---- Current Data File Format (Ver.1.0, JODC, March 1995) ----                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
    FIELD         COLUMN LENGTH     DESCRIPTION                                 
                                                                                
COUNTRY CODE         1      2    Originator's Nationality                       
                                      (Code-Table)                              
SHIP CODE            3      2    JODC ship code(Code-Table)                     
LATITUDE             5      5    Degrees, minutes and 1/10 minutes              
LAT. HEM            10      1    Hemisphere of Latitude(N or S)                 
LONGITUDE           11      6    Degrees, minutes and 1/10 minutes              
LONG. HEM           17      1    Hemisphere of Longitude(E or W)                
MARSDEN SQ.         18      3    Marsden(10 deg.) square number                 
Observation Date(GMT)                                                           
  YEAR              21      2    Last two digits of year                        
  MONTH             23      2    Month                                          
  DAY               25      2    Day                                            
  TIME              27      3    Hours to tenths                                
STATION NO.         30      5    Originator's station number                    
DEPTH               35      4    First setup level(meter) measured              
                                 by ADCP                                        
CURRENT DIR         39      3    Current direction, 360 degree or               
                                 36 points scale                                
CURRENT VEL         42      2    Current speed in knots to tenths               
SURFACE TEMP.       44      3    Surface temperature(deg-C) to tenths           
WIND                                                                            
  DIRECTION         47      2    Value in 36 points, calm="00"                  
  SPEED(S/F)        49      2    Wind speed(S) in knots                         
                                 Wind force(F) in Beaufort scale                
                                  indicated by "-" in column 49                 
CONT. ST. NO.       51      4    Continuation of originator's                   
                                  station number                                
Filler              55      5    Blank                                          
INST. TYPE          60      1    Instrument type ; Blank:GEK                    
                                  l:Ship's drift 2:ADCP                         
Filler              61      1    Blank                                          
PROJECT             62      1    Project name code ;                            
                                    I:IGOSS J:JRK K:KER                         
                                    W:WESTPAC X:WESTPAC and KER                 
N-COMP.             63      4    Northern component to hundredth,               
                                 if southern, "-" in column 63                  
E-COMP              67      4    Eastern component to hundredth,                
                                 if western, "-" in column67                    
JODC REF. NO.       71      6    JODC processing number                         
CONSEC. NO.         77      4    JODC consecutive station number                
                                                                                
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