LIST OF CONVERSION TABLES 



Table 

 Number 



1 NODC COUNTRY CODE 29 



2 TENTHS CONVERSION - Conversion from seconds (of 



position) or minutes (of time) to tenths of 



minut es or hour 31 



3(a) MARSDEE SQUARE CHART 33 



3(Td) ONE DEGREE DIVISIONS OF MARSDEN SQUARES 35 



k- TIME - Conversion from zone to Greenwich 



Mean Time (GMT) 36 



5 DEPTH - Conversion from fathoms to meters 3T 



6 DEPTH - Conversion from feet to meters (tenths) 39 



7 WATER COLOR - Forel-Ule scale and conversion from 



percent yellow and percent "brown scale J+1 



8 DIRECTION - In degrees from which waves and /or 



winds are coming. k2 



9 DIRECTION - Conversion from points^ quarter points^ 



or a scale of 32 to a scale of 36 points k3 



10 HEIGHT - WMO Code 1555 for recording height of 



the dominant waves hk 



11 PERIOD - WMO Code 3155 for recording period of 



dominant waves ^5 



12 SEA STATE - WMO Code 37OO for recording sea state h6 



13 WIND SPEED - Conversion from meters per second 



to knots ^7 



Ik WIND SPEED - Conversion from miles per hour 



to knots U8 



15 WIND SPEED - Conversion from kilometers per hour 



to knots k9 



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