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    CTD and XCTD data

    • File Name

    1. CTD data (xxnnnn 1.ctd)

    2. XCTD data (xxnnnn.xct)

    where, xx: Hydrographic Code [listed in Table1]


    nnnn: Station number (4 digits)
    CTD and XCTD data files consist of ASCII records of variable length. Each element is
    separated by the character ‘,’ (comma, ASCII code 2Ch), and the column of the element that was
    not observed is filled with ‘-9’.

    1 CTD data
    CTD data files consist of header part (first 9 records) and data part. The following elements
    are separated by comma in each record. An example of CTD data file is shown in page 4.

    (a) Header part

    Record information
    Record No. Element
    Rec-1 Ship name (listed in Table 1), cruise number and format
    code.
    Cruise number is identified with the year and the month.
    Format code is ‘R2.1’.
    Rec-2 Station number and cast number.
    Station number is given by the hydrographic code (listed in
    Table 1) suffixed with four digits.
    Rec-3 The number of data records.
    Rec-4 Date (year/month/day) and time at the bottom of the
    hydrographic cast in the Japan Standard Time (JST), which
    is nine hours ahead of the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
    Rec-5 Latitude and longitude at the bottom of the hydrographic
    cast with degrees, ‘-’, minutes, ‘.’, hundredth part of
    minutes.
    Rec-6 Water depth at the bottom of the hydrographic cast and
    sounding flag (listed in Table 2).
    Rec-7 Corresponding station number of the subsurface current data
    and sub-station number.
    Rec-8 Headers for data columns.
    Rec-9 Units for data columns.

    (b) Data part

    Data are described at every 1 × 104 Pa. The meaning of attached flags is shown in Table 3.

    –1–
    Record information
    Record No. Elements
    below Rec-10 Pressure, Temperature, Salinity, Dissolved oxygen with each
    flag (listed in Table 3) and the number of data used for
    averaging.

    2 XCTD data
    XCTD data files consist of header part (first 14 records) and data part. The following elements
    are separated by comma in each record. An example of XCTD data file is shown in page 5.

    (a) Header part

    Record information
    Record No. Element
    Rec-1 Ship name (listed in Table 1), cruise number and format
    code.
    Cruise number is identified with the year and the month.
    Format code is ‘X1.1’.
    Rec-2 Station number.
    Station number is given by the hydrographic code (listed in
    Table 1) suffixed with four-digits consecutive numbers.
    Rec-3 The number of data records.
    Rec-4 Date (year/month/day) and time at the beginning of the
    expendable CTD observation in the Japan Standard Time (JST),
    which is nine hours ahead of the coordinated Universal Time
    (UTC).
    Rec-5 Latitude and longitude at the beginning of the expendable
    CTD observation with degrees, ‘-’, minutes, ‘.’, hundredth
    part of minutes.
    Rec-6 Water depth at the beginning of the expendable CTD
    observation and sounding flag (listed in Table 2).
    Rec-7 Corresponding station number of the subsurface current data
    and sub-station number.
    Rec-8 Sea surface temperature and salinity.
    Rec-9 Probe type and instrument serial number.
    Rec-10 Coefficients of the depth-time equation.
    Rec-11 Correction coefficient of water temperature sensor.
    Rec-12 Correction coefficient of electric conductivity sensor.
    Rec-13, Rec-14 Headers for data columns.

    (b) Data part

    Data are described at every 1 meter. The meaning of attached flags is shown in Table 3.

    Record information
    Record No. Elements
    below Rec-15 Depth, Temperature, flag of temperature, Salinity and flag
    of salinity (listed in Table 3).

    –2–
    Table 1: Ship codes.

    Ship Name Hydrographic Subsurface current BT


    Kofu Maru KH/KO AH/AO TH/TO
    Ryofu Maru RF AF TF
    Keifu Maru I KE AE TE
    Keifu Maru II KS AS TS
    Shumpu Maru SH AH TH
    Chofu Maru NC AC TC
    Seifu Maru SM AM TM

    Table 2: Sounding flag of water depth in CTD, XCTD and BT data.

    Flag No. Definition


    1 Sounding by echo-sounder (not corrected)
    2 Sounding by echo-sounder (corrected)
    5 Water depth measured by CTD and altimeter
    6 Water depth measured by BT or XCTD submersible
    9 No sounding

    Table 3: Data flag in CTD, XCTD and BT data.

    Flag No. Definition


    2 Acceptable measurement.
    3 Questionable measurement.
    4 Bad measurement.
    6 Interpolated over > 2 × 104 Pa interval.
    7 Despiked.
    9 Not sampled.

