What are the limitations and pitfalls of the search tool?
– The search tool does not provide you with a html link to the data files on these DVDs; you will need to follow the pathnames manually or write a program or executable script to access the files automatically. – If you include global fields such as satellite files in a geographical search you will get all those global file names returned to you. – There are vast numbers of profiles in the Upper Ocean Thermal data stream (XBT or eXpendable BathyThermograph temperature profiles). The inventory has been designed to search for the zipped file (each ocean basin per year-quarter) which matches your criteria. There is a good chance that you will end up with more data than you need if you are searching for a small area. – If you need data from a single hydrographic cruise, find the correct ExpoCode from the master list and search on that. The match must be exact if you use the full ExpoCode, so if in doubt, use just the first few characters. – The search tool will only return the names and lo
