Hi Frank, I am sending you 10 data files and a file of DDF information for 5 TOGA current meter and Seacat moorings. I am submitting the data in 2 tar files, because we had problems with the large tar file for the US/French moorings. I put the files on ftp.nodc.noaa.gov: pub/incoming tc1_2.tar contains: tc1.met, tc1.tmp, tc1_tc5.ddf, tc1b.met, tc2.met, tc2.tmp tc4_5.tar contains: tc4.met, tc4.tmp, tc5.met, tc5.tmp, tc5.vel Good luck with these. Let me know if there are problems. Margie A copy of tc1_tc5.ddf is appended: A. Originator Identification 1. NOAA-PMEL-OCRD 7600 Sand Point Way NE Bin C15700 Seattle, WA 98115-0070 2. TOGA 3. TOGA moorings 4. TC1 TC1B TC2 TC4 TC5 5. Buoy 6. USA, USA 7. 19/12/93 - 28/01/96 8. No 9. Yes 10. Paul Freitag (206) 526-6727 B. Scientific Content NAME-DATA FIELD REPORTING INSTRUMENT OTHER INST. DATA PROCESSING UNITS TYPE & MODEL INFO TECHNIQUES Wind Vector m/s AMP PMEL manufactured 2-hour with RM Young vector average propeller/vane or hourly data vector average of 6 min. of data at top of hour. Current Vector cm/s EG&G Savonious rotor 1-hour Model 610 and vane vector average Current Vector cm/s EG&G Orthogonal rotors 2-hour Model 630 vector average Air Temperature degrees C AMP Rotronics MP-100 1 or 2-hour average of spot samples Water Temperature degrees C AMP YSI thermistor 1 or 2-hour scalar average Water Temperature degrees C Sea-Bird Hourly SBE-16 average of Seacat 2, or 8 spot samples Water Temperature degrees C MTR YSI thermistor Hourly (Minature average of Temperature 4 spot Recorder) samples Relative Humidity % AMP Rotronics MP-100 1-hour scalar average C. DATA FORMAT 1. Record types Header record 1: Contains buoy name (4 bytes), spaces(4 bytes) nominal location (8 bytes), minutes between records (8 bytes), spaces (6 bytes), name of program that created the file (6 bytes), number of additional header records (6 bytes). sample: TC5 0_165E 60.0 JOINNH 2 Header record 2: The word "DEPTH" followed by seven spaces, and then a depth for each field in the data records. Velocity data records contain pairs of zonal and meridional components so in the depth record there are two entries of every depth. In meteorological data files, the "depth" values are negative, indicating that they are heights above the sea surface. Sample: DEPTH 200.0 200.0 250.0 250.0 300.0 300.0 Header record 3: The word "FLAGS" followed by seven spaces, and then a flag used to indicate missing data for each field in the data records. Sample: FLAGS -999.99 -999.99 -999.99 -999.99 -999.99 -999.99 Data records: All subsequent records. Time, date, 1 to 16 data values, record number. The time/date in each record indicates the beginning time for the hourly or daily average. (Except 1-hourly winds are averages beginning 3 minutes before the indicated time, ending 3 minutes after.) Each velocity record contains a pair of meridional and zonal components for every depth on the mooring for which any valid current meter data have been recovered. Each temperature record contains a water temperature value for every depth for which any temperature data have been recovered. Each meteorological record contains zonal wind velocity, meridional wind velocity, wind speed and direction, air temperature (optionally), SST (optionally), and relative humidity. 2. File organization All data of a given type for a single deployment are in one file. For the most part, data have either been recorded at 1-hourly intervals or reduced from their basic sampling intervals to hourly averages. First 4 characters of the file name indicate the mooring the instrument was deployed on and the extension (vel,tmp,met) indicates the type of data contained in the file. extension type of data vel current velocity tmp water temperature met meteorological data 3. FORTRAN 4. Responsible Computer Specialist -- Margie McCarty (206) 526-6745 See A1. for address. Data record formats: a. Current velocity files tc5.vel contains 4 pairs of zonal and meridional current values from these depths and in this order: 10m, 50m, 100m, 200m. Contents - HR,MI,DA,MO,YR,UU,VV,UU,VV,UU,VV,UU,VV,NN. Format - 1X,2I2,1X,3I2,8F8.2,I6 Missing or bad UU,VV filled with -999.99 b. Temperature files tc1.tmp contains temperature values from 1m. Contents - HR,MI,DA,MO,YR,TW,NN. Format - 1X,2I2,1X,3I2,F8.3,I6 Missing or bad TW filled with -99.999 tc2.tmp contains 16 temperature values from these depths and in this order: 1m, 5m, 10m, 20m, 30m, 50m, 75m, 100m, 125m, 150m, 175m, 200m, 225m, 300m, 400m, 500m Contents - HR,MI,DA,MO,YR,TW,TW,TW,TW,TW,TW,TW,TW,TW,TW,TW,TW, TW,TW,TW,TW,NN. Format - 1X,2I2,1X,3I2,16F8.3,I6 Missing or bad TW filled with -99.999 tc4.tmp contains temperature values from 1m. Contents - HR,MI,DA,MO,YR,TW,NN. Format - 1X,2I2,1X,3I2,F8.3,I6 Missing or bad TW filled with -99.999 tc5.tmp contains 13 temperature values from these depths and in this order: 1m, 5m, 11m, 30m, 51m, 75m, 101m, 125m, 150m, 175m, 201m, 250m, 300m Contents - HR,MI,DA,MO,YR,TW,TW,TW,TW,TW,TW,TW,TW,TW,TW,TW,TW, TW,NN. Format - 1X,2I2,1X,3I2,13F8.3,I6 Missing or bad TW filled with -99.999 c. Meteorological data files Files tc1.met, tc2.met, and tc4.met contain zonal and meridional winds at 4m above sea surface, wind speed, wind direction, air temperature (3m), and relative humidity (3m). Contents - HR,MI,DA,MO,YR,UU,VV,SS,DD,TA,RH,NN. Format - 1X,2I2,1X,3I2,3F8.2,F6.1,2F6.2,I6 Missing or bad UU,VV,SS filled with -999.99 Missing or bad DD filled with -999.9 Missing or bad TA,RH filled with -99.99 File tc5.met contains zonal and meridional winds at 4m above sea surface, wind speed, wind direction, and relative humidity (3m). Contents - HR,MI,DA,MO,YR,UU,VV,SS,DD,RH,NN. Format - 1X,2I2,1X,3I2,3F8.2,F6.1,F6.2,I6 Missing or bad UU,VV,SS filled with -999.99 Missing or bad DD filled with -999.9 Missing or bad RH filled with -99.99 d. Daily meteorological data files There were not any hourly meteorological or sea surface temperature data retrieved for mooring TC1B. Daily averages were transmitted to the lab in realtime, and these values are supplied in files fu3.met and fu5.met. N.B. The time given for each data point represents the time at the beginning of the 24 hour averaging interval. File tc1b.met contains zonal and meridional components of wind at 4m above sea surface, wind speed, wind direction, air temperature (3m), SST (1m depth) and relative humidity (3m above sea surface). Contents - HR,MI,DA,MO,YR,UU,VV,SS,DD,TA,TW,RH,NN. Format - 1X,2I2,1X,3I2,3F8.2,F6.1,2F6.2,F6.1,I6 Missing or bad UU,VV,SS filled with -999.99 Missing or bad DD filled with -999.9 Missing or bad TA,TW filled with -99.99 Missing or bad RH filled with -99.9 HR: GMT hour MI: Minute DA: Day MO: Month YR: Year UU: Zonal component of wind/current VV: Meridional component of wind/current SS: Wind speed DD: Wind direction TW: Water temperature TA: Air temperature RH: Relative humidity NN: Record number D. INSTRUMENT CALIBRATION Instrument Date of Last Organization Frequency Calibration PMEL Other EG&G610 (VACM) WHOI Never calibrated EG&G630 (VMCM) EG&G Never calibrated Sea-Bird SBE-16 Seacat Temperature 93 - 94 NWRCC Before and after use Minature Temperature Recorder 93 - 94 X Before and after use Rotronics MP-100 relative humidity 93 - 94 X Before and after use Rotronics MP-100 air temperature 93 - 94 X Before and after use APPENDIX 1. MOORING LOCATIONS AND DATES: Mooring Latitude Longitude Start End TC1 0 0.1'N 165 01.7'E 25 Dec 93 15 Apr 94 TC1B 0 0.1'N 165 01.7'E 16 Apr 94 15 Dec 94 TC2 0 0.4'N 156 01.8'E 19 Dec 93 28 Apr 94 TC4 0 0.3'N 155 59.2'E 29 Apr 94 13 Dec 94 TC5 0 0.5'N 165 00.8'E 01 May 95 28 Jan 96 APPENDIX 2. TYPE OF INSTRUMENT USED FOR EACH DATA FIELD tc1.tmp 1m TW: AMP, Seacat temperature tc1.met UU,VV,SS,DD: AMP, RM Young anemometer TA: AMP, Rotronics MP-100 RH: AMP, Rotronics MP-100 tc1b.met UU,VV,SS,DD: AMP, RM Young anemometer TA: AMP, Rotronics MP-100 TW: AMP, Seacat temperature (16 Apr 94 - 10 Nov 94) TW: AMP, YSI Themistor (11 Nov 94 - 15 Dec 94) RH: AMP, Rotronics MP-100 tc2.tmp 125m, 175m, 225m, 300m, 400m, 500m TW: MTR All other depths TW: Seacat temperature tc2.met UU,VV,SS,DD: AMP, RM Young anemometer TA: AMP, Rotronics MP-100 RH: AMP, Rotronics MP-100 tc4.tmp 1m TW: AMP, Seacat temperature tc4.met UU,VV,SS,DD: AMP, RM Young anemometer TA: AMP, Rotronics MP-100 RH: AMP, Rotronics MP-100 tc5.vel 10 m UU,VV: VMCM All other depths UU,VV: VACM tc5.tmp 125m, 175m, 250m, 300m TW: MTR All other depths TW: Seacat temperature tc5.met UU,VV,SS,DD: AMP, RM Young anemometer RH: AMP, Rotronics MP-100