(1) FILE NAME:  9703ctda.sla
                 DATA FILE NAME:  9703ctda.slb

 (2) YEAR and MONTH:  1997, March

 (3) PI:  Dr. Jack Blanton

 (4) OTHERS:  Julie Amft

 (5) BRIEF DESCRIPTION of DATA FILE:  0.5-m vertical bin averages of 5 CTD 
     casts, including uncalibrated OBS and uncalibrated chlorophyll a 
     fluorescence, taken aboard the R/V Blue Fin on the Satilla River on 
     25 March 1997.

 (6) KEYWORDS:  Satilla, CTD

 (7) RESEARCH LOCATION:  The Satilla River from SL+24.1 to SL+08.5 
     (2-character river code + 3-digit code for upstream distance from 
     river mouth in km).

 (8) EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS AND METHODS: Casts were taken with a Sea-Bird 
     Electronics CTD25 (s/n 64).  After soaking at the surface for 
     approximately 45 seconds, the CTD was lowered to the bottom by a power 
     winch and then raised to the surface.  The downcasts were processed 
     using standard Sea-Bird software to produce the vertical bin averages.

 (9) NOTES AND COMMENTS:  Each cast has a header that contains information in 
     the following order: cast number, station location, date, time (EST), 
     max water depth (m), latitude (degrees and minutes N), and longitude 
     (degrees and minutes W).  Predicted tidal height at ~SL+10:  High Water 
     at 0924 EST, Low Water at 1600 EST.

(10) VARIABLE DESCRIPTION:

      VARIABLE  VARIABLE DESCRIPTION         PRECIS/UNITS       CODED
      --------  --------------------         ------------       -----

      CAST      cast number                                       N
      DEPTH     depth below water surface     0.1  m              N
      TEMP      temperature                   0.01 deg C          N
      SAL       salinity                      0.01 PSU            N
      SIG       sigma-t (density)             0.01 kg/m^3         N
      FLUOR     uncalibrated chlorophyll a
                fluorescence                  0.01 volts*6        N
      OBS       uncalibrated optical
                backscatterence               0.1  volts*400      N

(11) CALCULATIONS:
                   Salinity=PSS-78
                   Sigma-t=p(s,t,0)-1000
     Both salinity and sigma-t were computed by the Sea-Bird software program.
     The formulas used were obtained from "Algorithms for Computation of 
     Fundamental Properties of Seawater" by N.P. Fofonoff and R.C. Millard Jr.;
     UNESCO Technical Papers in Marine Science #44, 1983.

(12) FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:  Julie Amft
                                    Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
                                    10 Ocean Science Circle
                                    Savannah, GA 31411

(13) OTHER DATA FILES TO REFERENCE:

(14) REFERENCE CITATIONS:  None

(15) FORMAT OF VARIABLES:

     FILENAME:  9703ctda.slb

      Column #  Column Name  Type      Width  Decimals
      --------  -----------  ----      -----  --------
         1      CAST         numeric     7       0
         2      DEPTH        numeric     9       1
         3      TEMP         numeric     8       2
         4      SAL          numeric     8       2
         5      SIG          numeric     8       2
         6      FLUOR        numeric     8       2
         7      OBS          numeric     8       1

(16) NUMBER of RECORDS:  83 lines

(17) STATUS:  Type 2

(18) FOR ARCHIVAL USE:
      Data File Validated By:  Julie Amft
      Date:  01 May 2000
      Date Entered To Database:  22 June 2000
      Log Of Changes And Comments: