TABLE 12. DESCRIPTION OF THE OCL ASCII FORMAT. OCL ASCII FORMAT FOR PRIMARY HEADER ============================================================================== FIELD LENGTH FORMAT DESCRIPTION ============================================================================== 1. Bytes in field (2) 1 I1 2. Bytes in station from (1) Integer 3. Bytes in field (4) 1 I1 4. OCL station number from (3) Integer OCL station id. 5. Country code 2 A2 NODC country codes (Appendix 1) 6. Bytes in field (7) 1 I1 7. Cruise number from (6) Integer NODC/OCL number 8. Year 4 I4 9. Month 2 I2 10. Day 2 I2 11. Time - if time is missing its denoted as (-) in the Sig.Digits. field; if so, skip to (12) a. Sig. digits 1 I1 (-)if time missing b. Total digits 1 I1 not present if a is (-) c. Precision 1 I1 not present if a is (-) d. Value from (b) from (a-c) not present if a is ( -) 12. Latitude - if latitude is missing its denoted as (-) in the Sig.Digits . field; if missing, skip to (13) a. Sig.digits 1 I1 (-)if missing b. Total digits 1 I1 not present if a is (-) c. Precision 1 I1 not present if a is (-) d. Value from (b) from (a-c) not present if a is (-) 13. Longitude - if longitude is missing its denoted as (-) in the Sig.digits field; if missing, skip to (14) a. Sig. digits 1 I1 (-)if missing b. Total digits 1 I1 not present if a is (-) c. Precision 1 I1 not present if a is (-) d. Value from (b) from (a-c) not present if a is (-) 14. Bytes in field (15) 1 I1 15. Number of Levels from (14) Integer Number of depths 16. Station type 1 I1 (0) Obs, (1) Std 17. Number of Variables 2 I2 read (18-20) in station (N) N times 18. Bytes in field (19) 1 I1 19. Variable codes from (18) Integer OCL parameter codes (Table 4) 20. Error code per 1 I1 see Appendix 9 variable ================================================================================ "^" denotes blank space OCL ASCII FORMAT FOR CHARACTER DATA, SECONDARY AND BIOLOGICAL HEADER ============================================================================== FIELD LENGTH FORMAT DESCRIPTION ============================================================================== ------------------------------------------ CHARACTER DATA AND PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR ------------------------------------------ 1. Bytes in field (2) 1 I1 if "0" go to second. header 2. Total bytes for char. data from (1) Variable 3. Number of types 1 I1 orig. cruise of data (N) and/or orig.sta. and/or PI IF FIELD (4) IS 1=Originators Cruise, OR 2=Originators station code (read fields 4-6 N times) 4. Type of data 1 I1 (1)orig. cruise (2)orig. station 5. Bytes in field (6) 2 I2 6. Character data from (5) A IF FIELD (4) IS 3=Principal investigator 4. Type of data 1 I1 always 3 5. Number of P.I. names 2 I2 read fields 6-9 N times 6. Bytes field (7) 1 I1 7. Variable code from (6) Integer OCL code(Table 4) 8. Bytes in field (9) 1 I1 9. P.I. code from (8) Integer OCL code file=pinames.txt ----------------- SECONDARY HEADER ----------------- 1. Bytes in field (2) 1 I1 if "0" go to biological header 2. Total bytes for secnd. hdrs from (1) Variable 3. Bytes in field (4) 1 I1 4. Number of entries (N) from (3) Integer read fields 5-10 N times 5. Bytes in field (6) 1 I1 6. Secondary header code from (5) Integer OCL code(Table 6) 7. Significant digits 1 I1 8. Total digits 1 I1 9. Precision of value 1 I1 10. Value from (9) from (7-9) ----------------- BIOLOGICAL HEADER - entries (5-10) repeated based on number read in (4) ----------------- 1. Bytes in field (2) 1 I1 if "0" go to station data 2. Total bytes for biology from (1) Integer 3. Bytes in field (4) 1 I1 4. Number of entries (N) from (3) Integer read 5-10 N times 5. Bytes in field (6) 1 I1 6. Biological header code from (5) Integer OCL code(Table 7) 7. Significant digits 1 I1 8. Total digits 1 I1 9. Precision of value 1 I1 10. Value from (5) from (7-9) ================================================================================ OCL ASCII FORMAT FOR BIOMASS AND TAXONOMIC DATA ================================================================================ FIELD LENGTH FORMAT DESCRIPTION ================================================================================ ------------------------------- TAXONOMIC AND BIOMASS DATA SETS ------------------------------- 1. Bytes in next field 2 I1 if "0" go to next section 2. Number of taxa sets from (1) Integer 3. Bytes in next field 1 I1 4. Number of entries from (3) Integer steps 3-11 per taxa set repeated based on step 2 5. Bytes in next field 1 I1 6. Taxa or biomass from (5) Integer steps 5-11 variable code repeated based on step 4 (Table 8 and Table 9) 7. Significant digits 1 I1 8. Total digits 1 I1 9. Precision 1 I1 10. Value from (5) from (4-6) 11. Error code for value 1 I1 always "0" ------------- PROFILE DATA - all steps repeated based on number of levels listed in the primary header ------------- 1. Number depth sig. digits 1 I1 2. Total digits in depth 1 I1 3. Precision of depth value 1 I1 4. Depth value from (2) from (1-3) 5. Depth error code 1 I1 6. Number variable sig. digits 1 I1 7. Total digits in variable 1 I1 8. Precision of variable 1 I1 9. Variable value from (7) from (6-8) 10. Variable error code 1 I1 Appendix 9 ===============================================================================