The microcat data files contain the structure"mc". The example below is for bs3_201820_16930_edt.mat mc = setup: [1x1 struct] see below dday: [70191x1 double] 2014 decimal days; date: [70191x6 double] dates in the form of [y m d hh mm ss] datenum: [70191x1 double] matlab's version of time pressure: [70191x1 double] measured pressure [dbar] depth: [70191x1 double] converted depth [m], using presure and sw_dpth for lat=71.33 temp: [70191x1 double] measured temperature [deg C] cond: [70191x1 double] measured conductivity [S/m] sal: [70191x1 double] derived salinity [psu] SS: [70191x1 double] derived sound speed [m/s] >> mc.setup ans = mooringID: 'BS3' instrument: 'SBE37SM-RS232 SerialNumber=03716930' latitude: -152.0524 longitude: 71.3946 bottom_depth: 149 instrument_depth: NaN start_time: [2018 10 27 0 0 1.0000] end_time: [2020 10 27 3 30 1] in_water_time: [2018 11 1 22 30 1] out_water_time: [2020 10 24 17 30 1] n_iwt: 571 % index for first at-depth measurement n_owt: 69959 % index for last at-depth measurement comment: 'mc.dday is "decimal day": noon on Jan 1 = 0.5' processor: 'F. Bahr, WHOI, Jan 2020'