Oceanographic Station Data 



TABLES 



Notes on oceanographic data: 

 DU = USCGC DUANE 



ML=uscGC Mcculloch 



HU = USCGC HUMBOLDT 



BX = USCGC BIBB 

 EN = USCGC ESCANABA 

 SC=USCGC SPENCER 

 SB=USCGC SEBAGO 



T = Thermometric depths 



Q = Indicates value was noted as doubtful by originator 



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



Weather Symbols = Reported in WMO scales (USWB 1960) 



Explanation of Oceanographic Station Data 



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



1. Surface Observations 



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 



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 Publica- 

 tion C-I, Reference Source of Oceanographic Station Data, give complete bibliographic 

 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. 



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. 



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