DATA PACKAGE DESCRIPTIONS
7.1 File Content and Format Descriptions
This section describes the content and format of each of the data files that constitute NDP-082 (see Table 7).
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Table 7. Content, size, and format of data files |
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File number, name, and description |
File size in bytes |
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12. |
ndp082.txt |
106,779 |
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ndp082.pdf |
5,101,440 |
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A detailed description of the cruise network, and oceanographic data files in simple text and PDF formats
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36. |
a20sta.dat |
7,838 |
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a22sta.dat |
6,926 |
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a24sta.dat |
12,702 |
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ar24sta.dat |
15,438 |
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A listing of the station locations, sampling dates, and sounding bottom depths for each station of WOCE Sections A20, A22, A24, and AR24 in the original WOCE format
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710. |
a20.dat |
476,060 |
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a22.dat |
403,860 |
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a24.dat |
657,510 |
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ar24.dat |
598,397 |
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Hydrographic, carbon dioxide, and chemical data from all stations occupied on WOCE Sections A20, A22, A24, and AR24. The files are reported in the original WOCE format
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1114. |
a20_hy1.csv |
857,377 |
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a22_hy1.csv |
701,706 |
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a24_hy1.csv |
1,050,215 |
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ar24_hy1.csv |
932,634 |
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Hydrographic, carbon dioxide, and chemical data from all stations occupied on WOCE Sections A20, A22, A24, and AR24. The files are provided as WOCE exchange format files [comma-separated value (CSV) files].
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15. |
NA_ODV_data.txt |
2,410,877 |
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The Ocean Data View spread sheet data file. The file consists of data from all four sections of the North Atlantic survey |
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Total size |
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13,339759 |
7.2 Description of Variables
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The station inventory file (*sta.dat) variables are defined as follows: |
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EXPOCODE |
Character (A10) |
expedition code of the cruise |
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SECT |
Character (A4) |
WOCE section number |
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STNBR |
Numeric (I3) |
station number |
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CAST |
Numeric (I1) |
cast number |
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DATE |
Character (A10) |
sampling date (month/day/year) |
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TIME |
Character (A4) |
sampling time [Greenwich mean time (GMT)] |
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LATITUDE |
Numeric (F7.3) |
latitude of the station (in decimal degrees; negative values indicate the Southern Hemisphere) |
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LONGITUDE |
Numeric (F8.3) |
longitude of the station (in decimal degrees; negative values indicate the Western Hemisphere) |
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DEPTH |
Numeric (I4) |
sounding depth of the station (in meters) |
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The data file (*.dat) variables are defined as follows: |
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STNBR |
Numeric (I3) |
station number |
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CASTNO |
Numeric (I1) |
cast number |
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SAMPNO |
Numeric (I2) |
sample number |
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BTLNBRa |
Numeric (I2) |
bottle number |
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CTDPRS |
Numeric (F7.1) |
CTD pressure (dbar) |
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CTDTMP |
Numeric (F7.4) |
CTD temperature (°C) |
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CTDSALa |
Numeric (F7.4) |
CTD salinity |
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CTDOXYa |
Numeric (F7.1) |
CTD oxygen (μmol/kg) |
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THETA |
Numeric (F7.4) |
potential temperature (°C) |
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SALNTYa |
Numeric (F9.4) |
bottle salinity |
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OXYGENa |
Numeric (F7.1) |
oxygen concentration (μmol/kg) |
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SILCATa |
Numeric (F7.2) |
silicate concentration (μmol/kg) |
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NITRATa |
Numeric (F7.2) |
nitrate concentration (μmol/kg) |
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NITRITa |
Numeric (F7.2) |
nitrite concentration (μmol/kg) |
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PHSPHTa |
Numeric (F7.2) |
phosphate concentration (μmol/kg) |
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CFC-11a |
Numeric (F8.3) |
chlorofluorocarbon 11 (picamole/kg) |
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CFC-12a |
Numeric (F8.3) |
chlorofluorocarbon 12 (picamole/kg) |
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TCARBNa |
Numeric (F7.1) |
total carbon dioxide concentration (μmol/kg) |
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ALKALIa |
Numeric (F7.1) |
total alkalinity (μmol/kg) |
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PCO2a |
Numeric (F7.1) |
partial pressure of CO2 (μatm) |
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PHa |
Numeric (F8.3) |
pH |
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QUALT1 |
Character (A15) |
15-digit character variable that contains data-quality flag codes for parameters underlined with asterisks (*******) in the file header |
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aVariables that are underlined with asterisks in the data files 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 9 = sample not drawn for this measurement from this bottle |
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