1       2        Country_Code     "country"
       3      10        Institute        "intitute"
      13      31        Vessel           "vessel"
      44       2        Cruise           "cruise number"
      46       3        Gear             "RT is water bottles and reversing thermometers;  MBT is mechanical BT;  MIX is MBT with a reversing thermometer for calibration"
      49       1        Number           "2 in all cases - not meaningful"
      50       4        Station          "station number"
      54       4        Year             "year"
      58       2        Month            "month"
      60       2        Day              "day of the month"
      62       2        Hour_start       "hour for start of the observation"
      64       2        Minute_start     "minute for the start of the observation"
      66       2        Hour_zone        "time zone - 19 means 5 hours earlier than greenwich
      68       2        Hour_end         "hour for end of observation"
      70       2        Minute_end       "minute for end of observation"
      72       2        Lat_degree       "latitude degree"
      74       4        Lat_minute       "latitude minute, to the tenth"
      78       3        Lon_degree       "longitude degree"
      81       4        Lon_minute       "longitude minute, to the tenth"
      85       5        Bot_depth        "bottom depth in m"
      90       5        Temp_air         "air temperature in degree C"
      95       5        Temp_q           "wet bulb temperature in degree C"
     100       6        Atmpress         "atmospheric pressure in mb"
     106       3        Wdir             "wind direction"
     109       5        Wspd             "wind speed in m/sec"
     114       2        Cl_tot           "percent total cloud cover - 7 means 70%"
     116       2        Cl_low           "percent low cloud cover - 7 means 70%"
     118      10        Cl_form          "ST is stratus, AC is altocumulus, SC is stratoclumulus, etc."
     128       2        Visibility       "visibility in km"
     130       2        Wave_1           "W is wind wave, S is swell, DS is dead swell;  wave_1 is dominant wave form"
     132       3        Wavedir_1        "direction of wave_1"
     135       2        Wave_2           "wave_2 is second most dominant wave form"
     137       3        Wavedir_2        "directon of wave_2"
     140       2        Waveform         "missing in all cases - not used"
     142       5        Wave_height      "height in meters of dimanant wave type"
     147       2        Wave_dir         "direction of domanant wave type"
     149       2        Sea_state        "Beaufort sea state"
     151      15        Phenomenon       "any comment about conditions"
     166       5        Depth            "depth of observation in meters"
     171       6        Temperature      "temperatue"
     177       6        Salinity         "salinity"
     183       6        Oxygen           "desolved oxygen, determined by titration"
     189       6        Phosphate        "phosphate in mkg-a/l (milli-killogram atoms per liter"
     195       6        Silicate         "silicate"
     201       6        Nitrate          "nitrate"