Code Tables used with any bathythermograph file type (UBT) 0606 POSITION PRECISION ---- -------------------- 1 -- POSITION ACCURATE TO THE NEAREST MINUTE OF LATITUDE OR LONGITUDE 2 -- POSITION ACCURATE TO THE NEAREST TENTH OF DEGREE OF LATITUDE OR LONGITUDE. IF THE PRECISION CODE IS "2", THEN THE LATITUDE MINUTES OR LONGITUDE MINUTES FIELD CONTAINS A TENTH OF DEGREE MEASURE POSITION ACCURATE TO THE NEAREST WHOLE DEGREE OF LATITUDE OR WHOLE DEGREE OF LONGITUDE 4 -- POSITION ACCURATE TO THE NEAREST TENTH OF MINUTE OF LATITUDE OR LONGITUDE 0607 TIME PRECISION ---- -------------------- 1 -- TIME ACCURATE TO THE NEAREST MINUTE 2 -- MINUTES FIELD CONTAINS A TENTH OF HOUR MEASURE TIME ACCURATE TO THE NEAREST TENTH OF AN HOUR. IF THE PRECISION CODE IS "2", THEN THE TIME ACCURATE TO THE NEAREST HOUR 0610 OCEAN WEATHER STATION ---- -------------------- A -- ALPHA - 62 N 33 W B -- BRAVO - 56-30 N 51 W C -- CHARLIE - 52-45 N 35-30 W D -- DELTA - 44 N 41 W E -- ECHO - 35 N 48 W H -- HOTEL - 38 N 71 W I -- INDIA - 59 N 19 W J -- JULIET - 52-30 N 20 W K -- KILO - 45 N 16 W L -- LIMA - 57 N 20 W M -- MIKE - 66 N 2 E N -- NOVEMBER - 30 N 140 W P -- PAPA - 50 N 145 W R -- ROMEO - 47 N 17 W T -- "T" - 29 N 135 W V -- VICTOR - 34 N 164 E X -- "V" - 39 N 153 E 0611 XBT PROBE TYPE ---- -------------------- 1 -- 2500 FEET (XBT) SIPP T7 2 -- 760 METERS (XBT)SIPP T7 3 -- 1500 FEET SIPP T4 OR T6 4 -- 460 METERS SIPP T4 OR T6 5 -- 1830 METERS SIPP T5 6 -- 200METERS SIPP. T10 7 -- 660 FEET SIPP. T10 9 -- 6000 FEET SIPP. T5 A -- FAST XBT 1500 FEET (FINE STRUCTURE T11 XBT) B -- FAST XBT 460 METERS (FINE STRUCTURE T11 XBT) C -- 660 FEET WITH MK5 RECORDER D -- ANY PROBE WITH MK8 LINEAR RECORDER 0612 DIGITIZATION METHOD ---- -------------------- 01 -- MANUAL 02 -- A-D CONVERSION FROM ORIGINAL 03 -- A-D CONVERSION FROM COPIES 04 -- OPTICAL SCANNING 05 -- DIRECT DIGITAL OUTPUT UNKNOWN 06 -- DIRECT DIGITAL OUTPUT BATHY 07 -- DIRECT DIGITAL OUTPUT SUTRON 08 -- DIRECT DIGITAL OUTPUT FROM SIPPICAN MARK 9 0613 DATA INTERVAL (XBT) ---- -------------------- 01 -- FIXED INTERVAL LE 0.1 METER AND LE 0.1 DEG C 02 -- FIXED INTERVAL GT 1 METER BUT LE 3 METERS AND LE 0. 1 DEG C 03 -- FIXED INTERVAL GT 3 METERS BUT LE 6 METERS AND LE 0 .1 DEG C 04 -- FIXED INTERVAL GT 6 METERS AND LE 0.1 DEG C 11 -- FIXED INTERVAL LE 1 METER AND LE 0.2 DEG C 12 -- FIXED INTERVAL GT 1 METER BUT LE 3 METERS AND LE 0. 2 DEG C 31 -- VARIABLE INTERVAL - MANUALLY DETERMINED 32 -- VARIABLE INTERVAL - STATISTICALLY DETERMINED 33 -- VARIABLE INTERVAL - PHYSICALLY DETERMINED FI -- XED INTERVAL GT 3 METERS BUT LT 6 METERS AND LE 0.2 DEG C 0614 DATA TREATMENT AND STORAGE ---- -------------------- 01 -- SINGLE DIGITIZATION; STORED AS DIGITIZED 02 -- SINGLE DIGITIZATION; COMPRESSION; FIT WITHIN 0.05 DEG C 03 -- SINGLE DIGITIZATION; COMPRESSION; FIT WITHIN 0.1 DEG C 04 -- SINGLE DIGITIZATION; COMPRESSION; FIT WITHIN 0.2 DEG C 05 -- SINGLE DIGITIZATION; COMPRESSION; FIT WITHIN 0.3 DEG C 06 -- SINGLE DIGITIZATION; COMPRESSION; FIT WITHIN 0.7 DEG C 21 -- DUAL DIGITIZATION AND AVERAGING; STORED AS DIGITIZE 22 -- DUAL DIGITIZATION AND AVERAGING; COMPRESSION; FIT WITHIN 0.05 DEG C 23 -- DUAL DIGITIZATION AND AVERAGING; COMPRESSION; FIT WITHIN 0.1 DEG C 24 -- DUAL DIGITIZATION AND AVERAGING; COMPRESSION; FIT WITHIN 0.2 DEG C 25 -- DUAL DIGITIZATION AND AVERAGING; COMPRESSION; FIT WITHIN 0.3 DEG C 26 -- DUAL DIGITIZATION AND AVERAGING; COMPRESSION; FIT WITHIN 0.5 DEG C 0615 BT REFERENCE TEMPERATURE ---- -------------------- 1 -- BUCKET 2 -- INJECTION, OR UNVERIFIED BUCKET NOTATION, OR UNKNOWN 3 -- NANSEN CAST (REVERSING THERMOMETER) 4 -- THERMOGRAPH 5 -- SPECIAL CALIBRATION THERMOMETER OR EQUIPMENT 6 -- BT 7 -- STD 9 -- BLANK 0616 UBT FILE ID ---- -------------------- M -- MBT MS -- MBT STANDARD LEVEL X -- XBT XI -- XBT RADIO MESSAGE DATA XS -- XBT STANDARD LEVEL 0617 BOTTOM HIT ---- -------------------- -- NO BOTTOM HIT B -- PROBE HIT BOTTOM NODC COUNTRY CODE NODC PLATFORM CODE NODC INSTITUTE CODE