MEDATLAS FORMAT

Examples:

Objectives

Cruise header format

Cruise reference

Station and time series header format

Station reference

History and information on the data processing

Data points format

Codification

countries

ship

oceanographic regions

data centers

data types

observed parameters

quality flags

data availability

OBJECTIVES

The MEDATLAS format is used for vertical profiles and for time series. This format has been designed, in conformity with the international the ICES/IOC GETADE recommendations (see references), to fulfill the following requirements :

	To facilitate the reading of the data, (and not to optimize the data archiving on the magnetic medium, neither to speed up the data processing).
	To be independent of the computer.
	To keep track of the history of the data including the data collection and the processing. Then each cruise must be documented.
	To allow the processing of profile independently. Therefore the date, time and geographical co-ordinate must be reported on each profile header.
	To be flexible and accept (almost) any number of different parameters.
	The real numbers (floating numbers must remain in the same way as they have been transmitted, not re-formatted into integer numbers). The number of decimals must implicitly indicate the accuracy of the measurements.

These requirements have been taken into account in the MEDATLAS exchange format which has been designed by the MEDATLAS and MODB consortia, in the frame of the European MAST II program. The profiles measured with the same instrument (eg. bottles, CTD, XBT..) during the same cruise, are grouped within the same file which includes :

	A cruise header based on the international ROSCOP information
	A profile or time series header including the cruise reference, the originator station reference within the cruise and the time and location
	The data points of the profile

The sequence 'profile/time series header + data points ' is repeated for each profile.

CRUISE HEADER

See example for CRUISE HEADER

BP = Beginning Position, SL = string length,
MAND = Mandatory if X in the column
NDT= Number of data types (ROSCOP)
NCO = Number of comment lines (textual information on the cruise)

LINE	FIELD	DESCRIPTION	BP	SL	TYPE	MAND.
1	1st character	*	1	1	char	X
	cruise	MEDATLAS cruise reference	2	13	char	X
	name	originator cruise name/reference	16	32	char	X
	ship code	standardised WDCA/ICES/IOC code	49	4	char	X
	ship name	full ship name	54	25	char	X
2	start date	DD/MM/YYYY	1	10	char	X
	end date	DD/MM/YYYY	12	10	char	X
	region name	GF3 table	23	35	char	X
3	country	Source laboratory country code	1	2	char	X
3	address	Laboratory, institution, town	4	75	char	.
4	name	chief scientist full name	1	40	char	X
	key word	'Project='	42	8	char	X
	project	name of the project	50	28	char
5	key	'Regional Archiving='	1	19	char	X
	data centre	regional archiving centre code	21	2	char	X
	key word	'Availability='	42	13	char	X
	availability	Data Availability code (P/L/C)	55	1	char	X
5+1 to 5+NDT	key word	'Data Type='	1	10	char	X
	data type	ROSCOP code	11	3	char	X
	key word	'n='	15	2	char	X
	number	number of profiles for the type	17	4	num	X
	key word	'QC='	22	3	char	X
	QC	Y/N (Yes or No)	25	1	char	X
6+NDT to 5+NDT+NCO	key word	'COMMENT'	1	7	char	.
	.	comment line 1.....	1	80	char	.
	.	comment line n	1	80	char	.

Cruise reference

total 13 characters (no blank character allowed) BP=Beginning Position, SL= string length

FIELD	DESCRIPTION	BP	SL	TYPE	MAND.
Data centre code	Regional data centre in charge of the dataset	1	2	char	X
Country code	Country of the institution who performed the measurements	3	2	char	X
Year	Year of the beginning of the cruise : format yyyy	5	4	number	X
Serial number	number given by the data center or by the originator	9	5	number	X

STATION: PROFILE HEADER & TIME SERIES HEADER

See examples for PROFILE or TIME SERIES HEADER

In the station header, the first character of each line is a '*'.

