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International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS):     Release 2.7
User Software                                                 22 September 2007
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Document Revision Information (previous version: 27 February 2004): Updates
for Release 2.4 and for the ICOADS URL.

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Software is provided in the following directory to assist users in unpacking
and using the most commonly used ICOADS packed-binary and ascii data products:
     http://icoads.noaa.gov/software/
That directory also includes software related to reading or writing Long
Marine Reports (LMR), as discussed in detail in <soft_lmr>.

Older versions of programs, including all original Release 1, supp. H software,
and access software customized for specific computer systems (e.g., Sun, VAX,
PC) are available in the "other" subdirectory:
     http://icoads.noaa.gov/software/other/