Mitch, The melanie.dat file has the foloowing parameters. There are a total of 4473 CTD stations. geranium /disk3/WOCE/1996/MEDS The melanie.tdp file has 59 CTD stations. There are 2 gif images showing the data distribution. meds_ctd.gif 4473 stations meds_ctdaadd.gif 59 stations ACC = MEDS Accession# QCP = MEDS QC software performed QCF = MEDS QC software indicating tests failed geranium_ > grep "FLU101" melanie.dat | wc -l 337 geranium_ > grep "DOXY01" melanie.dat | wc -l 723 geranium_ > grep "TEMP01" melanie.dat | wc -l 4330 geranium_ > grep "TEMP02" melanie.dat | wc -l 43 geranium_ > grep "PSAL01" melanie.dat | wc -l 4015 geranium_ > grep "PSAL02" melanie.dat | wc -l 38 geranium_ > grep "ACC" melanie.dat | wc -l 4473 geranium_ > grep "QCP" melanie.dat | wc -l 4473 geranium_ > grep "QCF" melanie.dat | wc -l 4473