A.	Originator Identification
	1. 	NOAA-PMEL-OERD
		7600 Sandpoint Way NE
		Seattle, WA 98115

	2.	VENTS

	3.	VENTS94_1.NODC (25 CASTS)
		VENTS94_2.NODC (19 CASTS)
		VENTS94_3.NODC (27 CASTS)
		VENTS94_5.NODC (17 CASTS)
		VENTS94_6.NODC (30 CASTS)

	4.	NOAA Ship SURVEYOR
		NOAA Ship DISCOVERER
	5.	SHIP
	6.	USA,USA
	7.	4/94 - 10/94
	8.	NO
	9.	NO

	10.	D.J. Pashinski
		206-526-6781

B.	Scientific Content

	PRESSURE		db		Paroscience quartz
						pressure sensor
	Temperature	deg-C	Seabird temperature
						sensor	
	Salinity		psu		Seabird			Sal78 conversion
						conductivity		
	Light			inverse	Seatech .25m
	Attenuation	meters

C.	Data format
	1.	Data  files formatted according to NODC F022
	2.	See NODC F022
	3.
	4.	D.J. Pashinski 206-526-6781
		Data transferred to ftp.nodc.noaa.gov/pub/nooa_vents_ctd
		12/27/94

D.	Instrument Calibration

	Seabird 9/11 plus profiling CTD
	sensors NRCC cal prior to each use