Ocean Research Institute (ORI) /University of Tokyo
E-mail: alace-data@dpo.ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp


File name and Format of PALACE data provided by ORI

1 File name

  palace.obs[MMMdd].rcv[MMMdd]


2 Format

  Date/Time                     : [YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS]
  Position                      : [LAT] [LON]
  Profile length                :    [LEN]
                   
    [DEPTH]  [TEMP]
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(1) [YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS] : Date and time (UTC)
(2) [LAT] [LON]           : Latitude (degree N) and Longitude (degree E)
(3) [LEN]                 : Number of sampled depths
(4) [DEPTH]  [TEMP]       : Temperature (C) at the depth (m)


3 Example

  Date/Time                     : 1998-07-06 19:59:41
  Position                      : 37.400 135.460
  Profile length                :    54

    475.0   0.543
    464.6   0.546
    454.2   0.570
    443.7   0.597
    433.3   0.621
    422.8   0.643
    412.4   0.678
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