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 http://globec.whoi.edu/globec-dir/corestations.html.

  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. & minutes		dd=degrees
  							mm=minutes
  							tt=fractions of minutes
  lon_deg		longitude degrees		degrees
  lon_min		longitude minutes		minutes
  lon_ddmm_tt		longitude deg. & 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

The total track line is 710.9 nm

Note that standard station #40 is

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

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.