Originator:
Dr. Ned Smith

Institution:
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution
5600 US 1 North
Fort Pierce FL    34946

Telephone numbers:
voice   561 465 2400   x 441
fax       561 468 0757

Electronic Mail:
email    Nsmith@hboi.edu   
     
Cruise Date:
Dates of surveys            1984 to 2001

Number of surveys         207
number of data sets         304 files 

Location:
Geographic region         Florida Keys

North boundary              25 degrees   30 minutes 
                    East boundary           80 degrees   10 minutes
               West boundary      81 degrees    50 minutes
South boundary              24 degrees   30 minutes

Parameters:

Current meters    cm/s
temperature         Degrees C
salinity                 PSU
pressure               Decibars,  Meters 
water levels         Meters

Measurements made at preselected depths as noted.  

File format:

ASCII characters with header records.  Example below:

EXAMPLE:   

G.O. CURRENT AND TEMPERATURE DATA FROM HAWK CHANNEL SITE OFF
BAHIA HONDA
DATA BEGINS:0950EDT AUG 1, 1991     ENDS:1115EST DEC 5, 1991
HOURLY DATA TRIPLETS INCLUDE EAST-WEST CURRENTS (cm/s) FIRST,
NORTH-SOUTH
   CURRENTS SECOND AND TEMPERATURE (C) LAST      DATA READS ACROSS
SITE LOCATION: 24 deg 36.25' N, 81 deg 16.69' W
   Data were recorded 4 m above the bottom in 13 m of water in Hawk Channel
   seaward of Bahia Honda Key

  -0.1    0.1 30.26           0.6   -0.3 30.39          -0.3    0.2 30.40
   0.3   -0.4 30.44           0.1   -0.5 30.45          -0.9   -1.0 30.45
  -0.5   -0.9 30.41          -3.8   -6.0 30.39          -3.0   -4.6 30.45
  -2.1   -3.4 30.48          -1.2   -2.0 30.48          -1.1   -0.5 30.49
  -0.8    1.2 30.50           0.0    1.0 30.51           0.1    0.2 30.46
   0.3   -0.5 30.47          -0.5    0.1 30.46          -1.2   -0.6 30.47
  -0.9   -0.5 30.44          -3.5   -3.1 30.41          -5.8   -9.2 30.45


Index file to identify data files:

DATA8401.Summary      Word perfect file   


