netcdf classic (CDF-1) {
dimensions:
	depth = UNLIMITED ; // (981 currently)
// global attributes:
		:shipname = "R/V GYRE" ;
		:instrument = "Sea-Bird SBE-911-Plus" ;
		:message00 = "The following are lines from the original file" ;
		:message01 = "$NEGOM: Last Modification 02/13/2002" ;
		:message02 = "$$NEGOM:  %T and V0 corrected for light source degredation" ;
		:message03 = "$NEGOM: 11-May-1999 Transmissometer corrected." ;
		:message04 = "$NEGOM: Backscatterance wild-points removed (interpolated) or flagged." ;
		:message05 = "$NEGOM: %T=20V, V = (4.660/4.71)*(v0+0.002) Trans applied 11-May-99" ;
		:message06 = "$NEGOM: Modification 29-Jan-1998 Header Standardized" ;
		:message07 = "*******************************************************************" ;
		:message08 = "** The Northeastern Gulf of Mexico Physical Oceanography Program **" ;
		:message09 = "**        Chemical Oceanography and Hydrography Study            **" ;
		:message10 = "**                                                               **" ;
		:message11 = "** Sponsored by: U.S. Minerals Management Service                **" ;
		:message12 = "**               Contract number OCS 1435-01-97-CT-30851         **" ;
		:message13 = "**                                                               **" ;
		:message14 = "** Conducted by: Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M University     **" ;
		:message15 = "**                                                               **" ;
		:message16 = "** Archived by;                                                  **" ;
		:message17 = "**                                                               **" ;
		:message18 = "**    The National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC)              **" ;
		:message19 = "**              NODC Project Code 0412                           **" ;
		:message20 = "**                                                               **" ;
		:message21 = "** For questions regarding these data please contact:            **" ;
		:message22 = "** Dr. Matthew K. Howard                                         **" ;
		:message23 = "** Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University              **" ;
		:message24 = "** College Station, TX 77843-3146                                **" ;
		:message25 = "** (979)-862-4169 (voice), email: mkhoward@tamu.edu              **" ;
		:message26 = "*******************************************************************" ;
		:message27 = "**********************************************************" ;
		:message28 = "* Column  1: Pressure (decibars)" ;
		:message29 = "* Column  2: Depth (salt water) (meters)" ;
		:message30 = "* Column  3: Temperature (deg C) ITS-90" ;
		:message31 = "* Column  4: Potential temperature (deg C)" ;
		:message32 = "* Column  5: Conductivity (S/m)" ;
		:message33 = "* Column  6: Salinity (PSS-78 psu)" ;
		:message34 = "* Column  7: Sigma-theta (kg/m^3)" ;
		:message35 = "* Column  8: Oxygen current (microamps)" ;
		:message36 = "* Column  9: Oxyyen temperature (deg C)" ;
		:message37 = "* Column 10: Instrument package descent rate dz/dt (m/s)" ;
		:message38 = "* Column 11: Transmission (percent)" ;
		:message39 = "* Column 12: Transmission (volts)" ;
		:message40 = "* Column 13: Irradiance (PAR) (microEinsteins/m^2/sec)" ;
		:message41 = "* Column 14: Irradiance (PAR) (volts)" ;
		:message42 = "* Column 15: Relative fluorescence (volts)" ;
		:message43 = "* Column 16: Relative Backscatterance (volts)" ;
		:message44 = "**********************************************************" ;
		:message45 = "* Press   Depth  Temp   PoTemp     Cond     Sal   Sig-Th   O2-Cur  O2Temp  dz/dt  %Tran Tran-V     PAR     PAR-V  FL-V   OBS-V" ;
		:message46 = "*END*" ;
variables:
	float pressure(depth) ;
		pressure:long_name = "pressure" ;
		pressure:units = "hecto pascals" ;
	float depth(depth) ;
		depth:long_name = "depth (saltwater)" ;
		depth:units = "meters" ;
	float temperature(depth) ;
		temperature:long_name = "temperature_t90" ;
		temperature:units = "celsius" ;
	float potemp(depth) ;
		potemp:long_name = "potential temperature" ;
		potemp:units = "celsius" ;
	float conductivity(depth) ;
		conductivity:long_name = "conductivity" ;
		conductivity:units = "Siemens per meter" ;
	float salinity(depth) ;
		salinity:long_name = "salinity" ;
		salinity:units = "PSS-78" ;
	float sigmat(depth) ;
		sigmat:long_name = "sigma-t" ;
		sigmat:units = "kilograms per cubic meter" ;
	float o2current(depth) ;
		o2current:long_name = "Oxygen sensor current" ;
		o2current:units = "micro-amps" ;
	float o2temp(depth) ;
		o2temp:long_name = "Oxygen sensor temperature" ;
		o2temp:units = "celcius" ;
	float dzdt(depth) ;
		dzdt:long_name = "instrument package decent rate" ;
		dzdt:units = "meters per second" ;
	float trans(depth) ;
		trans:long_name = "percent transmission" ;
		trans:units = "percent" ;
	float transv(depth) ;
		transv:long_name = "transmissometer volts" ;
		transv:units = "volts" ;
	float par(depth) ;
		par:long_name = "photosynthetically active radiation" ;
		par:units = "microEinsteins per square meter" ;
	float parv(depth) ;
		parv:long_name = "PAR sensor volts" ;
		parv:units = "volts" ;
	float fluor(depth) ;
		fluor:long_name = "relative fluoresence" ;
		fluor:units = "volts" ;
	float backs(depth) ;
		backs:long_name = "relative backscatterance" ;
		backs:units = "volts" ;
	float latitude ;
		latitude:long_name = "degrees north of 0" ;
	float longitude ;
		longitude:long_name = "degrees west of 0" ;
	float bottomdepth ;
		bottomdepth:long_name = "water depth" ;
		bottomdepth:units = "meters" ;
	int year ;
		year:long_name = "year AD" ;
	int month ;
		month:long_name = "month" ;
	int day ;
		day:long_name = "day of month (UTC)" ;
	int hour ;
		hour:long_name = "hour (UTC)" ;
	int minutes ;
		minutes:long_name = "minutes" ;
// depth: first 3.5, last 493.5, count 981
}