(1) FILE NAME:  97jbmsce.sla
                 DATA FILE NAME:  97jbmsce.slb

 (2) YEAR and MONTH:  1997, March and April

 (3) PI:  Dr. Jack Blanton

 (4) OTHERS:  Julie Amft

 (5) BRIEF DESCRIPTION of DATA FILE:  A 32.5-day record of temperature, 
     salinity and density from a mooring in the Satilla River.

 (6) KEYWORDS:  Satilla, Mooring E, temperature, salinity

 (7) RESEARCH LOCATION:  Satilla River Mooring E at SL+11.40 (2-character river
     code + 4-digit code for upstream distance from river mouth in km).
     Latitude: 30.986 degrees N; Longitude: 81.514 degrees W.
     Mean water depth was 10.3 meters.

 (8) EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS AND METHODS: A Sea-Bird Electronics SBE-16 SEACAT
     data logger (s/n 1836) was moored 2.50 meters above bottom on a frame.
     Temperature and conductivity were recorded every six minutes beginning 
     26 March 1997 at 0000 GMT (YRDAY 85.0) and ending 27 April 1997 at 
     1200 GMT (YRDAY 117.5).  Salinity and sigma-t (density) were calculated;
     see #11 below.

 (9) NOTES AND COMMENTS:  See 'l4moored.txt' file for list of other moored
     instruments deployed during the LMER-4 experiment.

(10) VARIABLE DESCRIPTION:

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

      YRDAY     year day 1997 (GMT)              0.0001 day          N
                 (YRDAY 1.5 = 01 Jan at noon;
                  Greenwich Mean Time)
      TEMP      temperature                      0.001 deg C         N
      SAL       salinity                         0.001 PSU           N
      SIG       sigma-t (density)                0.001 kg/m^3        N


(11) CALCULATIONS:
                   Salinity = PSS-78
                   Sigma-t = density(s,t,0)-1000
     Salinity and sigma-t were computed by Sea-Bird Electronics software.
     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:  97jbmsce.slb

      Column #  Column Name  Type      Width  Decimals
      --------  -----------  ----      -----  --------
         1      YRDAY        numeric     10      4
         2      TEMP         numeric     10      3
         3      SAL          numeric     10      3
         4      SIG          numeric     10      3


(16) NUMBER of RECORDS:  7801 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: