Joint Archive for Shipboard ADCP:  Annual Submission to NODC
December 29, 2008

This annual submission includes three cruises that replace 
cruises in the existing NODC database.  The JASADCP IDs for these
cruises are 00409, 00410, and 00411.  The original data were sent 
to NODC in 2001, Accession number unconfirmed. The data were replaced 
in 2008 after updated calibration and editing were received.

This new submission includes 122 new cruises which were received
at the JASADCP after the most recent submission to NODC 
(NODC Accession 0036863, sent to NODC in November 2007).

Data are from 13 unique vessels.  Data were provided from 3 countries
(US, UK, and Japan).  

Some cruises have more than one ADCP.  If the depth penetration and 
resolution characterists differ, then a unique JASADCP ID (sometimes
refered to as an SAC ID) is assigned to each data source.  Thus, there 
could be more than one ADCP set for a single cruise.  Such occurrences 
are documented in the cruise summary file.

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

Information regarding each SAC_ID can be seen in file: 
cruise_list_for_Dec2008_NODC_xfer.txt
 
Total size on this tape: 1.2 gigabytes

Files on this directory:
ship_list.txt: ship names, subdirectory abbreviations, ship codes
cruise_list_for_Dec2008_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.

    for SAC ID 01070 (R/V Mirai), there are no *.blk files.  The
    original data files are provided.