APPENDIX A 

 OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA 



Cruises Listed 



Table Page 



I USCGC EVERGREEN, April-June, and July 1970 97 



II USCGC ROCKAWAY, October 1970 266 



Codes Utilized 



A complete description of the codes utilized in the tabulation of oceanographlc 

 station data can be found in National Oceanographlc Data Center publication M-2, 

 Processing Physical and Chemical Data from Oceanographlc Stations. (Rev. August 

 1964, supplement issued May, 1966.) 



To facilitate use of the oceanographlc station data listing, entry headings which 

 are not self-explanatory are described below. 



Depth to Bottom Uncorrected sounding in meters. 



MAX. DEPTH OF SAMPLES, Depth of deepest sample in hundreds of meters to near- 

 (if 2 digit code) est hundred-meter interval, 



or 

 DNP (if 1 digit code) For internal use only. 



Wave observations 



DIR Rounded to nearest multiple of 10 degrees. 



HGT __..- Increments of V2 ^- Sum of 5 meters plus increments 



of 1/2 I"- if 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 3155. 



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 



Type Cloud type according to WMO Code 0500. 



Amount Cloud amount in eighths. Entry of the numeral 9 indi- 

 cates 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 Letter S, indicates wind speed in knots. 



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