BP =Beginning Position SL = string length
MAND = Mandatory if X in the column
NP = number of observed parameters incl. the reference (pressure)
NCO = number of comment lines in the header

The first observed parameter is the reference :

	pressure in decibar for the observations in the water
	depth (in meters) below the bottom for sediment observations
	date + time + seconds (optional) for Eulerian time series

LINE	FIELD	DESCRIPTION	BP	SL	TYPE	MAND
1	start character	'*'	1	1	char	X
	reference	MEDATLAS ref.(cruise+station+cast)	2	18	char	X
	key word	'Data Type='	21	10	char	X
	data type	ROSCOP code	31	3	char	X
2	date	'*DATE='DDMMYYYY	1	14	char	X
	time	'TIME='HHMN	16	9	char	X
	latitude N/S	'LAT='N or S	26	5	char	X
	lat. degrees	latitude degrees (0 to 90)	31	2	char	X
	lat. minutes	latitude minutes.hundredth	34	5	char	X
	longitude E/W	'LON=', E or W	40	5	char	X
	long. degrees	longitude degrees (0 to 180)	45	3	char	X
	long. minutes	minutes.hundredth	49	5	char	X
	key word	'DEPTH='	55	6	char	X
	bottom depth	bottom depth in metres (nothing if unknown)	61	6	num	.
	key word	'QC='	68	3	char	X
	time flag	QC flag on date and time	71	1	num	X
	lat. flag	QC flag on latitude	72	1	num	X
	long. flag	QC flag on longitude	73	1	num	X
	depth flag	QC flag on bottom depth	74	1	num	X
3	key word	'*NB PARAMETERS= '	1	15	char	X
	nb. of columns	number of measured parameters (NP)	16	2	num	X
	key word	'RECORD LINES='	19	13	char	X
	number of lines	number of observation records (NL)	32	5	num	X
3+1 to 3+NP	1st character	*	1	1	char	X
	code param. p	Code for parameter p	2	4	char	X
	parameter p	parameter full name (IOC def.)	7	30	char	X
	unit param. p	('IS/IOC unit')	37	30	char	X
	key word	'def.='	68	5	char	X
	default val.	string of '9'.string of '9' same format as the parameter p	73	nlen(np)	num	X
4+NP	key word	'*GLOBAL PROFILE QUALITY FLAG='	1	29	char	X
	profile QC	global quality flag for the profile	30	1	num	X
	key word	'GLOBAL PARAMETERS QC FLAGS='	32	27	char	X
	profile QC	global quality flags for the NP parameter	50	NP	num	X
5+NP	key word + collect hist.1	'*DC HISTORY='method, instrum. etc	1	80	char	X
6+NP	collect hist.2	'*'continuation	1	80	char	X
7+NP	key word + archv. hist.1	'*DM HISTORY', data management history	1	80	char	X
8+NP	archv. hist.2	'*'continuation	1	80	char	X
9+NP to 8+NP+NCO	key word	'*COMMENT'	1	8	char	X
	comment	'*'comment line 1	1	80	char	X
	comment	'*'comment line n	1	80	char	.
9+NP+NCO	key word + surface obs. 1	'*SURFACE SAMPLES=', samples	1	80	char	X
10+NP+NCO	surface obs. 2	'*'continuation	1	80	char	X

Station reference
total 18 characters (no blank character allowed) BP=Beginning Position, SL= string length

FIELD	DESCRIPTION	BP	SL	TYPE	MAND.
cruise reference	Cruise reference to which the station belongs	1	13	char	X
station number	station reference	4	4	char	X
cast	This can be used as a fifth character for the station number or as a character to describe the cast of one station if several casts are performed as the same location	1	1	char	X

History and information on the data processing

In order to maintain some flexibility with the format and not to loose existing complementary information on the data processing, meteorological observations etc. not taken into account in the format, three specific fields terminate each header profile :
*DC HISTORY for the information linked to the data collection at sea (like instrument, calibration)
*DM HISTORY for the information linked to the data management and archiving (like the source latitude if the sign or the value has been changed)
*COMMENT for all optional data and meta data . The number of comment lines is not limited.

