The profiles measured with the same instrument (bottles, CTD, XBT, ...) during the same cruise, are grouped within the same file which includes:

• a "cruise header format" based on the international CSR information
• a "station header format" including the cruise reference, the originator station reference within the cruise and the time and location
• the "data format" of the profile

The sequence "profile header"/"data points" is repeated for each profile.

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example of MEDATLAS files for vertical profiles: