Code Tables used with any bathythermograph file type (UBT)

 0606   POSITION PRECISION  
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      1 -- POSITION ACCURATE TO THE NEAREST MINUTE OF LATITUDE OR
           LONGITUDE 
      2 -- POSITION ACCURATE TO THE NEAREST TENTH OF DEGREE OF
           LATITUDE OR LONGITUDE. IF THE
           PRECISION CODE IS "2", THEN THE LATITUDE MINUTES OR
           LONGITUDE MINUTES   
           FIELD CONTAINS A TENTH OF DEGREE MEASURE
           POSITION ACCURATE TO THE NEAREST WHOLE DEGREE OF
           LATITUDE OR WHOLE DEGREE OF LONGITUDE  
      4 -- POSITION ACCURATE TO THE NEAREST TENTH OF MINUTE OF
           LATITUDE OR LONGITUDE

 0607   TIME PRECISION  
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      1 -- TIME ACCURATE TO THE NEAREST MINUTE  
      2 -- MINUTES FIELD CONTAINS A TENTH OF HOUR MEASURE   
           TIME ACCURATE TO THE NEAREST TENTH OF AN HOUR. IF THE
           PRECISION CODE IS "2", THEN THE   
           TIME ACCURATE TO THE NEAREST HOUR   

 0610   OCEAN WEATHER STATION
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      A -- ALPHA    - 62 N 33 W 
      B -- BRAVO    - 56-30 N 51 W  
      C -- CHARLIE  - 52-45 N 35-30 W   
      D -- DELTA    - 44 N 41 W 
      E -- ECHO     - 35 N 48 W 
      H -- HOTEL    - 38 N 71 W 
      I -- INDIA    - 59 N 19 W 
      J -- JULIET   - 52-30 N 20 W  
      K -- KILO     - 45 N 16 W 
      L -- LIMA     - 57 N 20 W 
      M -- MIKE     - 66 N 2 E  
      N -- NOVEMBER - 30 N 140 W
      P -- PAPA     - 50 N 145 W
      R -- ROMEO    - 47 N 17 W 
      T -- "T"      - 29 N 135 W
      V -- VICTOR   - 34 N 164 E
      X -- "V"      - 39 N 153 E

 0611   XBT PROBE TYPE  
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      1 -- 2500 FEET (XBT) SIPP T7  
      2 -- 760 METERS (XBT)SIPP T7  
      3 -- 1500 FEET       SIPP T4 OR T6
      4 -- 460 METERS      SIPP T4 OR T6
      5 -- 1830 METERS     SIPP T5  
      6 -- 200METERS       SIPP. T10
      7 -- 660 FEET        SIPP. T10
      9 -- 6000 FEET       SIPP. T5 
      A -- FAST XBT 1500 FEET (FINE STRUCTURE T11 XBT)  
      B -- FAST XBT 460 METERS (FINE STRUCTURE T11 XBT) 
      C -- 660 FEET WITH MK5 RECORDER   
      D -- ANY PROBE WITH MK8 LINEAR RECORDER   

 0612   DIGITIZATION METHOD 
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     01 -- MANUAL   
     02 -- A-D CONVERSION FROM ORIGINAL 
     03 -- A-D CONVERSION FROM COPIES   
     04 -- OPTICAL SCANNING 
     05 -- DIRECT DIGITAL OUTPUT UNKNOWN
     06 -- DIRECT DIGITAL OUTPUT BATHY  
     07 -- DIRECT DIGITAL OUTPUT SUTRON 
     08 -- DIRECT DIGITAL OUTPUT FROM SIPPICAN MARK 9   

 0613   DATA INTERVAL (XBT) 
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     01 -- FIXED INTERVAL LE 0.1 METER AND LE 0.1 DEG C 
     02 -- FIXED INTERVAL GT 1 METER BUT LE 3 METERS AND LE 0. 1
           DEG C  
     03 -- FIXED INTERVAL GT 3 METERS BUT LE 6 METERS AND LE 0 .1
           DEG C 
     04 -- FIXED INTERVAL GT 6 METERS AND LE 0.1 DEG C  
     11 -- FIXED INTERVAL LE 1 METER AND LE 0.2 DEG C   
     12 -- FIXED INTERVAL GT 1 METER BUT LE 3 METERS AND LE 0. 2
           DEG C  
     31 -- VARIABLE INTERVAL - MANUALLY DETERMINED  
     32 -- VARIABLE INTERVAL - STATISTICALLY DETERMINED 
     33 -- VARIABLE INTERVAL - PHYSICALLY DETERMINED
     FI -- XED INTERVAL GT 3 METERS BUT LT 6 METERS AND LE 0.2 
           DEG C   
    
 0614   DATA TREATMENT AND STORAGE
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     01 -- SINGLE DIGITIZATION; STORED AS DIGITIZED 
     02 -- SINGLE DIGITIZATION; COMPRESSION; FIT WITHIN 0.05 DEG
           C 
     03 -- SINGLE DIGITIZATION; COMPRESSION; FIT WITHIN 0.1 DEG
           C  
     04 -- SINGLE DIGITIZATION; COMPRESSION; FIT WITHIN 0.2 DEG
           C  
     05 -- SINGLE DIGITIZATION; COMPRESSION; FIT WITHIN 0.3 DEG
           C  
     06 -- SINGLE DIGITIZATION; COMPRESSION; FIT WITHIN 0.7 DEG
           C  
     21 -- DUAL DIGITIZATION AND AVERAGING; STORED AS DIGITIZE 
     22 -- DUAL DIGITIZATION AND AVERAGING; COMPRESSION; FIT 
           WITHIN 0.05 DEG C 
     23 -- DUAL DIGITIZATION AND AVERAGING; COMPRESSION; FIT 
           WITHIN 0.1 DEG C  
     24 -- DUAL DIGITIZATION AND AVERAGING; COMPRESSION; FIT 
           WITHIN 0.2 DEG C  
     25 -- DUAL DIGITIZATION AND AVERAGING; COMPRESSION; FIT 
           WITHIN 0.3 DEG C  
     26 -- DUAL DIGITIZATION AND AVERAGING; COMPRESSION; FIT 
           WITHIN 0.5 DEG C  

 0615   BT REFERENCE TEMPERATURE
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      1 -- BUCKET   
      2 -- INJECTION, OR UNVERIFIED BUCKET NOTATION, OR UNKNOWN 
      3 -- NANSEN CAST (REVERSING THERMOMETER)  
      4 -- THERMOGRAPH  
      5 -- SPECIAL CALIBRATION THERMOMETER OR EQUIPMENT 
      6 -- BT   
      7 -- STD  
      9 -- BLANK

 0616   UBT FILE ID 
 ----   --------------------
     M  -- MBT  
     MS -- MBT STANDARD LEVEL   
     X  -- XBT  
     XI -- XBT RADIO MESSAGE DATA   
     XS -- XBT STANDARD LEVEL   

 0617   BOTTOM HIT  
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        -- NO BOTTOM HIT
      B -- PROBE HIT BOTTOM 

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