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| Notification of New Data Stream |
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This is your notification of a new data stream that we will be distributing 
from the XDC to the Archive. 

The following information should fully describe the new data stream. If you 
have any questions about this, please send them to the sender of this message. 

Sending to: 

      _x_ Archive (a1 data) 
      ___ Experiment Center 
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No.	Data Stream 			Frequency	File Size(bytes)
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1.  twp02taorad165e0nX1.a1              1/month          ~360000
2.  twp02taorad165e2nX1.a1              1/month          ~360000
3.  twp02taorad165e2sX1.a1              1/month          ~360000      
4.  twp02taorad165e5nX1.a1              1/month          ~360000      
5.  twp02taorad165e5sX1.a1              1/month          ~360000      
6.  twp02taorad165e8nX1.a1              1/month          ~360000     
7.  twp02taorad165e8sX1.a1              1/month          ~360000     
8.  twp10taomet165e0nX1.a1              1/month          ~300000      
9.  twp10taomet165e2nX1.a1              1/month          ~300000      
10. twp10taomet165e2sX1.a1              1/month          ~300000      
11. twp10taomet165e5nX1.a1              1/month          ~300000      
12. twp10taomet165e5sX1.a1              1/month          ~300000      
13. twp10taomet165e8nX1.a1              1/month          ~300000      
14. twp10taomet165e8sX1.a1              1/month          ~300000      
15. twp10taoprecip165e0nX1.a1           1/month           ~76000
16. twp10taoprecip165e2nX1.a1           1/month           ~76000   
17. twp10taoprecip165e2sX1.a1           1/month           ~76000   
18. twp10taoprecip165e5nX1.a1           1/month           ~76000   
19. twp10taoprecip165e5sX1.a1           1/month           ~76000   
20. twp10taoprecip165e8nX1.a1           1/month           ~76000   
21. twp10taoprecip165e8sX1.a1           1/month           ~76000   
22. twp10taosalinity165e0nX1.a1         1/month           ~76000 
23. twp10taosalinity165e2nX1.a1         1/month           ~76000 
24. twp10taosalinity165e2sX1.a1         1/month           ~76000 
25. twp10taosalinity165e5nX1.a1         1/month           ~76000 
26. twp10taosalinity165e5sX1.a1         1/month           ~76000 
27. twp10taosalinity165e8nX1.a1         1/month           ~76000 
28. twp10taosalinity165e8sX1.a1         1/month           ~76000 

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Data stream Name(s) and Comments:

No.1-7 : twp02taorad165eiiX1.a1.yyyymm01.000000.cdf
           
      The netcdf files are monthly Radiation data with 2 minute averages from 
the TAO buoys located on the 165E line of the TAO  Buoy Array.
      
No.8-14: twp10taomet165eiiX1.a1.yyyymm01.000000.cdf

      The netcdf files are monthly Meteorology data with 10 minute averages 
from the TAO buoys located on the 165E line of the TAO  Buoy Array.
      
No.15-21: twp10taoprecip165eiiX1.a1.yyyymm01.000000.cdf

      The netcdf files are monthly Precipitation data with 10 minute averages 
along 165 degree East of the TAO (Tropical Atmosphere Ocean) Buoy Array.
      
No.22-28: twp10taosalinity165eiiX1.a1.yyyymm01.000000.cdf

      The netcdf files are monthly Salinity data with 10 minute averages along
165 degree East of the TAO (Tropical Atmosphere Ocean) Buoy Array.

      where, ii = 8n, 5n, 2n, 0n, 2s, 5s, or 8s and
             yyyymmdd are the year, month and day of the date of the file


Source Instrument(s): ATLAS (Autonomous Temperature Line Acquistion System) mooring.

External Data Source: Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL)

Instrument Mentor(s): 

Transfer Schedule: 

       We are planning to send the backlog files starting 04/12/2001. 
       
Additional Notes:

      For more information on the data, please see the release notice at 
http://www.xdc.arm.gov/docs/data_info/release_forms/twptaobuoy.release.html 
or visit the Web site at http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/