For the time series, 5 lines must be added in the comment lines of the header :

LINE	FIELD	DESCRIPTION	BP	SL	TYPE	MAND
1	key word	'*ADDITIONNAL INFORMATION - TIME SERIES	1	38	char	X
2	key word	'*EDATE=''	1	7	date	X
	end date	End date of the time serie : format DDMMYYYY	8	8	char	X
	key word	'ETIME='	17	6	char	X
	end time	End time of the time serie : format HHMN	23	4	time	X
	key word	'ELAT='	28	5	char	X
	end latitude	End latitude of the time serie : N(or S)DD MM.99	33	9	lat.	X
	key word	'ELON='	43	5	char	X
	end longitude	End longitude of the time serie : E(or W)DDD MM.99	48	10	long.	X
	key word	'EDEPTH='	59	7	char	X
	end depth	End bottom depth of the time serie	66	6	num	X
	key word	'QC='	73	3	char	X
	time flag	QC flag on end date and end time	76	1	num	X
	lat. flag	QC flag on end latitude	77	1	num	X
	long. flag	QC flag on end longitude	78	1	num	X
	depth flag	QC flag on end bottom depth	79	1	num	X
3	key word	'*SENSOR DEPTH='	1	14	char	X
	sensor depth	Nominal sensor depth in meters	15	5	num	X
	key word	'(metre)'	21	7	char	X
	key word	'DISTANCE TO BOTTOM='	40	19	char	X
	dist. bottom	Distance to bottom in meters	59	5	num	.
	key word	'(metre)'	65	7	char	.
	key word	'QC='	73	3	char	X
	depth flag	QC flag on sensor depth	76	1	num	X
	dist. flag	QC flag on distance to bottom	77	1	num	X
4	key word	'*DURATION='	1	10	char	X
	duration	Time serie duration in days	11	5	num	.
	key word	(day)	17	5	char	.
	key word	QC=	73	3	char	X
	duration flag	QC flag on the duration of the time serie	76	1	char	X
5	key word	'*SAMPLING RATE='	1	15	char	X
	samp. rate	Sampling rate in seconds	16	5	num	.
	key word	(second)	22	8	char	.
	key word	'MAGNETIC DECLINATION='	40	21	char	X
	mag. decl.	Magnetic declination in degrees (format 99.9)	61	4	num	X
	key word	(degree)	66	8	char	X

DATA POINTS

Each parameter p can have any length nlen(p), but this length must be constant in the profile, and the decimal points at a constant position. The separators are one or more blanks after each parameter value. The quality flags are grouped after the last separator, with no blank between them.

If a total of NP parameters are recorded the beginning positions of parameter p (bp(p)) and its quality fmag (bpq(p)) in the record lines are :

           bp(p)=nlen(1)+ ..+ nlen(p-1) + 1
           bpq(p)= bp(NP) + nlen(NP) + p-1
   nlen(p) includes the blanks separator(s) for the parameter p.

For missing data, the default characters are 9 or -9 at the same format and length than the expected numbers. The number of decimal implicitly indicates the accuracy of the data.

See examples for VERTICAL PROFILE and TIME SERIES data files.

CODES

Codes are used in the database when the information (meta-data) is frequently exchange. The codes may be international (IOC/GF3, ICES) or internal to the MEDATLAS format:

IOC/GF3 COUNTRY CODES

CODE	NAME
35	France
06	Germany
36	Greece
48	Italy
29	Spain
88	Tunisia
74	United Kingdom

ICES SHIP CODES

CODE NAME COUNTRY

06PO POSEIDON Germany

29DB ODON DEL BUEN Spain

29GD GARCIA DEL CID Spain

29HE HESPERIDES Spain

35A3 L'ATALANTE France

35EU L'EUROPE France

35GP GEORGES PETIT France

35LU LE SUROIT France

35TT TETHYS II France

36AE AEGAEO Greece

48UR URANIA Italy

88SA SALAMMBO Tunisia

CODES FOR IHB MEDITERRANEAN OCEANOGRAPHIC REGION

CODE	NAME
D00	MEDITERRANEAN SEA
D10	MED. WESTERN BASIN
D11	GIBRALTAR STRAIT
D12	ALBORAN SEA
D13	BALEARIC SEA
D14	LIGURIAN SEA
D15	TYRRHENIAN SEA
D17	SICILIA STRAIT
D30	MED., EASTERN BASIN
D31	IONIAN SEA
D32	ADRIATIC SEA
D33	AEGEAN SEA
D41	BLACK SEA
D42	SEA OF MARMARA
D43	SEA OF AZOV
DH3	LEVANTINE BASIN

DATA CENTRE CODES

CODE NAME

FI

France IFREMER/SISMER

GN

Greece HNODC

IO

Italy OGS

DATA TYPE (Roscop codes)

