uwpco2.dat (File 7)

This file contains underway pCO2 measurements taken along the cruise track during the R/V Meteor Cruise 18/1. Each line of the file contains a sampling date; sampling time; latitude; longitude; and measurements of sea surface salinity, temperature, and pCO2. The file is sorted by date and time and can be read by using the following FORTRAN 77 code [contained in uwpco2dat.for (File 4)]:

            
            INTEGER day, month, year 
            CHARACTER time*5
            REAL latdcm, londcm, salt, temp, pco2
            OPEN (unit=1, file='uwpco2.dat')
            OPEN (unit=2, file='uwpco2.data')
            write (2, 5)
        
            read (1, 10, end=999) day, month, year, time, latdcm, 
          1 londcm, salt, temp, pco2
     
      10    format (I2, 2X, I1, 2X, I4, 2X, A5, 3X, F6.3, 3X, F7.3, 3X, 
          1 F7.4, 2X, F5.2, 2X, F5.1)  
     

Stated in tabular form, the contents include the following:

Variable Variable type Variable width Starting column Ending column
day Numeric 2 1 2
month Numeric 1 5 5
year Numeric 4 8 11
time Character 5 14 18
latdcm Numeric 6 22 27
londcm Numeric 7 31 37
salt Numeric 7 41 47
temp Numeric 5 50 54
pco2 Numeric 5 57 61

where

day  -  is the sampling day;
month  -  is the sampling month;
year  -  is the sampling year;
time  -  is the sampling time (GMT);
latdcm  -  is the latitude of the station (in decimal degrees; negative values indicate the Southern Hemisphere);
londcm  -  is the longitude of the station (in decimal degrees; negative values indicate the Western Hemisphere);
salt  -  is the sea surface salinity;
temp  -  is the sea surface temperature (oC);
pco2  -  is the sea surface pCO2 (µ atm).

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