FILE TYPE 015 - CURRENT METER (EULERIAN) - 3/30/79 VERSION NOTES AND CORRECTIONS THIS FORMAT IS DESIGNED TO RECORD TIME SERIES MEASUREMENTS FOR ARCHIVED OR FIXED CURRENT METER ARRAYS FOR ANY WATER DEPTH. THESE MEASUREMENTS SUPPORT STUDIES TO DETERMINE CIRCULATION AND TRANSPORT PATTERNS IN OFFSHORE AND NEARSHORE OCEAN REGIMES. THE FORMAT CONSISTS OF FOUR DATA RECORDS FOR REPORTING CURRENT COMPONENTS, TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE AND SALINITY OR CONDUCTIVITY AS WELL AS METER POSITION AND METER DEPTH, DATES OF OPERATION, WATER DEPTH, METER NUMBER, INSTITUTION AND OTHER SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION INCLUDING A RECORD FOR TEXT. DATA CAN BE REPORTED OVER ANY ACTUAL OR FILTERED TIME INTERVAL AND IS EXPRESSED IN HOURS AND MINUTES. DIRECTION AND SPEED ARE EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF U AND V COMPONENTS IN CM/SEC WITH POSITIVE DIRECTIONS EAST AND NORTH AND NEGATIVE DIRECTIONS WEST AND SOUTH. CURRENTS ARE INDICATED AS DIRECTION 'TOWARD'. ALL RECORDS IN THIS FORMAT ARE 60 COLUMNS IN LENGTH. THIS FILE IS SORTED BY STATION NUMBER (METER NUMBER), RECORD TYPE AND SEQUENCE NUMBER TO OBTAIN THE PROPER SEQUENCE OF RECORDS. THE FIRST NINE COLUMNS FOR ALL RECORDS ARE TO BE USED FOR FILE TYPE (COLUMNS 1-3) AND FILE IDENTIFIER (COLUMNS 4-9). THE FILE IDENTIFIER, TO BE ASSIGNED BY THE ORIGNATOR, IS A UNIQUE ORIGINATOR ID FOR EACH DATA SUBMISSION. AFTER SUBMISSION, THE NODC REASSIGNS TO THIS FIELD A UNIQUE NODC IDENTIFIER FOR INTERNAL USE. ***** FILETYPE 015 - 3/30/79 - SALINITY FIELD (SC 50) EXTENDED TO 5 BYTES ***** PARAMETER DESCRIPTION SC TEXT RECORD NODC FILE NUMBER ALWAYS "015" 1 NODC TRACK NUMBER 6-CHARACTER UNIQUE CRUISE OR DATA SET 4 IDENTIFIER ASSIGNED BY NODC RECORD NUMBER ALWAYS '1' 10 METER NUMBER FIVE-CHARACTER FIELD ASSIGNED BY 11 THE ORIGINATOR - ALSO INCLUDED ON RECORD TYPES 2 AND 3 TEXT THIRTY-EIGHT CHARACTER FIELD FOR 16 COMMENTS OR PERTINENT INFORMATION BLANK 54 SEQUENCE NUMBER XXXXXX - USED FOR SORTING TEXT 55 INFORMATION MASTER RECORD NODC FILE NUMBER ALWAYS "015" 1 NODC TRACK NUMBER 6-CHARACTER UNIQUE CRUISE OR DATA SET 4 IDENTIFIER ASSIGNED BY NODC RECORD NUMBER ALWAYS '2' 10 METER NUMBER SEE RECORD '1' 11 LATITUDE DDMMXX PLUS HEMISPHERE 'N' OR 'S' - 16 MINUTES TO HUNDREDTHS LONGITUDE DDDMMXX PLUS HEMISPHERE 'E' OR 'W' - 23 MINUTES TO HUNDREDTHS DEPTH OF BOTTOM XXXXX (WHOLE METERS) 31 DEPTH OF CURRENT XXXXX (METERS TO TENTHS) 36 METER METER USAGE SEQUENCE XXX - USED FOR INDICATING NUMBER OF 41 NUMBER TIMES METER HAS BEEN USED INSTITUTION TWO-CHARACTER NODC INSTITUTION CODE - 44 USE CODE 0218 AXIS ROTATION XXX - DEGREES CLOCKWISE FROM TRUE NORTH 46 OF V AXIS - VALUES SHOULD BE 0 WHEN FINAL PROCESSED TO PROVIDE TRUE