CODE NAME

B01 Primary productivity

B02 Phytoplankton pigments (eg chloroph

B06 Dissolved organic matter (inc DOC)

B07 Pelagic bacteria/micro-organisms

B08 Phytoplankton

B09 Zooplankton

B16 Benthic bacteria/micro-organisms

B71 Particulate organic matter (inc POC

B73 Sediment traps

D01 Current meters

D05 Surface drifters/drifting buoys

D06 Neutrally buoyant floats

D71 Current profiler (eg ADCP)

G04 Core soft bottom

H09 Water bottle stations

H10 CTD stations

H13 Bathythermograph

H16 Transparency (eg transmissiometer)

H17 Optics (eg underwater light levels)

H21 Oxygen

H22 Phosphate

H23 Total - P

H24 Nitrate

H25 Nitrite

H26 Silicate

H27 Alkalinity

H28 pH

H30 Trace elements

H32 Isotopes

H33 Other dissolved gases

H72 Thermistor chain

H73 Geochemical tracers (eg freons)

H74 Carbon dioxide

H75 Total - N

H76 Ammonia

M01 Upper air observations

M03 Near surface meteorology

M05 Occasional standard measurements

M90 Other meteorological measurements

P01 Suspended matter

P02 Trace metals

EXTENDED IOC/GF3 PARAMETER CODES

CODE NAME UNIT

ABCP ALPHA BETA CAROTENES milligram/m3

ALKY ALKALINITY millimole/m3

AMIS SEDIMENT AMINO-ACIDS microgram/g

AMON AMMONIUM (NH4-N) CONTENT millimole/m3

ASDW ABSORPTION STANDARD DEVIATION milligram/m3

ATMS ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE - SEA LEV millibar

AXAP ALLOXANTHINE milligram/m3

BCCS BACTERIA NUMBER SEDIMENT 10+9 cell/dm3

BCCW NUMBER OF BACTERIA CELLS SW 10+9 cell/m3

BCMW BACTERIAL BIOMASS IN SEA WATER milligram C/m3

BFUP 19'BUTANOYLOXYFUCOXANTHINE milligram/m3

C1UW 14C UPTAKE 0.2-1 MICRON milligram carbon/(m3.day)

CDFW DARK FIXATION milligram carbon/(m3.day)

CE1W DISSOLVED CFC11 ERROR picomole/kg

CE2W DISSOLVED CFC12 ERROR picomole/kg

CE3W DISSOLVED CFC113 ERROR picomole/kg

CF1W DISSOLVED CFC11 picomole/kg

CF2W DISSOLVED CFC12 picomole/kg

CF3W DISSOLVED CFC113 picomole/kg

CH1P CHL-A(LESS DIVINYLCHL-A) milligram/m3

CH2P CHL-B(LESS DIVINYLCHL-B) milligram/m3

CHAD DIVINYL CHLOROPHYLL-A milligram/m3

CHAE EPIMERE CHLOROPHYLL-A milligram/m3

CHBD DIVINYL-CHLOROPHYLL-B milligram/m3

CHC3 CHLOROPHYLL-C3 milligram/m3

CHCZ CHLOROPHYLL-C1+C2 milligram/m3

CHLT CHLOROPHYLL-TOTAL milligram/m3

CHTS SEDIMENT CARBOHYDRATES microgram/g

CICW NUMBER OF SW CILIATES 10+3 cell/m3

CLAY CLAY IN THE SEDIMENT %

CNDC ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY millimho/centimeter

CO2W DISSOLVED CARBON DIOXYD (CO2) millimole/m3

CO3F PART. CaCO3 FLUX milligram/(m2.day)

CO3P CARBONATES CONTENT %

CO3S SEDIMENT CARBONATES %

COCW NUMBER OF SW COCCOLITHOPHORIDS 10+3 cell/m3

COPF COCCOLITHOPHORIDAE PPC FLUX milligram C/(m2.day)

CORG DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON millimole/m3

CPH3 CHLOROPHYLL-A/2 MICRON FILTER milligram/m3

CPH4 CHLOROPHYLL-A/20 MICRON FILTER milligram/m3

CPHL CHLOROPHYLL-A TOTAL milligram/m3

D13C DELTA 13 C SIGNATURE %

DATE DATE mmdd

DAYX DAY WITHIN MONTH dd

DCAW DARK CARBON ABSORPTION milligram/m3

DEPH DEPTH BELOW SEA SURFACE meter

DFCW NUMBER OF SW DINOFLAGELLATES 10+3 cell/m3

DFPF DINOFLAGELLATES PPC FLUX milligram C/(m2.day)

