SIO-CalCOFI data file casts.csv is the main hydrographic station information data file used by our data-processing software.

Background colors indicate source of data: CESL, DECODR, PSal, or FLog

DataField          Col #

Col
Width

Col Format Orig Data Source Update Data Source
Cruise (YYMM) 1 6 T 4 CESL- from CTDBackup-CTDatDepth  
Ship 2 4 T2 CESL- from CTDBackup-.hdr  
Line (LL.L) 3 6 4.1 CESL- from CTDBackup-.hdr  
Station (SSS.S) 4 7 5.1 CESL- from CTDBackup-.hdr  
Leg 5 4 I 2 CESL  
Ord_Occ 6 7 I 5 CESL- from CTDBackup-.hdr DECODR-Check Event #s
Event# 7 7 I 4 CESL- from CTDBackup-CTDatDepth DECODR-Check Event #s
CastType 8 8 T 5 CESL- from CTDBackup-.hdr DECODR-Check Event #s
FtnCode (footnote(s)) 9 7 T 7 CESL- auto & bottle-selected codes  
StartCastDate_Pst 10 20 DD-MMM-YYY HH:MM:SS CESL - from .hdr  
StartCastDate_UTC 11 20 DD-MMM-YYY HH:MM:SS CESL - from .hdr  
StartCastLat (start cast latitude) 12 12 DD.DDDDD or DD MM.MM H CESL - from .hdr  
StartCastLon (start cast longitude) 13 12 DDD.DDDDD or DDD MM.MM H CESL - from .hdr  
AtDepthDate_PST 14 20 DD-MMM-YYY HH:MM:SS CESL - from .nav or .mrk, 1st trip  
AtDepthDate_UTC 15 20 DD-MMM-YYY HH:MM:SS CESL - from .nav .mrk, 1st trip  
AtDepthLat (at depth decimal lat ) 16 12 DD.DDDDD CESL - from .nav or .mrk, 1st trip  
AtDepthLon (at depth decimal lon) 17 12 DDD.DDDDD CESL - from .nav or .mrk, 1st trip  
EndCastDate_PST 18 20 DD-MMM-YYY HH:MM:SS CESL - from .mrk, last trip  
EndCastDate_UTC 19 20 DD-MMM-YYY HH:MM:SS CESL - from .mrk, last trip  
EndCatLat (end cast decimal lat) 20 12 DD.DDDDD CESL - from .mrk, last trip or .nav  
EndCastLon (end cast decimal lon) 21 12 DDD.DDDDD CESL - from .mrk, last trip or .nav  
TtlBtl (Total Bottles) 22 6 I 2 CESL  
BotmDp (bottom depth m) 23 6 I 4 DECODR-Weather Key-entry  
CartrDp (Carter Table corrected depth) 24 6 I4 DECODR-Weather Key-entry  
WavDir (Wave Dir) 25 5 I 2 DECODR-Weather Key-entry  
WavHt (wave height m) 26 5 I 2 DECODR-Weather Key-entry  
WavPrd (wave period) 27 5 I 2 DECODR-Weather Key-entry  
WindDr (wind dir) 28 5 I 2 DECODR-Weather Key-entry  
WindSp (wind speed kts) 29 5 I 2 DECODR-Weather Key-entry  
Baromtr (barometer) 30 8 6.1 DECODR-Weather Key-entry  
ATDry (air temp dry) 31 6 4.1 DECODR-Weather Key-entry  
ATWet (air temp wet) 32 6 4.1 DECODR-Weather Key-entry  
Wea (weather) 33 4 I 2 DECODR-Weather Key-entry  
CldTyp (cloud type) 34 6 T 4 DECODR-Weather Key-entry  
CldAmt (cloud amount) 35 6 I 2 DECODR-Weather Key-entry  
Vis (visibility) 36 4 I 2 DECODR-Weather Key-entry  
Secchi (secchi depth m) 37 4 I 2 DECODR-Weather Key-entry  
SurfaceT (bucket temp) 38 6 4.1 DECODR-Weather Key-entry  
WeaRem 39 17 T15 DECODR-Weather Key-entry  
Portasal (serial #) 40 10 T 8 PSAL or Psal.cfg Under Development
SalSubStd (SIO sub standard) 41 9 7.4 PSAL or Psal.cfg Under Development
SalIAPSO (IAPSO standard) 42 9 7.4 PSAL or Psal.cfg Under Development
SalSIOStd (SIO standard) 43 9 7.4 PSAL or Psal.cfg Under Development
SalOffset (offset applied to bottle salt) 44 8 6.4 DECODR- Salinity Processing  
Fluorometer (name) 45 10 T 8 FLog or chl.cfg Under Development
FlBlank (fluor. acetone blank) 46 8 6.4 FLog or chl.cfg Under Development
PreFlF (Precruise  fluor. F) 47 8 5.3 FLog or chl.cfg Under Development
PreFlTau (Precruise  fluor. Tau) 48 8 5.3 FLog or chl.cfg Under Development
PstFlF (Postcruise  fluor. F) 49 8 5.3 DECODR Under Development

PstFlTau(Postcruise fluor. Tau)

50 8 5.3 DECODR Under Development
AveFlF (Ave fluor. F) 51 8 5.3 DECODR Under Development
AveFlTau (Ave fluor. Tau) 52 8 5.3 DECODR Under Development
O2Stnd (oxygen standard) 53(51) 7 6.4 DECODR- O2 Processing Module  
O2Blnk (oxygen blank) 54 (52) 7 6.4 DECODR- O2 Processing Module  
LAN (local apparent noon) 55 (53) 6 I 4 DECODR- Prodo Processing Module  
CivilT (civil twilight) 56 (54) 6 I 4 DECODR- Prodo Processing Module  
BegInc (begin incubation HHMM PST) 57 (55) 6 I 4 DECODR- Prodo Processing Module  
EndInc (end incubation HHMM PST) 58 (56) 6 I 4 DECODR- Prodo Processing Module  
SpecAct (14C specific activity) 59 (57) 6 4.3 DECODR- Prodo Processing Module  
14CBlnk (prodo blank) 60 (58) 6 4.1 DECODR- Prodo Processing Module  
Int14C (integrated productivity) 61 (59) 8 6.1 DECODR- Prodo Processing Module or Derive Int 14C module  
IntChl (integrated chl) 62 (60) 7 5.1 DECODR- Derive Int Chl module  
Prodo Light Levels 63 (61) 28+ Text; 6 semicolon delimited decimal values DECODR- Prodo Processing Module  
 
Note: Col# in parenthesis are older versions; as of 2013, the casts.csv format is 63 cols