Melanie and Mitch,

Did you want a number for each year?  If so, they are

Accession Number 9800059 for the 1996 data
Accession Number 9800060 for the 1997 data

Doug

Melanie Hamilton wrote:

> Doug,
> Can you assign an Accession number to both the 1996 and 1997 AODC
> Exchange datasets?
>
> Thanks,
> Melanie
>
> Forwarded message:
> > From heather@AODC.gov.au  Tue Jun  9 00:04:14 1998
> > From: heather@AODC.gov.au (Heather Tonkin)
> > Message-Id: <199806090400.OAA28495@grey.AODC.gov.au>
> > Subject: AODC 1996 & 1997 XBT data
> > To: fmitchell@nodc.noaa.gov
> > Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 14:00:05 +1000 (EST)
> > Cc: melanie@nodc.noaa.gov, krystyna@AODC.gov.au, heather@AODC.gov.au
>
> > X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23]
> > Content-Type: text
> >
> > AF 21/2/235
> >
> > Francis Mitchell
> > NODC
> >
> > Dear Francis,
> >
> > The 1996 and 1997 Royal Australian Navy (RAN) XBT data have been
> converted to MEDS ASCII
> > GTSPP format and are ready for collection from the AODC anonymous
> ftp site. These data
> > are for the NODC archives, WDC-A (Sydney Levitus) and the WOCE
> project.
> >
> > As discussed between Ben Searle and Bob Gelfield, these data have
> only undergone preliminary
> > quality control at the AODC (the data have been corrected or
> rejected for observational
> > position, observational time and instrumentation errors which have
> caused bad data from the
> > surface). The data have been converted
> > to MEDS ASCII GTSPP format using scripts developed as part of the
> CSIRO Quality
> > Evaluation for Sub-surface Temperature (QUEST) software - however,
> these data have
> > not been quality controlled using QUEST.
> >
> > We have included all RAN cruise data but we do not hold the data
> from the
> > following cruises: ANRO Australia; Iron Dampier; Iron Newcastle and
> Iron Pacific.
> > Data from these cruises are managed by CSIRO.
> >
> > The 1996 and 1997 MEDS ASCII GTSPP data are in the files '1996.MA.Z'
> and '1997.MA.Z'
> > and the corresponding data format is specified in
> 'AODC_XBT_GTSPP.fmt.Z', i.e.,
> >
> > -rw-rw-r--   1 heather  dm       7005031 Jun  3 15:36 1996.MA.Z
> > -rw-rw-rw-   1 heather  dm       5465393 Jun  5 14:23 1997.MA.Z
> > -rw-rw-r--   1 heather  dm         10806 Jun  4 11:13
> AODC_XBT_GTSPP.fmt.Z
> >
> > The data are in our public ftp site in the directory 'RAN_XBT'.
> >
> > The data files are compressed UNIX files, (file name has a suffix
> .Z) to
> > increase the efficiency of the ftp, so you will have to uncompress
> it with
> > the UNIX "uncompress' command.
> >
> > The following gives the procedure to access the files:
> >
> > 1) Run ftp and connect to AODC:
> >
> > ftp ftp.AODC.gov.au
> >
> > 2) Enter 'anonymous' name and then enter real indentity
> >    'user_id@machine_name' as password:
> >
> > Name (ftp.AODC.gov.au:user_id): anonymous
> > 331 Guest login ok, send ident as password.
> > Password: email address eg. fmitchell@nodc.noaa.gov
> >
> > 3) Change directory to pub/RAN_XBT:
> >
> > ftp> cd pub/RAN_XBT
> >
> > 4) Set file transfer type to binary
> >
> > ftp> binary
> >
> > 5) Turn file prompting off:
> >
> > ftp> prompt
> >
> > 6) Get the file:
> >
> > ftp> mget *.Z
> >
> > 7) Quit ftp:
> >
> > ftp> quit
> >
> > Should you have any problems transferring the data please do not
> > hesitate to contact me.
> >
> > Please forward me an EMAIL message as acknowledgment when you have
> > successfully transferred and read the files.
> >
> > If you have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact
> us.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Heather
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> > Heather Tonkin                        | Phone: +61 2 9359 3132
> > Data Management Officer                 | Fax:   +61 2 9359 3120
> > Australian Oceanographic Data Centre  | heather@AODC.gov.au
> > Maritime Headquarters                 |
> http://www.aodc.gov.au/AODC.html
> > Wylde Street, Potts Point, NSW 2011
> > Australia
> >
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> >
>
> --
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> Melanie Hamilton
> Data Processing Group
> Coastal Ocean Data Team (Leader)
>
> NOAA/NESDIS/NODC                    Email: mhamilton@nodc.noaa.gov
> SSMC-3, Station 4661 E/OC1          Voice: (301)713-3281 ext 123
> 1315 East West Highway,             FAX  : (301)713-3301
> Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-3282
>
> NODC home page:  http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/
> For GTSPP information: http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/GTSPP/gtspp-home.html
>
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Douglas Hamilton
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