Oceanographic Station Data 



Notes on oceanographic data : 



YA=USCGC YUKUTAT 

 ML=USCGC MCCULLOCH 

 AI = USCGC ANDROSCOGGIN 

 AZ = USCGC ABSECON 



Tables 



T = Thermometric depths 



Q= Indicates value was noted as doubtful by originator 



P= Indicates value has been designated as potentially implausible by NODC 



Explanation of Oceanographic Station Data 



A. Description of Entries, Units and Codes on NODC Station Listing 

 1. Surface Observations 



Description of Field 

 NODC reference identity number. 



Indicates nationality of the institute or agency conducting the survey or expedition. 

 A reference number assigned by NODC for storage-retrieval purposes. NODC Publi- 

 cation C-1, Reference Sources of Oceanographic Station Data, gives complete bibli- 

 ographic and other pertinent information for each cruise. 

 Alphabetic representation of ship's name (or ICES numeric ship code). 

 Degrees, minutes, and tenths of minutes, N or S. 

 Degrees, minutes, and tenths of minutes, E or W. 

 The letter D appears in this column if extensive drift occurred while on station. 



Entry 

 NODC REF. ID. NO 

 COUNTRY CODE 

 CRUISE NUMBER 



SHIP CODE 

 LATITUDE 

 LONGITUDE 

 DRIFT INDICATOR 



MARSDEN SQUARE 

 10° 

 1° 



STATION TIME 

 (GMT) 

 MONTH 



DAY 



HR. 1/10 



YEAR 



ORIGINATOR'S 

 CRUISE NUMBER 



STATION NUMBER 

 DEPTH TO BOTTOM 

 MAX. DEPTH OF 

 SAMPLES 



WAVE OBSERVATIONS 

 DIR. 



HGT. 

 PER. 



SEA AMT. 

 WEATHER CODE 



Marsden square number according to the Marsden square system. 



The one-degree square number according to the Marsden square system. 



Date and time given by the originator (GMT) . 



Month (GMT). 



Day (GMT). 



GMT to nearest tenth of an hour. 



Year 



Alphabetic or alpha-numeric designator as assigned by the originator. If the year of 

 the cruise forms part of the cruise numbering system, the year digits are found in 

 preceding field. 



Originator's station number or designator. 

 Corrected or uncorrected sounding depth in meters. 



Depth of deepest sample in hundreds of meters to nearest hundred-meter interval. 



Direction from which the dominant waves are coming, in tens of degrees, according to 



WMO Code 0885. 



Height of dominant waves according to WMO Code 1555. 



Period of dominant waves according to WMO Code 3155. 



Sea amount (sea state) according to WMO Code 3700 (preceded by the letter A). 



If preceded by the letter X, weather according to WMO Code 4501. A numeric two-digit 



entry indicates weather according to WMO Code 4677. 



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