    –3–
    Data sample

    1.CTD data

    Ship, R/V Ryofu Maru, Cruise number, 01-10, Format, R2.1


    Station, RF-1409, CastNo , 1
    No.of Records, 1815
    Date , 2001/10/11, Time(JST), 1626
    Lat. , 34-57.39 N, Lon. , 140-14.33 E
    Depth , 1969 Meters, Depth Flg, 1
    ACMstn., AF-308, Substn. , PT-1
    CTDPRS,F, CTDTMP,F, CTDSAL,F, CTDOXY,F, NUMBER
    DBAR, , ITS-90, , PSS-78, , UMOL/L, , OBS.
    1.0,2, 24.9141,2, 34.0194,2, -9.0,9, 98
    2.0,2, 24.9131,2, 34.0230,2, -9.0,9, 27
    3.0,2, 24.9123,2, 34.0234,2, -9.0,9, 70
    4.0,2, 24.9159,2, 34.0209,2, -9.0,9, 59
    5.0,2, 24.9141,2, 34.0238,2, -9.0,9, 69
    6.0,2, 24.9159,2, 34.0218,2, -9.0,9, 36
    7.0,2, 24.9174,2, 34.0218,2, -9.0,9, 56
    8.0,2, 24.9178,2, 34.0228,2, -9.0,9, 63
    9.0,2, 24.9171,2, 34.0245,2, -9.0,9, 1362
    10.0,2, 24.9142,2, 34.0236,2, -9.0,9, 37
    11.0,2, 24.9067,2, 34.0262,2, -9.0,9, 38
    12.0,2, 24.9019,2, 34.0244,2, -9.0,9, 50
    13.0,2, 24.9011,2, 34.0240,2, -9.0,9, 22
    14.0,2, 24.8973,2, 34.0252,2, -9.0,9, 23
    15.0,2, 24.8937,2, 34.0279,2, -9.0,9, 33
    16.0,2, 24.8878,2, 34.0302,2, -9.0,9, 26
    17.0,2, 24.8797,2, 34.0303,2, -9.0,9, 32
    18.0,2, 24.8701,2, 34.0291,2, -9.0,9, 34
    19.0,2, 24.8494,2, 34.0267,2, -9.0,9, 28
    20.0,2, 24.8269,2, 34.0256,2, -9.0,9, 34
    21.0,2, 24.8086,2, 34.0207,2, -9.0,9, 25
    :

    –4–
    2.XCTD data

    Ship, R/V Keifu Maru, Cruise number, 02-06, Format, X1.1


    Station, KS-0580
    No.of Records, 1001
    Date , 2002/07/30, Time(JST), 0951
    Lat. , 33-40.44 N, Lon. , 136-59.81 E
    Depth , 2010 Meters, Depth Flg, 1
    ACMstn., AS-389, Substn. ,
    SurfT , 27.4 DEG-C, SurfS , 34.316
    Probe , TSK XCTD, S/N , 01116856, (BathyCode: 741)
    DCoef. , a= 0.0000000E+00, b= 3.4254320E+00, c=-4.7026040E-04, d=0.0000000E+00
    TCoef. , a=-6.1774000E-02, b= 9.9388100E-01, c= 0.0000000E+00, d=0.0000000E+00
    CCoef. , a=-1.5313300E-01, b= 1.0258900E+00, c= 0.0000000E+00, d=0.0000000E+00
    DEPTH, TEMP,F, SALNTY,F
    METERS, DEG-C, , PSS-78,
    0, 28.05 ,3, 24.034,4
    1, 27.37 ,3, 32.457,4
    2, 27.27 ,3, 33.896,4
    3, 27.18 ,3, 34.199,4
    4, 27.20 ,2, 34.255,2
    5, 27.22 ,2, 34.291,2
    6, 27.27 ,2, 34.331,2
    7, 27.28 ,2, 34.357,2
    8, 27.29 ,2, 34.383,2
    9, 27.30 ,2, 34.407,2
    10, 27.30 ,2, 34.411,2
    11, 27.26 ,2, 34.400,2
    12, 27.10 ,2, 34.407,2
    13, 27.00 ,2, 34.421,2
    14, 26.93 ,2, 34.425,2
    15, 26.91 ,2, 34.431,2
    16, 26.91 ,2, 34.432,2
    17, 26.90 ,2, 34.438,2
    18, 26.90 ,2, 34.443,2
    19, 26.89 ,2, 34.447,2
    20, 26.89 ,2, 34.448,2

    :
    21, 26.87 ,2, 34.442,2

    –5–

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