FTP DATA ACCESS VIA WEB PAGE

The FTP site may also be accessed via ftp at: oceanlab.rsmas.miami.edu
At login you will automatically be placed in the upper data directory: /data/explorer

Data Directory Structure

Below the upper directory (/data) the archives are organized in directories by cruise:
EXyywkT

Every directory begins with EX to denote it comes from the Explorer of the Seas
yy - the 2 digit year  ie 02=2002  04=2004
wk - cruise week for that year, most of the time the first week in January will be Week 01 - but not always
T - this was an option that was added to the directory name after EX0301 to denote Eastern [E] or Western [W] cruise track

NOTE:  Occasionally the data directory names are typed in manually and you may see a different spelling or capitalization of the directory name.  The server is a UNIX based so it will care about capitalization. And, yes, some of the directory names have spaces in them.

Ceilometer - Vaisala Ceilometer - cloud ceiling height measurements
Maeri - Marine-Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer - air temperature and ocean skin temperatures
OS150 - ADCP Ocean Surveyor 150 kHz - ocean current profiles and backscatter measurements
OS38 - ADCP Ocean Surveyor 38kHz - ocean current profiles and backscatter measurements
PCO2 - partial pressure of CO2 mesurements [operated by AOML/NOAA]
Radiosonde - Vaisala Radiosonde (weather balloon) profiles
Bow Lab - Aerosol Laboratory instruments - particle counter, nephelometer measurements
LAPXMData - Vaisala Wind Profiler Data - wind vectors above the ship
MWR - Microwave Radiometer measurements
Prp - Portable Radiation Package (PRP) - solar radiation measurements
SeaKeepers - SeaKeepers International module (ocean measurements only)
TSI - Yankeee Enviornmental Systems Total Sky Imager - cloud fraction images
WaMoS - OceanWaves Wave Monitoring System - wave measurements
ADCP Configs - text configuration files for the RD Instruments ADCPs for cruises after June 2004
Spreadsheet - Instrument maintanence logs spreadsheet in Excel [has a separate worksheet for each instrument]
VIDS - Surface met, surface marine and location data [see table below for more detailed info]