---- Serial Station Data File Format (Ver.1.0, JODC, March 1995) ---- Header-l Record FIELD COLUMN LENGTH DESCRIPTION RECORD TYPE 1 1 Record type; l:Header-1 2:Header-2 3:Observation Data 4:Additional Data 6:Standard Data NEXT RECORD 2 1 Record identifier of next record JODC REF. No. COUNTRY CODE 3 2 Originator's Nationality Code YEAR 5 2 Last two digits of year INST. CODE 7 2 JODC Institution code CONS. CRUISE No. 9 2 JODC consecutive cruise number CONS. No. 11 4 JODC consecutive station number SHIP CODE 15 2 JODC ship code LAT. 17 6 Degrees, minutes of latitude or tenths, N or S LONG. 23 7 Degrees, minutes of longitude or tenths, E or W Observation Date(GMT) CENTURY CODE 30 1 "0":20 century, "1":21 century YEAR 31 2 Last two digit of year MONTH 33 2 Month DAY 35 2 Day TIME 37 3 Hours to tenths STATION No. 40 7 Originator's station number INST. CODE 47 1 Instrument type; S:STD C:CTD Blank:SD(=Nansen cast) DEPTH 48 4 Depth to bottom in meters Filler 52 2 Blank Header-2 Record FIELD COLUMN LENGTH DESCRIPTION RECORD TYPE 1 1 Always "2" NEXT RECORD 2 1 Record identifier of next record WATER COLOR 3 2 Water color(Forel-Ule Scale) WATER TRANS. 5 2 Water transparency in meters WAVE DIRECTION 7 2 Wave direction in 36 points, calm:"00" H/A 9 1 H : Wave height, A : Sea state H/A CODE 10 1 Wave height in WMO Code 1555 Sea state in WMO Code 3700 P 11 1 Wave period in WMO Code 3155 WIND DIRECTION 12 2 Same as Wave Direction S/F 14 1 S : Wind speed, F : Wind force S/F CODE 15 2 Wind speed in knots Wind force in Beaufort scale AIR PRESSURE 17 3 Air pressure in Hecto Pascal, tens to tenths only AIR TEMP. DRY 20 4 Dry-bulb temperature, sign indicator and value(deg-C) to tenths AIR TEMP. WET 24 4 Wet-bulb temperature, sign indicator and value(deg-C) to tenths WEATHER 28 2 Weather in WMO Code 4501 or WMO Code 4677 CLOUD TYPE 30 1 Cloud type in WMO Code 0500 CLOUD AMOUNT 31 1 Cloud amount in WMO Code 2700 VIS 32 1 Visibility in WMO Code 4300 NO. OF LEVELS OBSERVATION 33 2 Number of observed depths STANDARD 35 2 Number of standard depths TOTAL 37 3 Total number of levels SQUARE KEY 10 DEG 40 3 Marsden square number 5 DEG 43 1 5 degree square number 1 DEG 44 2 1 degree square number 30 MIN 46 1 30 minute square number 15 MIN 47 1 15 minute square number 6 MIN 48 2 6 minute square number SAL-ID 50 1 Salinity identity code ; 0 : salinity 1 : practical salinity 1978 PROJECT NAME 51 1 Project name code ; I:IGOSS J:JRK K:KER W:WESTPAC X:WESTPAC and KER Filer 52 2 Blank Observation Data Record FIELD COLUMN LENGTH DESCRIPTION RECORD TYPE 1 1 Always "3" NEXT RECORD 2 1 Record identifier of next record DEPTH 3 5 Observed depth in meters TEMPERATURE SIGN 8 1 Sign indicator, "+" or "-" VALUE 9 5 Value(deg-C) to thousandths QC 14 1 QC flag; 0:Normal l:Doubtful value by originator 2:Doubtful or erroneous value by JODC 3:Neglected value for interpolation SALINITY VALUE 15 5 Value to thousandths QC 20 1 QC flag, same as temperature DO(DISSOLVED OXYGEN) VALUE 21 4 Value to hundredths in ml/L QC 25 1 QC flag, same as temperature P(INORGANIC PHOSPHATE-PHOSPHORUS) VALUE 26 3 Value to hundredths in Microgram-at./L QC 29 1 QC flag, same as temperature T-P(TOTAL PHOSPHORUS) VALUE 30 3 Value to hundredths in Microgram-at./L QC 33 1 QC flag, same as temperature NO2-N(NITRATE-NITROGEN) VALUE 34 3 Value to hundredths in Microgram-at./L QC 37 1 QC flag, same as temperature NO3-N(NITRATE-NITROGEN) VALUE 38 3 Value to tenths in Microgram-at./L QC 41 1 QC flag, same as temperature Si(REACTIVE SILICATE-SILICON) VALUE 42 3 Value in Microgram-at./L QC 45 1 QC flag, same as temperature pH(HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION) VALUE 46 3 Value in situ QC 49 1 QC flag, same as temperature Filler 50 3 Blank DEPTH-ID CODE 53 1 Code; 0 : Normal 1 : Thermometric depth 2 : Standard depth by CTD Standard Data Record FIELD COLUMN LENGTH DESCRIPTION RECORD TYPE 1 1 Always "6" NEXT RECORD 2 1 Record identifier of next record DEPTH, TEMPERATURE, SALINITY and DISSOLVED OXYGEN 3 23 Same as Observation Data Record SIGMA-T(DENSITY) VALUE 26 4 Density(sigma-t) QC 30 1 QC flag, see Obs. Data Record D-T(THERMOSTERIC ANOMALY) VALUE 31 5 Value in 10E-8.m**3/kg QC 36 1 QC flag, see above Obs. Data Record SVA(SPECIFIC VOLUME ANOMALY) VALUE 37 5 Value in 10E-8.m**3/kg QC 42 1 QC flag, see above Obs. Data Record D-DY(GEOPOTENTIAL ANOMALY) VALUE 43 4 Value in 10.m**2/s**2 QC 47 1 QC flag, see above Obs. Data Record VEL(SOUND VELOCITY) VALUE 48 4 Value by Wilson's formula QC 52 1 QC flag, see above Obs. Data Record DEPTH-ID CODE 53 1 See Observation Data Record Addtional Data Record FIELD COLUMN LENGTH DESCRIPTION RECORD TYPE 1 1 Always "4" NEXT RECORD 2 1 Record identifier of next record DEPTH 3 5 Observed depth in meters ADDITIONAL DATA 8 45 These fields are used for the following observation data: ITEM-ID ITEM NAME UNITS 11 COD ppm, mg/L 12 BOD ppm, mg/L 13 NH4-N Microgram-at./L 14 Chl.a Microgram/L 15 Alkali meq/L l6 Phaeo Microgram/L 17 Total-N Microgram-at./L 18 TOC ppm 19 HC ppb, Microgram.chr/kg 20 SS ppm 21 PCB ppt 22 As ppb, Microgram/kg 23 Pb ppb, Microgram/kg 24 Hg ppb, Microgram/kg 25 Total-Hg ppb, Microgram/kg 26 Cd ppb, Microgram/kg Each data is composed the following items: FIELD LENGTH DESCRIYTION ITEM-ID 2 See above additional data field VALUE 5 Each additional data value EXP 1 Exponential of Value QC 1 Quality control flag; 0:Normal l:Doubtful value by the originator 2:Doubtful or erroneous value by JODC 5:Infra-red for Hydrocarbon(HC) only 6:Fluorescence for Hydrocarbon (HC) only DEPTH-ID CODE 53 1 See above Observation Data ---- End of the File Format ----