a08sta.dat (File 4)
This file provides station inventory information for each station occupied during the R/V Meteor cruise along WOCE Section A8. Each line of the file contains an expocode, section number, station number, cast number, sampling date (month/date/year), sampling time, latitude, longitude, and sounding depth. The file is sorted by station number and can be read by using the following FORTRAN 90 code [contained in stainv.for (File 2)]:
INTEGER stat, cast, depth
CHARACTER expo*9, sect*3, date*10, time*4
REAL latdcm, londcm
read (1, 10, end=999) expo, sect, stat, cast, date, time,
1 latdcm, londcm, depth
10 format (A9, 4X, A3, 3X, I3, 5X, I1, 3X, A10, 2X, A4, 3X,
1 F7.3, 3X, F8.3, 3X, I4)
Stated in tabular form, the contents include the following:
| Variable | Variable type | Variable width | Starting column | Ending column |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| expo | Character | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| sect | Character | 3 | 14 | 16 |
| stat | Numeric | 3 | 20 | 22 |
| cast | Numeric | 1 | 28 | 28 |
| date | Character | 10 | 32 | 41 |
| time | Character | 4 | 44 | 47 |
| latdcm | Numeric | 7 | 51 | 57 |
| londcm | Numeric | 8 | 61 | 68 |
| depth | Numeric | 4 | 72 | 75 |
The variables are defined as follows:
| expo | - | is the expocode of the cruise; |
| sect | - | is the WOCE section number; |
| stat | - | is the station number; |
| cast | - | is the cast number; |
| date | - | is the sampling date (month/day/year); |
| time | - | is the sampling time [Greenwich mean time (GMT)]; |
| latdcm | - | is the latitude of the station (in decimal degrees; negative values indicate the Southern Hemisphere); |
| londcm | - | is the longitude of the station (in decimal degrees; negative values indicate the Western Hemisphere); |
| depth | - | is the sounding depth of the station (in meters). |
Last modified: 2021-03-17T18:30:28Z
