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USGS CMG InfoBank format for Raw depth (bathymetry) data


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File Name /infobank/<letter>/<activityid>/bath/<activity-id>.300

Style time/data style, multi-record, in caps, without tabs

Mnemonic
(Year, Day, Hour, Min, Sec, Tenths, UncorrDepth)

Fortran format
(i4.4, i3.3, 3i2.2, i1.1, t16, f7.1)

C format
(%4.4i%3.3i3%2.2i%1.1i %7.1f\\n)

Purpose temporal data

Derivative data acquisition systems

Comment first input file for /infobank/programs/bat/batred

Example

1 2 12345678901234567890123

19772380126120 13.0 19772380128120 16.0 19772380130120 17.0 19772380132120 17.0 19772380134120 18.0

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