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		** readme file for pCO2 data (*_pco2.dat files) *****
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	**ANY QUERIES REGARDING THIS FTP SITE OR THE pCO2 DATA SHOULD BE DIRECTED 
	**TO EITHER ROD JOHNSON (rod@bbsr.edu) or Julian Mitchell (jmitchel@bbsr.edu)


Data for the Continuous Measurements of pCO2 (and Underway thermosalinograph and IMET data) are available for the 
following periods:


	1994: July to November			(Total file size 1.04MB)

	1995: January to November		(Total file size 2.27MB)
	
	1996: January to December		(Total file size 2.49MB)



Each *.dat file represents a catenated series of the available monthly data files with the following format:

	
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	NOTE: matrix (n,21), "no data" represented by -9.99 or -9.9900
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col 1:	year (YY)
col 2:	Dec. day
col 3:	Dec. Lat
col 4:	Dec. Long
col 5:	Ship Heading (deg)
col 6:	Ship speed (m/s)
col 7:	Relative Wind Direction (deg)
col 8:	Relative wind speed (m/s)
col 9:	No data
col 10:	Air temperature (oC)
col 11:	Relative humidity (%)
col 12:	no data
col 13: Incoming Short Wave Radiation (W/m2)
col 14: No data
col 15:	Temperature at seawater intake (oC)
col 16:	Salinity at seawater intake
col 17:	Rainfall (mm)
col 18:	Temperature at pCO2 equilibrator (oC)
col 19:	Atmospheric pressure at pCO2 system (mb)
col 20:	Seawater pCO2 (uatm)
col 21:	Atmospheric pCO2 (ppm)



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**Last updated: November 21st 2002.**
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