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The locations for the broad-scale stations are defined for all the broad-scale
cruises.  Each station has a priority (priority 1 is a higher priority than 2, etc.)
For more detailed information about the station protocol, see 
<a href="http://globec.whoi.edu/globec-dir/corestations.html">
http://globec.whoi.edu/globec-dir/corestations.html</a>.
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<pre>
  Parameter		Description                    Units
  
  description		description of stations		n/a
  			   (maintain record of how
  			   stations have changed over
  			   time)
  station		pre-assigned station number	n/a
  lat_deg		latitude degrees		degrees
  lat_min		latitude minutes		minutes
  lat_ddmm.tt		latitude deg. & minutes		dd=degrees
  							mm=minutes
  							tt=fractions of minutes
  lon_deg		longitude degrees		degrees
  lon_min		longitude minutes		minutes
  lon_ddmm.tt		longitude deg. & minutes	dd=degrees
  							mm=minutes
  							tt=fractions of minutes
  lat			decimal latitude		decimal degrees
  lon			decimal longitude		decimal degrees
  depth_w		water depth			meters
  distance		distance between stations	nautical miles
  priority		station priority		n/a
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