Broad-scale station numbers and locations from the US-GLOBEC Georges Bank project

<p>The locations for the broad-scale stations are defined for all the broad-scale cruises. Each station has a priority (priority 1 is a higher priority than 2, etc.) For more detailed information about the station protocol, see <a href=\"http://globec.whoi.edu/globec-dir/corestations.html\"> http://globec.whoi.edu/globec-dir/corestations.html</a>.</p>

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<pre>
Parameter Description Units

description description of stations n/a
(maintain record of how
stations have changed over
time)
station pre-assigned station number n/a
lat_deg latitude degrees degrees
lat_min latitude minutes minutes
lat_ddmm_tt latitude deg. &amp; minutes dd=degrees
mm=minutes
tt=fractions of minutes
lon_deg longitude degrees degrees
lon_min longitude minutes minutes
lon_ddmm_tt longitude deg. &amp; minutes dd=degrees
mm=minutes
tt=fractions of minutes
lat decimal latitude decimal degrees
lon decimal longitude decimal degrees
depth_w water depth meters
distance distance between stations nautical miles
priority station priority n/a
</pre>

<p>The total track line is 710.9 nm</p>

<p>Note that standard station #40 is</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<ul>
<li>to take place in deep water (183m), and</li>
<li>to include a MOCNESS 10 tow, even though it is a priorty 3 station.</li>
</ul>

<p>Note also that the track line to station #41 should be followed, if possible, even if the station itself will be skipped. The ADCP record along the segments is of high priority for the modeling efforts.</p>