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		"ices_platform_code" : "",
		"source" : "Glider observation",
		"history_#C" : "",
		"data_mode_#M" : "R",
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		"references" : "http://www.ego-network.org/",
		"comment" : "This work is based upon information provided by NATO Science and Technology Organization - Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (STO-CMRE), and was made possible by the LOGMEC18 sea trial, including as participants STO-CMRE, Naval Research Laboratory - Stennis (NRL-SSC), Istituto Idrografico della Marina Militare Italiana (IIM), Universita di Bologna (UNIBO), Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change (CMCC), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto di Scienze Marine (CNR-ISMAR), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche - Istituto Scienze Atmosfera e Clima (CNR-ISAC), Colorado University (CU), Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT), National Oceanographic Centre (NOC), Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS), Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Agenzia Italia per le nuove teconologie, energie e sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell’ambiente-Liguria (ARPAL), United States Geological Survey (USGS), Laboratorio di Monitoraggio e Modellistica Ambientale per lo sviluppo sostenibile (LAMMA), Teledyne Webb Research (TWR), Quiet Oceans.",
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		"title" : "dorajr glider data on LOGMEC18 deployment",
		"summary" : "The LOGMEC18 (LOng-term Glider Missions for Environmental Characterization 2018) is in support of the Environmental Knowledge and Operational Effectiveness (EKOE) program outlined in the Project Management Plan (PMP) of CMRE for project SAC000807 funded by Allied Command Transformation (ACT). ",
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		"geospatial_lat_max_#C" : "",
		"geospatial_lon_min_#C" : "",
		"geospatial_lon_max_#C" : "",
		"geospatial_vertical_min_#C" : "",
		"geospatial_vertical_max_#C" : "",
		"time_coverage_start_#C" : "",
		"time_coverage_end_#C" : "",
		"institution" : "NATO STO-CMRE (Science and Technology Organization - Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation)",
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		"author" : "glider@cmre.nato.int",
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		"principal_investigator" : "Dr. Paolo Oddo",
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		"observatory" : "Mediterranean Observatory",
		"deployment_code" : "LOGMEC18",
		"deployment_label" : "depl001",
		"distribution_statement" : "Follows CLIVAR (Climate Varibility and Predictability) standards, cf. http://www.clivar.org/data/data_policy.php. Data available free of charge. User assumes all risk for use of data. User must display citation in any publication or product using data. User must contact PI prior to any commercial use of data.",
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			"FIRMWARE_VERSION_SCIENCE" : "7.21",
			"MANUAL_VERSION" : "",
			"GLIDER_SERIAL_NO" : "462",
			"STANDARD_FORMAT_ID" : "",
			"DAC_FORMAT_ID" : "",
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			"PI_NAME" : "Dr. Paolo Oddo",
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			"BATTERY_PACKS" : "",
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			"GLIDER_OWNER" : "NATO STO-CMRE",
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			"DEPLOYMENT_CRUISE_ID" : "LOGMEC18",
			"DEPLOYMENT_REFERENCE_STATION_ID" : "",
			"RECOV_PLATFORM" : "",
			"DEPLOYMENT_OPERATOR" : "STO-CMRE deployment team",
			"DEPLOYMENT_END_DATE" : "",
			"DEPLOYMENT_END_LATITUDE" : null,
			"DEPLOYMENT_END_LONGITUDE" : null,
			"DEPLOYMENT_END_QC" : 0,
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			"long_name" : "Measurement longitude",
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			"conventions" : "EGO reference table 2",
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			"flag_values" : [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9],
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					"ego_variable_name" : "PSAL",
					"dim" : "TIME",
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					"standard_name_#M" : "sea_water_salinity",
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					"sdn_uom_urn" : "DN:P061::UUUU",
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					"glider_original_parameter_name" : "",
					"accuracy" : "",
					"precision" : "",
					"resolution" : "",
					"cell_methods" : "",
					"reference_scale" : "",
					"sensor_mount" : "",
					"sensor_orientation" : "",
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					"DM_indicator" : "",
					"coordinates" : "TIME LATITUDE LONGITUDE PRES"
				},
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					"ego_variable_name" : "TEMP",
					"dim" : "TIME",
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					"accuracy" : "",
					"precision" : "",
					"resolution" : "",
					"cell_methods" : "",
					"reference_scale" : "",
					"sensor_mount" : "",
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					"coordinates" : "TIME LATITUDE LONGITUDE PRES"
				},
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					"dim" : "TIME",
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					"units_#M" : "mhos/m",
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					"valid_max" : 8.5,
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					"sdn_parameter_urn" : "SDN:P01::CNDCST01",
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					"precision" : "",
					"resolution" : "",
					"cell_methods" : "",
					"reference_scale" : "",
					"sensor_mount" : "",
					"sensor_orientation" : "",
					"sensor_name" : "Slocum glider payload CTD",
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					"standard_name_#M" : "sea_water_pressure",
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					"valid_max" : 12000,
					"comment" : "",
					"ancillary_variable" : "PRES_QC",
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					"accuracy" : "",
					"precision" : "",
					"resolution" : "",
					"cell_methods" : "",
					"reference_scale" : "",
					"sensor_mount" : "",
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			"TEMP",
			"CNDC",
			"PRES"
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		"DERIVATION_COMMENT": [
			"",
			"",
			"",
			""
		],
		"DERIVATION_DATE": [
			"",
			"20160506",
			"20160506",
			"20160311"
		]
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			"typeof" : "byte",
			"long_name" : "Quality flag",
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			"valid_min" : 0,
			"valid_max" : 9,
			"flag_values" : [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9],
			"flag_meanings" : "no_qc_performed good_data probably_good_data bad_data_that_are_potentially_correctable bad_data value_changed interpolated_value missing_value"
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