Drift Buoy Data File Format

Field	Name	Descriptions
001-005	Serial No.	Serial number for each data series
006	Filler	Blank
007-011	Julian day	Julian day of sensor data
012	Filler	Blank
013-015	Day in the year	The date from the first day of the year (January 1 : "1")
016-017	Filler	Blank
018-021	Year	Year
022	Filler	Blank
023-024	Month	Month
025	Filler	Blank
026-027	Day	Day
028-029	Filler	Blank
030-031	Hour	Hours
032-033	Filler	Blank
034-035	Minute	Minutes
036-037	Filler	Blank
038-039	Second	Seconds
040-042	Filler	Blank
043-049	Latitude	Latitude in degrees to thousandths - : South
050-051	Filler	Blank
052-059	Longitude	Longitude in degrees to thousandths - : West
060-062	Filler	Blank
063-067	SST	Sea surface temperature in degree Celsius to huudredths
068-070	Filler	Blank
071-076	Voltage	Voltage of the battery
077-079	Filler	Blank
080-085	On/Off	on / off the drogue The coding method for drouge sensor is different by ID numbers, as the following table. ID numbers drogue 'on' 2200 - 255.00 4600 - 0.00 8200 - 0.00 8600 - 255.00 8700 - 0.00 11000 - 0.00 12000 - 0.00 17000 - 255.00 When the sensor stays in a normal position while the drogue survives, it will keep 'off'. Once the drogue is gone, the sensor switch will get turned 'on'. If the tether for the drogue is cut below the subsurface float, the buoyancy of the float will turn the sensor upside down and the switch will be turned 'on'.
086-088	Filler	Blank
089-094	Dummy	Dummy data, set to "999.00"
095-096	Filler	Blank
097-101	ID No.	ID number of drift buoy