You can either download a compressed tar file containing all of the IMET Met, Salinity, Temperature, and Velocity data (toga.tar.Z), or individual NetCDF format files (*.bin). In Netscape and Mosaic, the .bin filename extention on the NetCDF files results in a binary ftp transfer appropriate for NetCDF format. If you choose to download the tar file you will need to uncompress and untar it, uncompress toga.tar.Z tar -xvf toga.tar which will deposit these files: -rw-rw-r-- 1 dai users 1229852 Sep 25 12:00 togaMet.bin -rw-rw-r-- 1 dai users 874628 Sep 25 12:01 togaSalinity.bin -rw-rw-r-- 1 dai users 2210728 Sep 25 12:02 togaTemperature.bin -rw-rw-r-- 1 dai users 2673268 Oct 4 14:01 togaVelocity.bin each of which is a NetCDF format file. To view the header of a file use the NetCDF utility ncdump, e.g., ncdump -c togaMet.bin | more To find out more about NetCDF consult this web page: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/ Below you will find the contents of an info file which accompanied the data. Please contact mbaumgartner@whoi.edu for information about these files. ================================================================================ The mooring servicing which occurred between 9 and 13 December resulted in changes in instrument depth. From 9 December 1992 00:45 UTC to 13 December 05:25 UTC the surface discus buoy was temporarily replaced with a toroid buoy. A length of wire rope below the toroid increased the depth of all sub-surface instruments by 10 m from their nominal deployment depths. When the discus buoy was replaced on 13 December, the 10-m length of wire used with the toroid was removed, but 2.29 m of chain was permanently added below the bridle of the discus buoy. These depth changes are accounted for in all the WHOI mooring files by interpolating measurements to the original deployment depth + 2.29m. For instruments attached to the buoy hull (i.e., temperatures above 4.65m and the first Seacat at 2.0m), no interpolation was necessary and no measurements were possible between 9 and 13 December when the discus buoy was removed from the water. The resulting data files report depths as the depth of interpolation, not the original deployment depth. Interpolation for temperature and east and north currents were linear with depth. Interpolation for salinity was linear in temperature/salinity space where possible, linear with depth otherwise. total 16339