*Data file(s): av03chem.prn, av03nbt.

*Format: station data file format of the NATO TU-BS project.

*Ship (station) name:  R/V Academician Vernadsky (MHI, Ukraine).

*Expedition: Cruise number 03, October 1970 - February 1971.

*Parameters: temperature and salinity, dissolved oxygen((ml/l), Ph,
inorganic phosphates. 

*Instruments and methods: temperature and salinity were measured 
with Nansen Bottles and reversing thermometers, 
dissolved oxygen was determined by the Winkler's method, methods of Denige 
and Atkins was used to determine inorganic phosphates. 

*Accuracy:  

*Processing (if applied):

*Principal investigator(s): temperature and salinity - I.F.Sitnikov,
chemical parameters - L.I.Man'kovskaya (MHI, Ukraine).

*Digitization: single entry at the MHI (Sevastopol, Ukraine).

*Remarks: see the complete descriptions of methods and formats in the
supplied file MHI_data.txt.

*Completed by: L. Galkovskaya (MHI, Ukraine).

*Date:19.08.2000.

*Source of data: MHI, Ukraine


