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Journal for accession number:  0279098
Created on:                    2023-06-13 20:23:18 UTC
By:                            National Centers for Environmental Information

Source: NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML)
Real-time XBT data collected by the NOAA Shipboard Environmental Data
Acquisition System (SEAS) are downloaded from the AOML FTP server by NCEI.

Actions: An automated process transferred the original data files to the
data/0-data/ directory of this accession. The automated process also extracted
longitude and latitude data from the data files and plotted a sample location
map.
NCEI has determined that the name of the platform "Chicago Exoress" as documented in the data files is incorrect. The data files document the platform name as "Chicago Exoress" whilst NCEI has determined the correct platform name is "CHICAGO EXPRESS". NCEI has determined that the name of the platform "NApOc" as documented in the data files is incorrect. The data files document the platform name as "NApOc" whilst NCEI has determined the correct platform name is "Amazonas". NCEI has determined that the call sign for the platform "Amazonas" as documented in the data files is incorrect. The data files document the call sign as "PWPU" whilst NCEI has determined the correct call sign is "pwaz".
Files:

about/
This directory contains files created by NCEI staff and processing, including
'negotiable' information between NCEI staff and the data provider.

0279098_lonlat.txt -
  Station locations for these data.  Each row contains the geographical
  position of an XBT profile (longitude in the left column and latitude in
  the right column, both in degrees).

0279098_map.jpg -
  Station location map for these data.

SEAS2000_format.txt -
  Description of the Shipboard Environmental Data Acquisition System (SEAS)
  file format.

data/0-data/
This directory contains the data files as submitted to NCEI.

*.NDC -
  Data files in SEAS 2000 format as submitted by AOML.