SAMOS data have been sorted by vessel and year. All netCDF (*.nc) and ASCII (*.asc) files have a sequential version number. The public netCDF and ASCII files have completed 2 levels of quality control (see Handbook), and contain identical data values and quality flags. The file names have the following format:

CALLSIGN_YYYYMMDDvVVVOO.nc(asc for ASCII)

The components of the file name include: CALLSIGN: Up to an 8 alphanumeric character identifier for the site. May be a ships call sign or a WMO number for a surface station or buoy. A "_" will mark the end of the ID. YYYY: Four digit year of the first record in the file. MM: Two digit month of the first record in the file. DD: Two digit date of the first record in the file. vVVV: SAMOS version number. Typically greater than or equal to 100 (v1.0.0). OO Two digit number describing the order in which files are received. This number begins at 01 and is incremented if more data is transmitted for the same day. .nc NetCDF format. ( .asc indicates ASCII file)