#DATA_DATES: 1994/02/28 18:14:00 --- to --- 1994/03/25 16:14:00
 #LON_RANGE:  44.40 W --- to ---  30.08 W
 #LAT_RANGE:  10.00 S --- to ---   7.94 N
 #DEPTH_RANGE:     24 --- to --- 408 m
 #SAC_CRUISE_ID: 00262 
 #PLATFORM_NAME: R/V Meteor
 #PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR_NAME: F. Schott, J. Fischer
 #PI_INSTITUTION: Institute fur Meereskunde an der Uiversitat Kiel
 #PI_COUNTRY: Germany
 #PROJECT: WOCE (Repeat Survey)
 #CRUISE_NAME: ship_tag=M27/3 woce_tag=AR04,AR15 EXPOCODE=06MT27_3
 #PORTS: unconfirmed
 #GEOGRAPHIC_REGION: Tropical Atlantic
 #PROCESSED_BY: Institut fuer Meereskunde, Kiel
 #NAVIGATION: GPS
 #QUALITY_NAV: good
 #GENERAL_INFORMATION: 
CRUISE NOTES
  CHIEF SCIENTIST ON SHIP     : unconfirmed
    INSTITUTE                 : Institute fur Meereskunde 
    COUNTRY                   : Germany
  SIGNIFICANT DATA GAPS       : 
  SPECIAL SHIP TRACK PATTERNS :
  COMMENTS                    : The scientific objectives were to 
determine pathways, transports and water mass characteristics of the 
interhemispheric exchange of warm water masses in the western boundary 
current regime of the tropical Atlantic.  The area of interest was 
between 10S to about 5N.

Calibrated and edited data were extracted from the data base at .5hour 
resolution and with the original 8m vertical resolution. The data are 
organized in sections.  Data were then interpolated onto a regular grid 
by objective mapping.  As the sections were either in meridional or zonal 
directions the grid follows the main section-direction with dimensions 
of 0.1 degrees.

THE NODC ARCHIVE ONLY CONTAINS THE GRIDDED DATA SET WHICH HAS BEEN
ADAPTED TO THE NODC STANDARD SUBSET.  THE NOMINAL TIMES FROM THE
OBJECTIVE MAPPING SCHEME HAVE BEEN MAINTAINED; THAT IS, THE TIME
INTERVALS ARE NOT HOURLY, BUT VARY FROM 1/2 HOUR TO SEVERAL HOURS. 
THE DEPTH INTERVALS ARE 8 M (NORMALLY 10M IN STANDARD SUBSET).
A HIGH-RESOLUTION (CODAS) DATABASE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS CRUISE.

ADCP INSTRUMENTATION
  MANUFACTURER                : RDI
  HARDWARE MODEL              : 150
  SERIAL NUMBERS              :
  FIRMWARE VERSION            :
  TRANSMIT FREQUENCY          : 153.6 kHz
  TRANSDUCER CONFIGURATION    : JANUS CONCAVE
  COMMENTS                    :

ADCP INSTALLATION
  METHOD/DESCRIPTION OF THE
    ATTACHMENT TO THE HULL    : The transducers were installed in the front hull
                                to reduce noise by propeller cavitation.
  LOCATION/DEPTH ON HULL      : Transducer depth at nominally 5 m
  REPEATABLE ATTACHMENT       : 
  DATE OF MOST RECENT ATTACH. :
  ACOUSTIC WINDOW             : 
  COMMENTS                    :

ADCP INSTRUMENT CONFIGURATION
  DEPTH RANGE                 : 24 to 408 m
  BIN LENGTH                  : 8 m
  NUMBER OF BINS              : unconfirmed
  TRANSMIT PULSE LENGTH       : unconfirmed
  BLANKING INTERVAL           : unconfirmed
  ENSEMBLE AVERAGING INTERVAL : unconfirmed
  SOUND SPEED CALCULATION     : unconfirmed
  BOTTOM TRACKING             : unconfirmed
  DIRECT COMMANDS             : unconfirmed
  COMMENTS                    :

ADCP DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM
  SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS         : RDI
  SOFTWARE VERSIONS           : DAS 2.48
  DATA LOGGER, MAKE/MODEL     : PC
  ADCP/LOGGER COMMUNICATION   :
  USER BUFFER VERSION         : unconfirmed
  CLOCK                       : unconfirmed
  COMMENTS                    :

SHIP HEADING                      
  INSTRUMENT MAKE/MODEL       : gyro
  SYNCHRO OR STEPPER          :
  SYNCHRO RATIO               :
  COMPENSATION APPLIED        : no
  GPS ATTITUDE SYSTEM         : no
    LOCATION OF ANTENNAS      :
    RIGID ATTACHMENT          : 
    LOGGING RATE              :

ANCILLARY MEASUREMENTS            
  SURFACE TEMP AND SALINITY   : unconfirmed
  PITCH/ROLL MEASUREMENTS     :
  HYDRO CAST MEASUREMENTS     : yes
  BIOMASS DETERMINATION       : no
    DATE OF LAST CALIBRATION  :
    CALIBRATION COEFFICIENTS  :
    BEAM-AVERAGED AGC AVAILABLE?: 
    CALIBRATION NET TOWS?     :  
  COMMENTS                    :

ADCP DATA PROCESSING/EDITING
  PERSONNEL IN CHARGE         : J.Fischer
  DATE OF PROCESSING          : 
  ADDED TO NODC DB            : July 1998
  NOTABLE SCATTERING LAYERS   :
  COMMENTS                    :
Profile editing performed using CODAS software.  Bottom reflection 
and wire interference cleaned as necessary.

NAVIGATION
  GPS                         : YES
    MAKE/MODEL                : Magnavox
    SELECTIVE AVAILABILITY    : 
    P-CODE                    : 
    DIFFERENTIAL              : no
    SAMPLE INTERVAL           :
    LOCATION OF ANTENNA
      RELATIVE TO TRANSDUCER  :
    TIME OBTAINED RELATIVE TO
      START/END OF ENSEMBLE   : unconfirmed
    AVERAGING/EDITING APPLIED : yes, bad fixes edited out
    LOGGED WITH ADCP DATA     : yes
    LOGGED INDEPENDENTLY      : yes
    COMMENTS                  :
  OTHER                       : 

CALIBRATION 
    GYROCOMPASS CORRECTION      : no
    BOTTOM TRACK METHOD         : No 
    WATER TRACK METHOD          : YES

NAVIGATION CALCULATION             
    NAVIGATION USED             : GPS
    REFERENCE LAYER DEPTH RANGE : unconfirmed
    FILTERING METHOD FOR 
      SMOOTHING REFERENCE LAYER 
      VELOCITY (FORM/WIDTH)     :  Blackman window function 
    FINALIZED SHIP VEL/POSITIONS 
    STORED IN DATABASE          : YES
    COMMENTS                    : 

 GENERAL_ASSESSMENT             : OK
    ON-STATION VS. UNDERWAY     : OK
    VECTOR, CONTOUR, STICK PLOTS: OK
    COMMENTS                    : OK

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