DIPF DIATOMS PPC FLUX milligram C/(m2.day)

DOPW DISSOLVED ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS millimole/m3

DOX1 DISSOLVED OXYGEN ml/l

DOX2 DISSOLVED OXYGEN micromole/kg

DOXY DISSOLVED OXYGEN millimole/m3

DPS1 DEPTH BELOW BOTTOM-LOWER LIMIT meter

DRDD DURATION (DAYS) ddd

DRYT DRY BULB TEMPERATURE Celsius degree

DTCW NUMBER OF SW DIATOMS 10+3 cell/m3

DXAP DIADINOXANTHINE milligram/m3

EF1W DISSOLVED CFC11 ERROR %

EF2W DISSOLVED CFC12 ERROR %

EF3W DISSOLVED CFC113 ERROR %

EPMP TOTAL SUSP. PART. MATTER/ESTER gram/m3

ETHP PARTICULATE 234 TH ACT. ERROR Bq/m3

ETHW DISSOLVED 234 TH ACT. ERROR Bq/m3

EWCT CURRENT EAST COMPONENT meter/second

FLPF FLAGELLATES PPC FLUX milligram C/(m2.day)

FLU1 FLUORESCENCE volt

FLUO FLUORESCENCE relative unit

FUCP FUCOXANTHINE milligram/m3

GPMP TOTAL SUSP. PART. MATTER/GLASS gram/m3

H2OS WATER CONTENT %

HCDT DIRECTION REL. TRUE NORTH degree

HCSP HORIZONTAL CURRENT SPEED meter/second

HEAD PLATFORM HEADING REL. NORTH degree

HEDE ISOTOPIC RATIO ERROR %

HEDW DEVIATION OF ISOTOPIC RATIO %

HEEW DISSOLVED HELIUM ERROR nanomole/kg

HELW DISSOLVED HELIUM nanomole/kg

HFUP 19'HEXANOYLOXYFUCOXANTHINE milligram/m3

LATD LATITUDE DEGREES degree

LATM LATITUDE MINUTES minute

LATX LATITUDE decimal degree

LCAW LIGHT CARBON ABSORPTION milligram/m3

LGH3 LIGHT IRRADIANCE CORRECTED PAR micromole photon/(m2.s)

LGH4 LIGHT IRRADIANCE SURFACE PAR micromole photon/(m2.s)

LGHT LIGHT IRRADIANCE IMMERGED PAR micromole photon/(m2.s)

LIPS SEDIMENT LIPIDS microgram/g

LOND LONGITUDE DEGREES degree

LONM LONGITUDE MINUTES minute

LONX LONGITUDE decimal degree

LSCT LIGHT SCATTERING %

LSIC LITHOGENIC CONTENT %

LTHF LITHOGENIC FRACTION FLUX milligram/(m2.day)

LTUW LEUCINE UPTAKE RATE microgram carbon/(m3.h)

MALF AL FLUX IN SETTLING PARTICLES milligram/(m2.day)

MALP AL IN SPM milligram/m3

MALS Al IN THE SEDIMENT %

MBAP BA IN SPM milligram/m3

MBAS Ba IN THE SEDIMENT ppm

MBRS Br IN THE SEDIMENT ppm

MCAP CA IN SPM milligram/m3

MCAS Ca IN THE SEDIMENT %

MCES Ce IN THE SEDIMENT ppm

MCLP CL IN SPM milligram/m3

MCRS Cr IN THE SEDIMENT ppm

MCUF CU FLUX IN SETTLING PARTICLES microgram/(m2.day)

MCUS Cu IN THE SEDIMENT ppm

MFEF FE FLUX IN SETTLING PARTICLES milligram/(m2.day)

MFEP FE IN SPM milligram/m3

MFES Fe IN THE SEDIMENT %

MIIS I IN THE SEDIMENT ppm

MKKP K IN SPM milligram/m3

MKKS K IN THE SEDIMENT %

MLAS La IN THE SEDIMENT ppm

MMGP MG IN SPM milligram/m3

MMGS Mg IN THE SEDIMENT %

MMNF MN FLUX IN SETTLING PARTICLES microgram/(m2.day)

