Entry 



TRANS, (m) 



WIND: 

 DIR. 

 SPEED OR FORCE 



BAROMETER (nibs) 



AIR TEMPERATURE 

 °C: 



DRY BULB 

 WET BULB 



VIS CODE 



NUMBER OBS. LEVEL 



Description of Field 

 Water transparency in meters as determined by Secchi disc. 



Direction from which wind is blowing in tens of degrees, according to WMO Code 0877. 

 If preceded by letter S, wind speed in knots; if preceded by letter F, wind force in 

 Beaufort code. 



Barometric pressure in millibars; tens, units, and tenths places only. 



Dry bulb air temperature in degrees centigrade, to tenths. 

 Wet bulb air temperature in degrees centigrade, to tenths. 



Visibility according to WMO Code 4300 



The number of observed levels associated with the station. 



SPECIAL 



OBSERVATIONS 



Entries in this space vary with individual cruises or stations. Information concerning 

 entries in this field can be requested from the NODC. 



2. A complete description of the codes can be found in NODC publication M-2 (Rev. August 

 1964), "Processing Physical and Chemical Data from Oceanographic Stations." 



Publications of U.S. Coast Guard Oceanographic Unit 

 Relating to Arctic Research 



CG 373-1— Gladfelter, W. H. et al (1964) Oceano- 

 graphic Cruise USCGC NORTHWIND, Bering and 

 Chukchi Seas, July-September 1962. 



CG 373-5— Franceschetti, A. P., D. A. McGill, N. Cor- 

 win and Elazar Uchupi (1964) Oceanographic Ob- 

 servations, Kennedy Channel, Kane Basin, Smith 

 Sound and Baffin Bay, Summer 1963. 



CG 373-6— Gladfelter, W. H., et al (1965) Oceano- 

 graphic Cruise, USCGC NORTHWIND, Chukchi, 



East Siberian, and Laptev Seas, August-September 

 1963. 



CG 373-12— Kollmeyer, R. C, et al (1967) Oceanog- 

 raphy of the Labrador Sea in the vicinity of Hudson 

 Straits in 1965. 



CG 373-16— Palfrey, K. M. (1968) Oceanography of 

 Baffin Bay and Nares Strait in the Summer of 1966. 



CG 373-24— Husby, D. M. (1969) Report of Oceano- 

 graphic Cruise, USCGC NORTHWIND, Northern 

 Bering Sea-Bering Strait-Chukchi Sea, July 1967. 



