| Field | Name | Descriptions |
|---|
| 01-02 | Country Code | Originator's nationarity code |
| 03-04 | Ship Code | JODC ship code |
| 05-10 | Latitude | Observed latitude (Degrees, minutes, and seconds) |
| 11 | Lat. Hem. | Hemisphere of latitude (N or S) |
| 12-18 | Longitude | Observed longitude (Degrees, minutes, and seconds) |
| 19 | Long. Hem. | Hemisphere of longitude (E or W) |
| 20-21 | Error Code | Position error code
00 : Normal , not 00 : Abnormal |
| 22-33 | Date and Time | |
 22-25 | Year | |
| 26-27 | Month | |
| 28-29 | Day | |
| 30-31 | Hours | |
| 32-33 | Minutes | |
| 34 | Time Zone | G : GMT , J : JST , B : Beijing Time |
| 35-37 | Ship Speed (G) | Ship speed relative to the earth in 1/10 Knots |
| 38-40 | Ship Dir. (G) | Ship direction relative to the earth in degrees |
| 41 | Nav. State | Working state of navigation equipment
00 : Normal , not 00 : Abnormal |
| 42 | G or W | Tracking mode
G : Ground , W : Water |
| 43-45 | Ship Speed (W) | Ship speed relative to the water in 1/10 Knots |
| 46-48 | Ship Dir. (W) | Ship direction relative to the water in degrees |
| 49 | ADCP State | Working state of ADCP
00 : Normal , not 00 : Abnormal |
| 50 | H or N | Gyro stability mode
H : Head up , N : North up |
| 51-53 | Direction | Direction of ship head in degrees |
| 54 | ADCP Type | F : Furuno type
R : RD type
A : Furono type (Quality control ended)
B : 3B fixed type
C : 4B fixed type
D : 3B towing type
E : 4B towing type
G : Stationary type |
| 55 | Units Flag | K : Knots , C : cm/sec (Used in current velocity) |
| 56 | Filler | Blank |
| 57-60 | Depth | Water depth in meters |
| 61-64 | Temperature | Surface temperature (+/-*** , Unit : 1/10 deg-C) |
| 65-67 | Layers | Number of observed layers |
| 68 | QC Flag | Quality control level for the data
0 or 1 : Level 1 (No check)
2 : Level 2 (Velocity check, Depth check, etc.)
3 : Level 3 (Current data were analyzed) |
| 69 | Record Type | Always "A" : Record type A for position information |
| 70-80 | Ref. No. | YYIISSCCCCC
YY : Last 2 digits of year
II : Institution code
SS : Serial cruise No.
CCCCC : Serial data No. of this cruise |
| Field | Name | Descriptions |
|---|
| 01-02 | Country Code | Originator's nationarity code |
| 03-04 | Ship Code | JODC ship code |
| 05-06 | Ship Speed Mode | LC : LORAN C
DC : DECCA
DG : Doppler (Ground mode)
GP : GPS
NN : NNSS |
| 07-08 | Mean Time | 00 : No
01-05 : Yes (Minutes) |
| 09-12 | No. of Data | Number of data for calculate current data |
| 13-25 | Current Data (1) | (for first layer) |
| 13-16 | Depth | Setup depth of observation |
| 17-21 | Velocity | Current velocity in 1/100 units |
| 22-24 | Direction | Current direction in degrees |
| 25 | Data Flag | For current data
0 : Normal , not 0 : Abnormal |
| 26-38 | Current Data (2) | (for second layer) |
| 26-29 | Depth | Setup depth of observation |
| 30-34 | Velocity | Current velocity in 1/100 units |
| 35-37 | Direction | Current direction in degrees |
| 38 | Data Flag | For current data
0 : Normal , not 0 : Abnormal |
| 39-51 | Current Data (3) | (for third layer) |
| 39-42 | Depth | Setup depth of observation |
| 43-47 | Velocity | Current velocity in 1/100 units |
| 48-50 | Direction | Current direction in degrees |
| 51 | Data Flag | For current data
0 : Normal , not 0 : Abnormal |
| 52-64 | Current Data (4) | (for fourth layer) |
| 52-55 | Depth | Setup depth of observation |
| 56-60 | Velocity | Current velocity in 1/100 units |
| 61-63 | Direction | Current direction in degrees |
| 64 | Data Flag | For current data
0 : Normal , not 0 : Abnormal |
| 65-66 | Filler | Blank |
| 67-68 | Serial No. | Record serial No. for "type D" data record |
| 69 | Record Type | Always "D" : Record type D for data information |
| 70-80 | Ref. No. | YYIISSCCCCC
YY : Last 2 digits of year
II : Institution code
SS : Serial cruise No.
CCCCC : Serial data No. of this cruise |
| Field | Name | Descriptions |
|---|
| 01-02 | Country Code | Originator's nationarity code |
| 03-04 | Ship Code | JODC ship code |
| 05-16 | Date and Time | |
| 05-08 | Year | |
| 09-10 | Month | |
| 11-12 | Day | |
| 13-14 | Hours | |
| 15-16 | Minutes | |
| 17 | Time Zone | G : GMT , J : JST , B : Beijing Time |
| 18-22 | Wind | |
| 18-19 | Direction | 36 points |
| 20 | Unit | K : Knots , M : m/sec , F : Force |
| 21-22 | Speed | Knots, or m/sec, or Beaufort wind scale |
| 23-27 | Wave | |
| 23-24 | Direction | 36 points |
| 25 | Unit | H : Wave height , A : Sea state |
| 26 | Code | Wave height in WMO code 1555
Sea state in WMO code 3700 |
| 27 | Period | WMO code 3155 |
| 28-29 | Water Color | Forel-Ule scale |
| 30-31 | Transparency | Transparency of water in meters |
| 32-34 | Atmos. Pres. | Atmospheric pressure in 1/10 hPa |
| 35-37 | Air Temp.(Dry) | Air temperature by dry bulb in 1/10 deg-C |
| 38-40 | Air Temp.(Wet) | Air temperature by wet bulb in 1/10 deg-C |
| 41-42 | Weather | Present weather in WMO code 4501 |
| 43 | Cloud Type | WMO code 0500 |
| 44 | Cloud Amount | WMO code 2700 |
| 45 | Visibility | WMO code 4300 |
| 46-48 | Temperature | Surface temperature in 1/10 deg-C |
| 49-66 | Filler | Blank |
| 67-68 | Serial No. | Always "02" |
| 69 | Record Type | Always "M" : Record type M for meteorology information |
| 70-80 | Ref. No. | YYIISSCCCCC
YY : Last 2 digits of year
II : Institution code
SS : Serial cruise No.
CCCCC : Serial data No. of this cruise |