mooring_met

 PI:             Robert Weller
                        Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
 description:    Meterological observations
 project:        Arabian Sea Mixed Layer Dynamics Experiment
 ship:           R/V Thomas G. Thompson

 These data are from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution surface
 mooring deployed at 15.5N, 61.5E from October, 1994 to October 1995.  
 Record range: 1994-10-16 00:11:15 through 1995-10-19 23:56:15
 Sample rate: 7.5 minutes

 Parameter      Description                             Units

 year         year of observation, either 1994 or 1995
 yrday        Day of year for 1994, January 1 00:00:00 is day 1.0
		observations begin October 16, 1994 (day 289)
		Note that this number continues to increment by one
		until end of observations and does not initialize to 1
		on January 1, 1995.
 temp_air     Adjusted air temperature                   degrees C
 temp_surf    Sea surface temperature from 0.17m Tpod    degress C
 humid_rel    Relative humidty (from VAWR)               percent
 humid_spec   Specific humidity (from IMET)              grams/kilogram
 wind_sp_E    East wind                                  meters/second
 wind_sp_N    North wind                                 meters/second
 press_bar    Barometric pressure                        millibars
 rad_in_sw    Incoming shortwave radiation               Watts/meter^2
 rad_in_lw    Incoming longwave radiation                Watts/meter^2
 precip       Precipitation rate                         meters/second
 
 Missing data are filled with the value 9.999999E+29



These data were collected with support from the Office of Naval
Research, grant N00014-94-1-0161.  If you use any of these data in a
publication, please acknowledge Dr. Robert Weller and the Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution when using the data.

This dataset contains meteorological observations for the Arabian Sea
deployment.

Please contact Dr. Robert Weller or Mr. Mark Baumgartner if
you have any questions regarding this dataset.
 
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*   Dr. Robert Weller                    *
*   Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution *
*   Woods Hole, MA 02543                 *
*   (508) 289 - 2508                     *
*   rweller@whoi.edu                     *
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*   Mr. Mark Baumgartner                 *
*   Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution *
*   Woods Hole, MA 02543                 *
*   (508) 289 - 2677                     *
*   mbaumgartner@whoi.edu                *
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