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        "format": "fixed_width",
        "encoding": "ascii"
    },
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            "description": "Ship number",
            "field_length": 2,
            "column_type": "key",
            "codetable": "ship_description"
        },
        "WHL SES": {
            "description": "Whaling season",
            "field_length": 2,
            "column_type": "key",
            "codetable": "season"
        },
        "O C T": {
            "description": "Octant",
            "field_length": 1,
            "column_type": "key",
            "codetable": "octant"
        },
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            "description": "Latitude (all south)",
            "field_length": 3,
            "column_type": "float16",
            "scale": 0.1,
            "valid_min": 0.0,
            "valid_max": 90.0,
            "decimal_places": 1,
            "units": "deg"
        },
        "LON": {
            "description": "Longitude (no hundreds)",
            "field_length": 3,
            "column_type": "float16",
            "scale": 0.1,
            "valid_min": 0.0,
            "valid_max": 99.9,
            "decimal_places": 1,
            "units": "deg"
        },
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            "description": "Pressure (mb no thousands nor hundreds)",
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            "column_type": "float16",
            "scale": 0.1,
            "valid_min": 0.0,
            "valid_max": 99.9,
            "decimal_places": 1,
            "units": "hPa"
        },
        "DRY BLB": {
            "description": "Air temperature (F<0: F + 100)",
            "field_length": 2,
            "column_type": "int16",
            "valid_min": 0,
            "valid_max": 99,
            "units": "F"
        },
        "SEA TMP": {
            "description": "Sea temperature (F<0: F + 100)",
            "field_length": 2,
            "column_type": "int16",
            "valid_min": 0,
            "valid_max": 99,
            "units": "F"
        },
        "DEW PT.": {
            "description": "Dew point temperature (F<0: F + 100)",
            "field_length": 2,
            "column_type": "int16",
            "valid_min": 0,
            "valid_max": 99,
            "units": "F"
        },
        "WND DIR": {
            "description": "Wind direction",
            "field_length": 2,
            "column_type": "key",
            "codetable": "wind_direction"
        },
        "B E U": {
            "description": "Beaufort wind force",
            "field_length": 1,
            "column_type": "key",
            "codetable": "wind_force"
        },
        "MER ZON": {
            "description": "Meridional zone",
            "field_length": 2,
            "column_type": "key",
            "codetable": "zone_number_meridional"
        },
        "L A Z": {
            "description": "Latitude zone",
            "field_length": 1,
            "column_type": "key",
            "codetable": "zone_number_latitudinal"
        }
    }
}