MMNP MN IN SPM milligram/m3

MMNS Mn IN THE SEDIMENT %

MMOS Mo IN THE SEDIMENT ppm

MNAS Na IN THE SEDIMENT %

MNBS Bs IN THE SEDIMENT ppm

MNDS Nd IN THE SEDIMENT ppm

MNIS Ni IN THE SEDIMENT ppm

MNTH MONTH mm

MPBF PB FLUX IN SETTLING PARTICLES microgram/(m2.day)

MPBS Pb IN THE SEDIMENT ppm

MPPP P IN SPM milligram/m3

MPPS P IN THE SEDIMENT %

MRBS Rb IN THE SEDIMENT ppm

MSCS Sc IN THE SEDIMENT ppm

MSDP MEAN SPHERIC DIAM. OF PARTICLE millimeter

MSIP SI IN SPM milligram/m3

MSIS Si IN THE SEDIMENT %

MSMP MEAN SPHERIC DIAM. MEDIAN millimeter

MSRS Sr IN THE SEDIMENT ppm

MSSP S IN SPM milligram/m3

MSZW MESOZOOPLANCTON DRY WEIGHT milligram/m3

MTHS Th IN THE SEDIMENT ppm

MTIP TI IN SPM milligram/m3

MTIS Ti IN THE SEDIMENT %

MUUS U IN THE SEDIMENT ppm

MVVS V IN THE SEDIMENT ppm

MYYS Y IN THE SEDIMENT ppm

MZNF ZN FLUX IN SETTLING PARTICLES microgram/(m2.day)

MZNS Zn IN THE SEDIMENT ppm

MZRS Zr IN THE SEDIMENT ppm

NAVG AVERAGED DATA CYCLE NUMBER number

NEEW DISSOLVED NEON ERROR nanomole/kg

NEOW DISSOLVED NEON nanomole/kg

NETR NET RADIATION watt/m2

NFCW NUMBER OF SW NANOFLAGELLATES 10+3 cell/m3

NHRW AMMONIUM REGENERATION micromole nitrogen/(m3.day)

NHUW AMMONIUM UPTAKE micromole nitrogen/(m3.day)

NORG DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN millimole/m3

NORW NITRIFICATION micromole nitrogen/(m3.day)

NOUW NITRATE UPTAKE micromole nitrogen/(m3.day)

NSCT CURRENT NORTH COMPONENT meter/second

NTOT TOTAL NITROGEN (N) CONTENT millimole/m3

NTRA NITRATE (NO3-N) CONTENT millimole/m3

NTRI NITRITE (NO2-N) CONTENT millimole/m3

NTRZ NITRATE + NITRITE CONTENT millimole/m3

NUMP NUMBER OF PARTICLES number/m3

OMMF PART. ORGANIC MATTER FLUX milligram/(m2.day)

OPAP OPAL CONTENT %

PCEW NUMBER OF SW PICOEUCARYOTES 10+6 cell/m3

PERP PERIDININE milligram/m3

PHCW NUM. OF SW PHYTOPLANKTON CELLS 10+3 cell/m3

PHEA PHEOPHYTIN-A milligram/m3

PHNS SEDIMENT PHENOLS microgram/g

PHOS PHOSPHATE (PO4-P) CONTENT millimole/m3

PHPH PH pH unit

PHTP TOTAL PHEOPHYTINE milligram/m3

POCF PART. ORGANIC CARBON FLUX milligram/(m2.day)

POCP PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON/POC milligram/m3

PONP PARTICULATE ORGANIC NITROGEN milligram/m3

PP1P PART. ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS (P) millimole/m3

PRCW NUMBER OF SW PROCHLOROCOCCUS 10+6 cell/m3

PRES SEA PRESSURE sea surface=0 decibar=10000 pascals

PRRT PRECIPITATION RATE millimeter/hour

PSAL PRACTICAL SALINITY P.S.U.

