| Descriptor | Example | Number of |
Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| Title (same for all files) | ARGOS Drogued Drifter Data | 40 | ARGOS Drogued Drifter Data |
| Drifter number (5-char required) | 07163 | 6 | |
| Deployment year | 1996 | 4 | current year |
| Deployment time reference | GMT | 4 | GMT |
| Deployment date and time (mmddhhmm) | 05311997 | 8 | |
| Day of year (DOY) | 272 | 3 | |
| Latitude | 56.123 | 6 | |
| Latitude direction (N/S) | N | 1 | N |
| Longitude | 157.123 | 7 | |
| Longitude direction (E/W) | W | 1 | W |
| Water depth | 182 | 4 | |
| Water depth units (m/fm/ft) | m | 1 | m |
| Deployment ship | MILLER FREEMAN | 40 | MILLER FREEMAN |
| Deployment ship code | MF | 3 | MF |
| Cruise number | MF05-01 | 7 | |
| Cruise leg | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Program | EcoFOCI | 40 | FOCI |
| Project | GLOBEC | 40 | |
| Drogue type | holey sock | 40 | holey sock |
| Drogue depth | 40 | 3 | 40 |
| Drogue depth units (m/fm/ft) | m | 1 | m |
| Manufacturer | METOCEAN | 40 | |
| Deployment comments | didn't open | max chars - dash delimited | |
| Drifter performance comments | lost drogue | max chars - dash delimited | |
| Data comments | deleted final 10 days | max chars - dash delimited | |
| Total number of observations | 6 | ||
| Marsden squares | max chars - space delimited | ||
| Marsden square obs count | max chars - space delimited | ||
| END |