, I9N, I8NI5E, I3, I5WI4, I7N, I1, I10, and I2. Each line consists of station number, cast number, sample number, bottle number, CTD pressure, CTD temperature, CTD salinity, CTD oxygen, potential temperature, bottle salinity, bottle oxygen, silicate, nitrate, nitrite, phosphate, CFC-11, CFC-12, TCO2, TALK, 14C, 14C error, 13C, and data-quality flags. The files are sorted by station number and pressure and can be read by using the following FORTRAN 90 code [contained in IOstainv.for ( File 3)]:
CHARACTER qualt*15, bot*6
INTEGER sta, cast, samp
REAL pre, ctdtmp, ctdsal, ctdoxy, theta, sal, oxy, silca
REAL nitrat, nitrit, phspht, cfc11, cfc12, tcarb, alkali
REAL delc14, c14er, delc13
read (1, 10, end=999) sta, cast, samp, bot, pre, ctdtmp,
1 ctdsal, ctdoxy, theta, sal, oxy, silca, nitrat, nitrit,
2 phspht, cfc11, cfc12, tcarb, alkali, delc14, c14er, delc13,
3 qualt
10 format (4X, I4, 7X, I1, 6X, I2, 2X, A6, 1X, F7.1, 1X, F7.4,
1 1X, F7.4, 1X, F7.1, 1X, F7.4, 1X, F9.4, 1X, F7.1, 1X, F7.2,
2 1X, F7.2, 1X, F7.2, 1X, F7.2, 1X, F8.3, 1X, F8.3, 1X, F7.1,
3 1X, F7.1, 1X, F7.1, 1X, F7.1, 1X, F7.1, 1X, A15)
Stated in tabular form, the contents include the following:
| Variable | Variable | Variable | Starting | Ending | sta | Numeric | cast | Numeric | samp | Numeric | bot | Character | pre | Numeric | ctdtmp | Numeric | ctdsal | Numeric | ctdoxy | Numeric | theta | Numeric | sal | Numeric | oxy | Numeric | silica | Numeric | nitrat | Numeric | nitrit | Numeric | phspht | Numeric | cfc11 | Numeric | cfc12 | Numeric | tcarb | Numeric | alkali | Numeric | delc14 | Numeric | c14er | Numeric | delc13 | Numeric | qualt | Character |
|---|
The variables are defined as follows:
sta station number
cast cast number
samp sample number
bot* bottle number
pre CTD pressure (dbar)
ctdtmp CTD temperature (°C)
ctdsal* CTD salinity [on the Practical Salinity Scale (PSS)]
ctdoxy* CTD oxygen (µmol/kg)
theta potential temperature (°C)
sal* bottle salinity (on the PSS)
oxy* oxygen concentration (µmol/kg)
silca* silicate concentration (µmol/kg)
nitrat* nitrate concentration (µmol/kg)
nitrit* nitrite concentration (µmol/kg)
phspht* phosphate concentration (µmol/kg)
cfc11* chlorofluorocarbon 11 (pmol/kg)
cfc12* chlorofluorocarbon 12(pmol/kg)
tcarb* total carbon dioxide concentration (µmol/kg)
alkali* total alkalinity (µmol/kg)
delc14* radiocarbon delta 14C (per mille)
c14er error of delta 14C (percent)
delc13* is the radiocarbon delta 13C (per mille);
qualt 15-digit character variable that contains data-quality flag codes for
parameters underlined with asterisks (*******) in the file header
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*Variables that are underlined with asterisks in the data file's header indicate they have a data-
quality flag. Data-quality flags are defined as follows:
1 = sample for this measurement was drawn from water bottle but analysis was
not received
2 = acceptable measurement
3 = questionable measurement
4 = bad measurement
5 = not reported
6 = mean of replicate measurements
7 = manual chromatographic peak measurement
8 = irregular digital chromatographic peak integration
9 = sample not drawn for this measurement from this bottle