JAPAN Fisheries Information Service Center (Japan)
E-mail: jplotstaff@jafic.or.jp


File name and Format

1 File name

  jafic.obs[MMMdd].rcv[MMMdd]


2 Format

        The data files  consist of 34 byte records. Each record has 8 fields
  seperated by commas. Detailed information of the record is explained below.


  [YYYY],[MM],[DD],[Q],[LL.LL],[LLL.LL],[DDD],[TTT](CR)

  [YYYY]  : 4 bytes ASCII, Year
  [MM]    : 2 bytes ASCII, Month
  [DD]    : 2 bytes ASCII, Day
  [Q]     : 1 byte  ASCII, Quadrant of the globe (1,3,5,7)
  [LL.LL] : 5 bytes ASCII, Latitude (degree and minutes)
  [LLL.LL]: 6 bytes ASCII, Longitude (degree and minutes)
  [DDD]   : 3 bytes ASCII, Depth (m)
  [TTT]   : 3 bytes ASCII, Temperature at the depth [DDD]m
            Temperature = [TTT] x 0.1C          ( if [TTT] < 400 )
            Temperature = (500 - [TTT]) x 0.1C  ( if [TTT] >= 500 )

  (CR)    : 1 byte       , 0x0a