PTNP PARTICULATE TOTAL NITROGEN milligram/m3

PTZF PROTOZOA PPC FLUX milligram C/(m2.day)

PXAP PRASINOXANTHINE milligram/m3

RDIN INCIDENT RADIATION watt/m2

REDS REDOX POTENTIAL millivolt

RELH RELATIVE HUMIDITY %

SAND SAND IN THE SEDIMENT %

SILT SILT IN THE SEDIMENT %

SIOF PART. BIOGENIC Si FLUX milligram/(m2.day)

SIOS SEDIMENT BIOGENIC SiO2 %

SLCA SILICATE (SIO4-SI) CONTENT millimole/m3

SNCW NUMBER OF SW SYNECHOCOCCUS 10+6 cell/m3

SSTP SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE Celsius degree

TCCF PART. TOTAL CARBON FLUX milligram/(m2.day)

TCCS SEDIMENT TOTAL CARBON %

TE01 SEA TEMPERATURE Celsius degree

TE02 SEA TEMPERATURE Celsius degree

TE03 SEA TEMPERATURE Celsius degree

TE04 SEA TEMPERATURE Celsius degree

TE05 SEA TEMPERATURE Celcius degree

TE06 SEA TEMPERATURE Celsius degree

TE07 SEA TEMPERATURE Celsius degree

TE08 SEA TEMPERATURE Celsius degree

TE09 SEA TEMPERATURE Celsius degree

TE10 SEA TEMPERATURE Celsius degree

TE11 SEA TEMPERATURE Celsius degree

TEMP SEA TEMPERATURE Celsius degree

TH4P PARTICULATE 234TH ACTIVTY Bq/m3

TH4W DISSOLVED 234TH Bq/m3

TIME TIME WITHIN DAY hhmmss

TINW DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN millimole/m3

TNNF PART. TOTAL NITROGEN FLUX milligram/(m2.day)

TNNS SEDIMENT TOTAL NITROGEN %

TOCS SEDIMENT TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON %

TOCW TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON millimole/m3

TOMP ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT %

TPHP TOTAL PHAEOPIGMENTS milligram/m3

TPHS TOTAL PHOSPHORUS (P) CONTENT millimole/m3

TREW DISSOLVED TRITIUM ERROR TU

TRIW DISSOLVED TRITIUM TU

TSMF TOTAL MASS FLUX milligram/(m2.day)

TSMP TOTAL SUSPENDED MATTER g/m3

TUR0 LIGHT TRANSMISSION %

TUR1 LIGHT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT m-1

TUR2 LIGHT ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT m-1

TUR3 LIGHT TRANSMISSION %

TUR5 TURBIDITY relative unit

TUR6 TURBIDITY milliF.T.U Formaz Turb Unit

TXAP DIATOXANTHINE milligram/m3

VCSP VERTICAL CURRENT SPEED meter/second

VERR VELOCITY ERROR meter/second

VERT VERTICAL DISPLACEMENT m

VOCP VOLUME CONC. OF PARTICLES p.p.m.

WDIR WIND DIRECTION REL. TRUE NORTH degree

WSPD WIND SPEED m/s

YEAR YEAR yyyy

ZXAP ZEAXANTHINE milligram/m3

QUALITY FLAGS CODIFICATION

CODE

SIGNIFICATION

0

NOT CONTROLLED VALUE

1

CORRECT VALUE

2

VALUE INCONSISTENT WITH STATISTICS

3

DOUBTFUL VALUE (spike, ...)

4

FALSE VALUE (out of scale, vertical instability, ...)

5

VALUE MODIFIED DURING QC (only for profile headers)

6-8

Not USED

9

NO VALUE

CONFIDENTIALITY/AVAILABILITY CODIFICATION

CODE   SIGNIFICATION

P   PUBLIC DOMAIN DATA

L   LIMITED TO THE PROJECT DATA

C   CONFIDENTIAL DATA

SISMER
Centre IFREMER de BREST
BP 70
29280 PLOUZANE (FRANCE)

Tél :	+33 (0)2 98 22 49 16
Fax :	+33 (0)2 98 22 46 44
E-mail :	sismer@ifremer.fr
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CRUISE HEADER

total 13 characters (no blank character allowed) BP=Beginning Position, SL= string length

STATION: PROFILE HEADER & TIME SERIES HEADER

Station reference total 18 characters (no blank character allowed) BP=Beginning Position, SL= string length

DATA TYPE (Roscop codes)

Station reference
total 18 characters (no blank character allowed) BP=Beginning Position, SL= string length