Joint Archive for Shipboard ADCP:  Database April 10, 2006

*Only cruises received after the last submission to NODC
(Jan 11, 2005 to April 10, 2006) are included, for a total of 183 cruises,
from 11 ships.

Data organized in directories as:
     /SAC_ID (unique cruise) 

Information regarding each SAC_ID can be seen in file: 
cruise_list_for_Apr_2006_NODC_xfer.txt
 
Total size on this tape: 1.9 gigabytes

Files on this directory:
ship.ref: ship names, subdirectory abbreviations, ship codes
cruise_list_for_Apr_2006_NODC_xfer.txt: Identification Numbers (SAC IDs), 
          year of cruise, ship name, cruise name given by PI
format_and_method.txt: format description for NODC standard subset and
                       notes on data reduction

For each cruise (unique directory):
    sssss.sub          "standard subset (hourly and 10 m depth intervals
                        for U,V, transducer temp, and ship U, ship V,
                        for sac_id=sssss, ie. 00123.sub"
    sssss.bft          "cruise summary, or block footer as we call it"
    sssssnnn.blk       "CODAS block nnn for cruise sssss"
    sssssdir.blk       "CODAS block directory for cruise sssss"

    *some directories contain file mkblkftr.cnt-- ignore it.