APPENDIX A 

 OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA 



Cruises Listed 



Table P<^^ 



I. Observed and interpolated oceanographic data taken by USCG EVERGREEN, 15-26 January 1968, 



on ICNAF Cruise 68-1; prepared from NODC Listing No. 31-84034. 92 



II. Observed and interpolated oceanographic data taken by BCF R/V ALBATROSS IV, 28 January-27 

 February 1969, on ICNAF Cruise 69-1 ; prepared from NODC Listing No. 31-8084. 123 



A complete description of the codes utilized in tlie tabulation of oceanographic station data can 

 be found in National Oceanographic Data Center publication M-2, Processing Physieal- and Chemi- 

 cal Data from Oceanographic Stations. (Rev. August 1964, supplement issued May 1966.) 



To facilitate use of the oceanographic station data listing, entry headings wliich are not self- 

 explanatory are described below. 



Depth to Bottom Corrected or uncorrected sounding in meters. 



Max. Depth of Samples Depth of deepest sample to nearest multiple of one hundred meters. 



Wave observations 



DIR. Rounded to nearest multiple of 10 degrees. 



HGT. In increments of % ni. Sum of 5 meters plus increments of V2 m 'f 50 is added to 



direction. 



PER. If numerals 2 through 9 are entered, period in seconds is twice the numeric entry 



or 2X (numeric entry) +1. For other entries see WMO Code 31!55. 



SEA Sea state according to WMO Code 3700. 



Weather Code If preceded by X, weather according to WMO Code 4501. If a two-digit entry, weather 



according to WMO Code 4677. 



Cloud Code 



Typo Cloud type according to WMO Code 0.500. 



Amount Cloud amount in eights. Entry of the numeral 9 indicates cloud amount could not 



be estimated. 



Water 



Color Code Color according to Forel-Ule scale. 



Trans. Transparency in whole meters as determined by Secchi disc. 



Wind 



Dir. Rounded to nearest multiple of 10 degrees. 



Speed or Force If preceded liy letter S, wind speed in knots; if preceded by letter F, wind force 



according to Beaufort scale. 



Barometer Barometric pressure given in 10, units and tenths of millibars. 



Air Temp. °C. . Air temperature to tenths of a degree centigrade. 



Vis. Code Visibility according to WMO Code 4300. 



No obs. depths Numlter of observed levels a.s.sociated with the station. 



Messenger time Entered in hours and tenths of an hour GMT. For Nansen casts, indicates time of 



release of messenger applicable to the observational level. For STD casts, indi- 

 cates the starting time of lowering the sensor. 



Card type OBS designates observed levels. STD indicates the values at this standard level 



were interpolated l)y a modified 3-point LaGrange formula. 



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