Enclosed you will find ctd data from german research vessels.

The data are stored in unique format. The format comprise the followed sections: 
  
  (a) MAIN-HEADER records
      These are 30 records each time which include the meta-information about 
      the station and the number of channels and data cycles. Each record 
      begins with plain text description.
      
  (b) CHANNEL-HEADER records
      These records content information about the parameter its unit, maximum, 
      and minimum. The number of channel-headers is stored in the main-header
      record 25.
      
  (c) CALIBRATION-HEADER
      These records content information about data validationen if the BSH 
      software is used. The number of of calibration-hearders is stored in
      main-header record 26.
    
  (d) COMMENT-HEADER
      These records content comments to the data, validation etc..
      
  (e) DATA
      This is the keyword for the begin of the data. The number of data cycles
      is stored in main-header record 24.
      
The file structure:

Every station is stored in one file. The stations of one cruise are collected 
in one directory. The name of a directory is the reference number
for the cruise.
If you have comments or questions to a station please refer the name of
the directory or reference number and the file name not the cast number or 
other names.

The link between the reference number and the cruise meta-information can 
you find in the file content.

For questions and remarks send a e-mail to:

friedrich.nast@bsh.d400.de
or
reinhard.schwabe@bsh.d400.de