met18sta.inv (File 5)
This file provides station inventory information for each of the 61 stations occupied during the R/V Meteor Cruise 18/1. Each line of the file contains an expocode, section number, station number, cast number, sampling date, sampling time, latitude, longitude, and sounding depth. The file is sorted by station number and can be read by using the following FORTRAN 77 code [contained in stainv.for (File 2)]:
INTEGER stat, cast, depth
CHARACTER date*6, expo*8, sect*3, time*4
REAL latdcm, londcm
read (1, 10, end=999) expo, sect, stat, cast, date, time,
1 latdcm, londcm, depth
10 format (2X, A8, 3X, A3, 5X, I3, 7X, I1, 3X, A6, 3X, A4, 5X,
1 F6.3, 4X, F7.3, 4X, I4)
Stated in tabular form, the contents include the following:
| Variable | Variable type | Variable width | Starting column | Ending column |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| expo | Character | 8 | 3 | 10 |
| sect | Character | 3 | 14 | 16 |
| stat | Numeric | 3 | 22 | 24 |
| cast | Numeric | 1 | 32 | 32 |
| date | Character | 6 | 36 | 41 |
| time | Character | 4 | 45 | 48 |
| latdcm | Numeric | 6 | 54 | 59 |
| londcm | Numeric | 7 | 64 | 70 |
| depth | Numeric | 4 | 75 | 78 |
where
| expo | - | is the expocode of the cruise (i.e., 06MT18/1); |
| sect | - | is the WOCE section number (i.e., A1E); |
| stat | - | is the station number (values range from 558 to 622); |
| cast | - | is the cast number; |
| date | - | is the sampling date (month/day/year); |
| time | - | is the sampling time (GMT); |
| latdcm | - | is the latitude of the station (in decimal degrees; negative values indicate the Southern Hemisphere); |
| londcm | - | is the longitude of the station (in decimal degrees; negative values indicate the Western Hemisphere); |
| depth | - | is the sounding depth of the station (in meters). |
Last modified: 2021-03-17T18:30:27Z
