File Format
| Element | Start Position |
Field Type | Description of Field |
| STATION NO | 1 | A2,I4 |
Station number given by the ship code suffixed with four digits
consective numbers. |
| SUB STN NO | 8 | A5 |
Sub staion number. |
| LATITUDE | 14 | I2,1X,I2 |
Degrees, minutes of latitude. |
| LONGITUDE | 20 | I3,1X,I2 |
Degrees, minutes of longitude. |
| DATE/TIME | 27 | 2(I2,1X),2I2 |
Month, day and time of an observation in JST. |
| DEPTH | 38 | A6 |
Range of towed depths in meters. |
| WATER STRAINED | 45 | F5.1 |
Amount of water in cubic meters as determined by the
flow meter. |
| WET WEIGHT | 51 | I5 |
Wet weight given in milligrams per cubic meters. |
| NAME CODE | 61 | I5 |
Name code defined by JODC (listed in Table below). |
| NUMBER | 67 | I7 |
Total numbers per liter (phytoplankton) or per ten cubic meters
(zooplankton). |