DIRECTION INFORMATION LOCATION NAME SIX-CHARACTER NAME DETERMINED BY 49 ORIGINATOR NUMBER OF DETAIL XXXXXX - USED TO INDICATE NUMBER OF 55 RECORDS DETAIL RECORDS (3) TO FOLLOW THE MASTER RECORD (2) DETAIL RECORD 1 NODC FILE NUMBER ALWAYS "015" 1 NODC TRACK NUMBER 6-CHARACTER UNIQUE CRUISE OR DATA SET 4 IDENTIFIER ASSIGNED BY NODC RECORD NUMBER ALWAYS '3' 10 METER NUMBER SEE RECORD '1' 11 DATE (GMT) YYMMDD 16 TIME (GMT) XXXXXX (HOURS, MINUTES TO HUNDREDTHS) 22 EAST-WEST CURRENT XXXXXX - CM/SEC TO HUNDREDTHS WITH 28 COMPONENT (U) POSITIVE DIRECTIONS (EAST AND NORTH) INDICATED WITHOUT PLUS SIGN - NEGATIVE DIRECTIONS (WEST AND SOUTH) PRECEDED BY MINUS SIGN - DIRECTION TOWARD NORTH-SOUTH CURRENT XXXXXX - CM/SEC TO HUNDREDTHS WITH 34 COMPONENT (V) POSITIVE DIRECTIONS (EAST AND NORTH) INDICATED WITHOUT PLUS SIGN - NEGATIVE DIRECTIONS (WEST AND SOUTH) PRECEDED BY MINUS SIGN - DIRECTION TOWARD TEMPERATURE XXXXX WITH NEGATIVE TEMPERATURES 40 PRECEDED BY MINUS SIGN (DEG C TO THOUSANDTHS) PRESSURE XXXXX (DECIBARS TO TENTHS) 45 CONDUCTIVITY XXXX - MMHOS/CM TO HUNDREDTHS 50 BLANK 54 SEQUENCE NUMBER XXXXXX - USED FOR SORTING DATA RECORDS 55 DETAIL RECORD 2 NODC FILE NUMBER ALWAYS "015" 1 NODC TRACK NUMBER 6-CHARACTER UNIQUE CRUISE OR DATA SET 4 IDENTIFIER ASSIGNED BY NODC RECORD NUMBER ALWAYS '4' 10 METER NUMBER SEE RECORD '1' 11 DATE (GMT) YYMMDD 16 TIME (GMT) XXXXXX (HOURS, MINUTES TO HUNDREDTHS) 22 EAST-WEST CURRENT XXXXXX - CM/SEC TO HUNDREDTHS WITH 28 COMPONENT (U) POSITIVE DIRECTIONS (EAST AND NORTH) INDICATED WITHOUT PLUS SIGN - NEGATIVE DIRECTIONS (WEST AND SOUTH) PRECEDED BY MINUS SIGN - DIRECTION TOWARD NORTH-SOUTH CURRENT XXXXXX - CM/SEC TO HUNDREDTHS WITH 34 COMPONENT (V) POSITIVE DIRECTIONS (EAST AND NORTH) INDICATED WITHOUT PLUS SIGN - NEGATIVE DIRECTIONS (WEST AND SOUTH) PRECEDED BY MINUS SIGN TEMPERATURE XXXXX WITH NEGATIVE TEMPERATURES 40 PRECEDED BY MINUS SIGN (DEG C TO THOUSANDTHS) PRESSURE XXXXX (DECIBARS TO TENTHS) 45 SALINITY XXXXX PARTS PER THOUSAND TO 50 THOUSANDTHS SEQUENCE NUMBER XXXXXX - USED FOR SORTING DATA RECORDS 55 NODC CODES USED WITH THIS FORMAT: NODC Code Tables for use with F015: 0218 DATA SOURCE ---- -------------------- 02 -- WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INST 03 -- OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY 09 -- UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON(SEATTLE) 12 -- COLUMBIA UNIV. LAMONT-DOHERTY GEOL OBSERVATORY (PALISADES N.Y.) 3F -- PMEL-UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON(SEATTLE) BC -- BROWN & CALDWELL (COSTA MESA, CA.) CI -- UNIV. OF ALASKA DS -- DOBROCKY SEATECH (ANCHORAGE, ALASKA) I7 -- UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA-IMS (FAIRBANKS) TB -- NATIONAL OCEAN SURVEY, PMC (SEATTLE)