submitter:
Philip A Mele
202 Oceanography
L-DEO of Columbia Univeristy
Palisades, New York
o:845.365.8575  f:845.365.8157
email: pmele@ldeo.columbia.edu

PI: CTD, water bottle salinity and water bottle oxyegn
Stan S Jacobs
205 Oceanography
L-DEO of Columbia Univeristy
Palisades, New York
o:845.365.8326  f:845.365.8157
email: sjacobs@ldeo.columbia.edu
PI: CFC
William M Smethie, Jr
75 Geochemistry
L-DEO of Columbia Univeristy
Palisades, New York
o:845.365.8566  f:845.365.8155
email: bsmeth@ldeo.columbia.edu

project:
circumpolar deep water and the west antarctic ice sheet

funding agency:
NSF, grant OPP9725024.

CTD data: aida.NNN where NNN is station number from 001 to 124
124 high resolution CTD stations, 1-124, from 15 Feb 2000 to 24 Mar 2000.
R/V Nathaniel B Palmer, NODC code: 3206, cruise NBP0001.
north -71, south -79 east -101 west 163
acquisition with SeaBird 911plus CTD, processed with SeaBird data
processing software.

data file description:
C3206    1  1 -76.9146  163.5953 2000/02/15  46 09:05  AIDA
&zc:527  zu:547  zm:5  ws:9.4  wd:181  ta:-8.9  pa:985.8
range to iceshelf in meters:-9
@pr     te      sa
2       -1.1342 33.9632
3       -1.1631 33.9586
4       -1.1127 33.9748
5       -1.0893 33.9805

(-9 for unknown value)

line 1: all for start of downcast
  C3206: C for CTD data
         3206 for NODC ship code (NB Palmer)
  1:     station
  1:     cast
  -76.9146:  lat in decimal degrees
  163.5953: lon in decimal degrees
  2000/02/15: year/month/day
  46:  yearday
  09:05: hour:minutes, GMT
  AIDA:  internal (LDEO) cruise name

line 2:
  &zc:527: corrected bottom depth in meters
  zu:547: uncorrected bottom depth in meters
  zm:5:  distance of CTD off bottom in meters
  ws:9.4:  wind speed in meters/sec
  wd:181:  wind direction in degrees from north
  ta:-8.9:  air temp in degs C
  pa:985.8: barometric pressure in millibars

line 3:
  range to iceshelf in meters:-9


line 4:  id for data
  @pr:  CTD pressure in dbars
  te:   CTD temp in deg C, ipts-68
  sa:   CTD salinity, pss

line 4 to end:  data
pressure, temperature and salinity as above, tab delimitered


bottle data: aidab.NNN where NNN is station number from 001 to 124
116 files, 1-124 (no bottle data for stations: 29, 33, 41, 48, 49,
58, 63 and 115

line 1: all for bottom of cast
  B3206: B for bottle data
  same as above

line 2: same as above

line 4:  id for data
  @pr:  CTD pressure in dbars
  te:   CTD temp in deg C, ipts-68
  sa:   CTD salinity, pss
  rs:   rossette salinity, pss
  ro:   rossette oxygen, ml/l
  f1:   CFC-11, pmol/kg
  f2:   CFC-12, pmol/kg
  f3:   CFC-113, pmol/kg
  rn:   bottle number
  g1:   CFC-11 flag (2: good data, 3: questionable data, 6: average of more than one sample, 9: no data)
  g2:   CFC-12 flag (2: good data, 3: questionable data, 6: average of more than one sample, 9: no data)
  g3:   CFC-113 flag (2: good data, 3: questionable data, 6: average of more than one sample, 9: no data)