TMbottle

 PI:              US JGOFS DMO
 of:              Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
 dataset:         TM bottle cast information
 project/cruise:  Arabian Sea/TTN049 - Process Cruise 4
 ship:            Thomas Thompson          


 Please note: The trace metal clean rosette on this leg was equipped with 6,
               30-l Go-Flo bottles and did NOT include a CTD.  It was a temporary
               replacement for the 8-bottle, CTD equipped system that was lost on
               13 November 1997. 
	      
	       Since there was no CTD, this bottle file was prepared by the 
	       US JGOFS Data Management Office.

 Parameter     Description                                  Units

 event         event number from event log
 sta           station number from event log
 sta_std       Arabian Sea standard station identifier
 cast          TM rosette cast number from event log
 date          date (YYMMDD) decoded as follows
                   YY = year of decade, MM = month,
                   DD = day. Date converted to GMT.
 bot           TM rosette bottle sequence number
 depth_n       nominal sample depth                         meters