Format of 24h report for COMPS buoy stations e.g. Please note that the NA2 buoy's 24 h report has four parts: meteorological, currents, CTD, and diagnostics. For the 24h meteorological report: ===================================================================== - COMPS STATION - Buoy name 24-hour report - SI units - Pg 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Wind Air Baro. %Rl Short Long YYYY MN DD JD hh mm Spd Drn Temp. SST Press. Hmd Radiation ===================================================================== 1999 02 05 36 06 00 0.7 82 21.4 21.0 1022.8 96 90 311 (SI units) XXXX XX XX XXX XX XX XXXXX XXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX XXX XXXX XXXXX 1999 02 05 36 06 00 1.4 82 70.5 69.8 30.2 96 90 311 (IMP units) column indices: 0 | 1|2 | 3 |4| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |11 | 12| 13 | Column descriptions: SI (metric) units Imperial units 0 : year 1 : month 2 : day 3 : julian day 4 : hour (ZULU) 5 : minute 6 : wind speed meters per second knots 7 : wind direction degrees True degrees True 8 : Sea Surface Temperature degrees Celcius degrees Fahrenheit 9 : air temperature degrees Celcius degrees Fahrenheit 10 : barometric pressure millibars inches Hg 11 : relative humidity % % 12: short wave radiaton Watts per meter squared Watts per meter squared 13: long wave radiation Watts per meter squared Watts per meter squared Notes: time in GMT = ZULU, missing values -99 or -99.9 Note: if short wave radiation is below -2, it may indicate that there is a problem with the sensor and therefore the data is suspect For the 24-hr CTD report: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5m 7m 10m 13m 16m 19m YYYY MN DD DOY hh mm Tmp. Sal. Tmp. Sal. Tmp. Sal. Tmp. Sal. Tmp. Sal. Tmp. Sal. ======================================================================================================= 2000 03 22 82 19 20 23.40 30.49 23.27 30.52 23.31 30.48 23.33 30.47 99.99 99.99 99.99 99.99 column indices: 0 | 1|2 | 3 |4| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |11 | 12 | 13 | 14 15 | 16 | 17 | Column descriptions: Depth Units 0 : year 1 : month 2 : day 3 : julian day 4 : hour (ZULU) 5 : minute 6 : water temperature 5m degrees Celcius 7 : salinity 5m psu 8 : water temperature 5m degrees Celcius 9 : salinity 5m psu 10 : water temperature 5m degrees Celcius 11 : salinity 5m psu 12 : water temperature 5m degrees Celcius 13 : salinity 5m psu 14 : water temperature 5m degrees Celcius 15 : salinity 5m psu 16 : water temperature 5m degrees Celcius 17 : salinity 5m psu Notes: time in GMT = ZULU, missing values -99 or -99.9 Formats for currents and diagnostics 24 h tables soon! ns 20000322