Header Record Format   

Format

: Format description in FORTRAN

Field Item(1) Item(2) Format Explanations and Remarks
001-001 Information of header   A1 To show whether one record is a header or not.
This field is always "H".
002-002 The end of one record   A1 To show the end of one record.
This field is usually "C".
003-017 Position Latitude I2, I2, I2, A1 ddmmssN(S)
Longitude I3, I2, I2, A1 dddmmssE(W)
018-025 Observation Date Year, Month, Day I4, I2, I2 yyyymmdd(GMT)
026-031 Observation Time Hour, Minute, Second I2, I2, I2 hhmmss (Hour, Minute, Second)(GMT)
If it is in error, this field is blank.
032-033 Country Code   A2 49 : JAPAN
034-038 Code of Observational Institution   A1, A2, A2 10000 : University of Hokaido
039-045 Ship Code or Identity Code   A7 Radio Call Sign JDVA, JCDN, JLMJ : Oshoro MARU
JKCQ, JPPL : Hokusei MARU
046-048 Cruise Number   I3 The number in year, month and Radio Call Sign order
049-052 Project Code   A4 Project Code
053-058 The date this record can
be offered.		 Year, Month I4, I2 If this field fill in "999999", this record can be offered.
059-062 Water Water Color A2 Refer to Code of Weather.
Transparency A2 Unit is meter.
063-068 Wind Wind Direction I3 Unit is degree.
Wind Speed F3.1 or
A1, I2*		 Unit is meter per a second.
* "L??" (? : 00-12) is Japan Meteorological Agency's Wind Force Code
069-075 Wave Direction I3 Unit is degree.
Height F3.1 or
A1, 1X, I1*		 Unit is meter.
* "L ?" (? : 0-9) is Japan Meteorological Agency's Sea State Code
Interval I1 Unit is second.
076-082 Swell Direction I3 Unit is degree.
Height F3.1 or
A1, 1X, I1*		 Unit is meter.
* "L ?" (? : 0-9) is Japan Meteorological Agency's Swell Class Code
Interval I1 Unit is second.
083-086 Temperature of water   F4.1 Unit is degree.
087-088 Humidity   I2 Unit is percent(%).
089-090 Weather   A2 Refer to Code of Weather.
091-094 Cloud Cloud amount I2 Refer to Code of Weather.
    Cloud type A2 Refer to Code of Weather.
095-099 Air pressure   F5.1 Unit is hecto pascal (hPa).
100-101 Visibility   I2 Unit is kilometer.
102-102 Error flag for Observation
Station information		   A1 Refer to Error flag of observation station information.
103-103 Flag for record error   A1 Refer to Data record error flag.
104- Reference number     The reference number assigned by JODC.