APPENDIX A 



OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA 



Cruises Listed 



Table 



I. USCGC EVERGREEN. April 1971 



II. USCGC EVERGREEN, May 1971 . 



III. USCGC ROCKAWAY, May 1971 _. 



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Codes Utilized 



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

 are not self-explanatory are described below. 



Latitude Degrees and minutes of latitude. 



Longitude Degrees and minutes of longitude. 



Depth to bottom Uncorrected soundings in meters. 



Wave observations: 



DIR. 



HGT. 



PER. 



SEA 



-Rounded to nearest multiple of 10 degrees. 



-Increments of y^ meter. Sum of 5 meters plus increments 



of y2 meters if 50 is added to direction. 

 _If numerals 2 through 9 are entered, period in seconds is 



either twice the numeric entry or 2X (numeric entry) +1. 



= 20 or 21 sec. l=over 21 seconds. X = calm or not 



determined. 

 .Sea state according to WMO Code 3700. 



Code 

 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 



Height 



Om 



0-O.lm 

 0.1-0.5m 

 0.5-1.25m 

 1.25-2.5m 



Code 

 5 

 6 



7 

 8 

 9 



Height 



2.5^m 



4-6m 



6-9m 



9-14m 



>14m 



Weather Code Weather according to WMO Code 4501. 



Code 

 

 1 

 2 



Clear 



Partly cloudy 

 Cont. layers of 

 clouds 



Blowing snow, 

 sandstorm, etc. 

 Fog, haze, dust 



Code 

 5 

 6 



7 



Drizzle 

 Rain 



Snow and rain 

 and snow mixed 

 Shower (s) 

 Thunder- 

 storm (s) 



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