DATA COLUMN DEFINITIONS
                      SEA WATER INORGANIC CARBON DATABASE
             for the CARBON DIOXIDE INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS CENTER 
                 prepared by the CARBON DIOXIDE RESEARCH GROUP
                      SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY

Cruz      col.   1-  4: Cruise name (abbreviation)
Leg       col.   6-  9: Cruise leg number
Sta       col.  11- 15: Station number during this leg of cruise
Lat       col.  17- 18: Degrees of latitude
          col.  20- 21: Minutes of latitude
          col.  22- 22: N or S latitude
Long      col.  24- 26: Degrees of longitude
          col.  28- 29: Minutes of longitude
          col.  30- 30: E or W longitude
Ca        col.  32- 33: Cast number during this station
Ni        col.  35- 36: Niskin number of this cast
(m)       col.  38- 41: Depth of sample in meters
SampDate  col.  43- 50: Local sample date (YYYYMMDD)
C.Sal     col.  52- 57: Salinity from shipboard CTD
F         col.  59- 59: CTD salinity flag
D.Sal     col.  61- 66: Salinity from shipboard discrete (bottle)
F         col.  68- 68: Discrete salinity flag
S.Sal     col.  70- 75: Shore salinity(measured by SIO Oceanographic Data 
                        Facility (ODF) on aliquot from CDRG sample bottle)
F         col.  77- 77: Shore salinity flag
Temp      col.  79- 85: In situ temperature of sample (deg C)
F         col.  87- 87: Temperature flag
DIC       col.  89- 95: Dissolved Inorganic Carbon (microMoles/kg)
S         col.  97- 97: DIC system code (M (mercury manometer), S (quartz
                        spiral manometer), or E (Electronic manometer))
RUN       col.  99-103: DIC run number (Example:A001A; beginning letter: 
                        specific extraction aliquot from bottle (fill); number: 
                        specific manometric measurement (run); ending letter: 
                        specific mercury manometer pointer approach (subrun))
FLG       col. 105-107: DIC flag
ALK       col. 109-115: Total Alkalinity (microMoles/kg)
S         col. 117-118: ALK system code (G1 (Gravimetric system no. 1), 
                        G2 (Gravimetric system no. 2), V (Volumetric system),
                        or OC (open cell system of A. G. Dickson lab))
T         col. 120-120: ALK trial number (specific titration aliquot from 
                        bottle)
FLG       col. 122-124: ALK flag
C13       col. 126-132: 13C/12C Isotopic Ratio (parts per mil difference from
                        PDB)
S         col. 134-134: C13 system code (G (Groningen) or S (Scripps))
R         col. 136-136: C13 run number (specific extraction aliquot from bottle 
                        (fill))
FLG       col. 138-140: C13 flag
Bottle    col. 142-147: CDRG sample bottle label number
Pair      col. 149-154: Number of CDRG sample bottle paired with above

SHIPBOARD (nutrients measured by shipboard personnel on aliquot from Niskin 
           bottle)
     (C = chemical unit of measure, for nutrients L = microMoles/liter,
                                         K = microMoles/kg,
                           for oxygen    L = milliliters/liter,
                                         K = microMoles/kg)
  PO4     col. 156-161: Phosphate
  C       col. 162-162: chemical units code
  NO3     col. 164-169: Nitrate
  C       col. 170-170: chemical units code
  SIO3    col. 172-178: Silicate
  C       col. 179-179: chemical units code
  NO2     col. 181-186: Nitrite
  C       col. 187-187: chemical units code
  C.O2    col. 189-194: Oxygen from in situ CTD sensor
  C       col. 195-195: chemical units code
  D.O2    col. 197-202: Oxygen from Winkler titration
  C       col. 203-203: chemical units code

SHORE (nutrients measured by SIO ODF on aliquot from CDRG sample bottle)
     (C = chemical unit of measure, for nutrients L = microMoles/liter,
                                         K = microMoles/kg,
  PO4     col. 205-210: Phosphate
  C       col. 211-211: chemical units code
  NO3     col. 213-218: Nitrate
  C       col. 219-219: chemical units code
  SIO3    col. 221-227: Silicate
  C       col. 228-228: chemical units code
  NO2     col. 230-235: Nitrite
  C       col. 236-236: chemical units code