alongtrack
</h1>
<pre>
        PI:           J.Manning
       Dataset:       shipboard  data
       Ship:          as shown in data


   Parameter        Description                      Units 
   ----------------------------------------------------------
      yrday1_local  GMT yearday               fractional yearday
      lat           latitude                  decimal degrees
      lon           longitude                 decimal degrees
      airtemp       air temp                  degrees C
      ss5temp       hull mounted temp (5m)    degress C
      sal           surface salinity          PPT
      fluoro        fluorescence              volts
      ewind         eastward wind (corrected) nauts
      nwind         nthward wind (corrected)  nauts
</pre>
<p>
<ol>
<li> These data are accessed under the the GLOBEC
homepage-->data-->process-->{year}-->alongtrack

<li> These are single ascii files per cruise with several variables
merged to one minute (interpolated) time steps. The user should be aware of
the availability of the unmerged "raw" data at
<a href="http://www.wh.whoi.edu/~albscs">
http://www.wh.whoi.edu/~albscs</a>
(for Albatross data) if they want the actual data which, for some
sensors/variables, was recorded as frequently as every 5 seconds and by more
than one instrument.  
Contact <a href="http://globec.whoi.edu/globec-dir/contact_j_manning.html">Jim
Manning</a> for authorization to access these data.

<li> The first column is the time stamp which, for Albatross convention, is
"yrday1_local" which means, for example, that a time of "1.5" represents
local noontime on Jan 1st. Note that the "Albatross convention" may change
so the user must pay attention to the time stamp variable name in the
future cruises.

<li> I have been processing Albatross alongtrack data on an "as
requested" basis so just let me know when you want a particular cruise that
is not already posted.  

<li> We all understand this data (shipboard temp, salt, wind, etc.) should
be treated as uncalibrated records and <b>should not be used other than
exploratory purposes</b>.       
</ol>

alongtrack

EN261_alongtrack
</h1>
<pre>
	<b>PI:</b>	P. Wiebe
	<b>Dataset:</b>	Alongtrack data (CTD, MET & navigation)
	<b>Cruises</b>  EN261

Parameter	Description			Units
<hr>
gmtyear		GMT year
gmtmonth	GMT month
gmtday		GMT day
gmttime		GMT time
lat		latitude			decimal degrees
lon		longitude			decimal degrees
temp		temperature			degrees C
sal		salinity			practical salinity units
flvolt		fluorometer			volts
lat2		secondary latitude		decimal degrees
lon2		secondary longitude		decimal degrees
paws		port apparent wind speed 	knots
saws		starboard apparent wind speed	knots
pawa		port apparent wind azimuth	degrees
sawa		starboard apparent wind azimuth	degrees
airtemp		air temperature			degrees C
humidity	relative humidity		percent
metpress	barometric pressure		millibars
ssltemp		sea surface temperature		degrees
		   measured 1 meter below the surface
ss5temp		sea surface temperature		degrees
		   measured 5 meters below the surface
csdepth		chirp Sonar depth below		meters
		   transducer
fspdw		forward speed with respect to	knots
		   the water
sspdw		starboard speed with respect to	knots
		   the water
fspdb		forward speed with respect to	knots
		   the bottom
sspdb		starboard speed with respect to	knots
		   the bottom
sldepth		speed log depth below the	meters
		   transducer
head		ship's heading			degrees
head2		alternate ship's heading	degrees
mqual		Magellan GPS quality indicator
msmg		Magellan GPS speed made good	knots
mcmg		Magellan GPS course made good	degrees
tqual		Trimble GPS quality indicator
tsmg		Trimble GPS speed made good	knots
tcmg		Trimble GPS course made good	degrees
</pre>
EN261_alongtrack