CD-ROM Supplement to WHOI Technical Report WHOI-2000-03 UOP-00-01. This CD-ROM contains surface meteorological and air-sea flux data from the surface mooring component of the NOAA Pan American Climate Study (PACS). Data are from two sites in the eastern tropical Pacific covering the time period April 1997 to September 1998. This is a preliminary release of the dataset. Please use with caution and report any errors. Please do not post and distribute this dataset on the internet. A complete description of the data collection and analysis is provided in the PACS data report. Anderson, Steven P, Kelan Huang, Nancy J. Brink, Mark F. Baumgartner, and Robert A. Weller: 2000. Pan American Climate Studies (PACS) Data Report. Woods Hole Oceanographic Technical Report. WHOI-2000-03 UOP-00-01,pp.145 Directory Structure PACS HOURLY AVERAGED METEOROLOGY AND FLUXES /data ASCII FORMAT /data/ascii/pacs_north_flux.asc /data/ascii/pacs_north_met.asc /data/ascii/pacs_south_flux.asc /data/ascii/pacs_south_met.asc EPIC/NETCDF BINARY FORMAT /data/epic/pacs_north_flux.epic /data/epic/pacs_north_met.epic /data/epic/pacs_south_flux.epic /data/epic/pacs_south_met.epic NETCDF/EPIC HEADER AND VARIABLE INFORMATION /data/header/pacs_north_flux.epic /data/header/pacs_north_met.epic /data/header/pacs_south_flux.epic /data/header/pacs_south_met.epic PACS CLIVAR ABSTRACT IN HTML FORMAT /abstract/index.htm SURFACE MOORING DATA FROM TOGA COARE /coare MISC PHOTOS FROM FINAL MOORING RECOVERY CRUISE SEPT 1998 /misc/photos POSTSCRIPT FILES OF DATA PLOTS FOUND IN THE DATA REPORT /misc/figures/north_figs /misc/figures/south_figs Notes: Data files last updated April 19, 2000. This is a preliminary release of the data set. Please use with caution and report any errors. Data provided in both ASCII and EPIC/NETCDF binary Information about EPIC/NETCDF can be found at PMEL's website. http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/epic/General_Conv.html Fluxes have been calculated using the TOGA COARE bulk flux version 2.5. See the data report for full details. Acknowledgement: This data was collected with support from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration through Grant No. NA66GPO130. If you use any of these data in a presentation or publication, please acknowledge Drs. Steven P. Anderson and Robert A. Weller, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and NOAA. Kelan Huang assisted with PACS data processing, quality control and documentation. This CD-ROM was prepared by Steven Anderson. Contacts: Dr. Steven Anderson Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Department of Physical Oceanography Mail Stop 29 Woods Hole, MA 02543 (508) 289 - 2876 sanderson@whoi.edu Dr. Robert A Weller Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Department of Physical Oceanography Mail Stop 29 Woods Hole, MA 02543 (508) 289 - 2508 rweller@whoi.edu Copyright © April 2000