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Ocean Current Drifter CD-ROMs

• Data are located on disc 1 in directory SFCSD (subdirectory DATA) and are divided into 35 files SFCSD01 ... SFCSD35 Data files are described in SFCSD.DOC and the data format is described in SFCSD.FMT both of which are in the directory SFCSD.

• Summaries are located on disc 2 in directory SFCSDSUM Summary files are described in SUM.DOC located in the root directory on disc 2.

Subsurface Float

• Data are located on disc 1 in subdirectories PREWOCE and WOCE under the FLOATS directory, and further divided into subdirectories by experiment.

• Files and directories are described in FLOAT.DOC and the data format is described in FLOAT.FMT, both of which are located in the directory FLOATS on disc 1.

In summary, the files included in this CD-ROM set are as follows:

File	Description
- READ.ME	This file. Contains general information(1,2)
- SFCSD01.DAT...SFCSD35.DAT	Surface Current (Ship Drift) Data files(1)
- SFCSD01.SUM...SFCSD14.SUM	Surface Current (Ship Drift) Summary files(2)
- SFCSD.FMT	Surface Current (Ship Drift) Data file format(1)
- SFCSD.DOC	Surface Current (Ship Drift) File descriptions(1)
- SUM.DOC	Surface Current (Ship Drift) Summary descriptions(2)
- SQUARE.PS	PostScript file showing Modified Canadian ten-degree square numbers(2)
- FLOAT.FMT	Subsurface Float Data format(1)
- FLOAT.DOC	Subsurface Float Data File Descriptions(1)
- PREWOCE.CIT	Pre-WOCE citation list(1)
- PREWOCE.INV	Pre-WOCE inventory(1)
- PREWOCE.TAB	Pre-WOCE subsurface experiment summary(1)
- WOCE.CIT	WOCE citation list(1)
- WOCE.INV	WOCE inventory(1)
- WOCE.TAB	WOCE and Pre-WOCE subsurface experiment summary(1)

Technical questions regarding the CD-ROMs should be addressed to:

National Oceanographic Data Center
User Services Group
NOAA/NESDIS E/OC1
SSMC3, 4th Floor
1315 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910-3282

Telephone: (301)713-3277
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E-mail: NODC.Services@noaa.gov