CODE COUNTS FOR INPUT FILE '200512122006.meds' CODE TABLES FROM DATABASE AS OF: Dec 13 2005 12:35:13 (20051213123513) VALUES FOUND IN CODE TABLES: COUNT FIELD CODE TABLE VALUE DEFINITION -------- ------------ ---------- ---------- ---------- 408 'Act_Code ' 'ACT ' 'CF ' Change a quality flag 3474 'Act_Code ' 'ACT ' 'CR ' Create record 1741 'Act_Code ' 'ACT ' 'DC ' Station was checked by duplicate checking software 1751 'Act_Code ' 'ACT ' 'ED ' Edit a parameter value 39 'Act_Code ' 'ACT ' 'FB ' Flag to the Bottom 1 'Act_Code ' 'ACT ' 'FR ' Flag Range 3517 'Act_Code ' 'ACT ' 'QC ' Quality Control 9 'Act_Code ' 'ACT ' 'S4 ' The history entry has an entry for the one or two profiles actually plotted, and the S4 to indicate the whole profile was flagged. 10 'Act_Code ' 'ACT ' 'UP ' Station passed through the update program 1738 'Act_Parm ' 'PC_HIST ' 'CCLL ' Platform call sign 1 'Act_Parm ' 'PC_HIST ' 'DEPH ' Sensor Depth below Sea Surface 8 'Act_Parm ' 'PC_HIST ' 'HHMM ' Time within day in format hhmm 3 'Act_Parm ' 'PC_HIST ' 'LAT$ ' The latitude in IGOSS format of DDMM where DD is the degrees and MM the minutes of latitude 2 'Act_Parm ' 'PC_HIST ' 'LON$ ' The longitude in IGOSS format of DDMM where DD is the degrees and MM the minutes of longitude 8742 'Act_Parm ' 'PC_HIST ' 'RCRD ' Indicates a record has been created or actions are taken against the entire record 177 'Act_Parm ' 'PC_PROF ' 'HCDT ' DIRECTION TO WHICH HORIZONTAL CURRENT IS FLOWING (relative to True North) degrees 48 'Act_Parm ' 'PC_PROF ' 'HCSP ' HORIZONTAL CURRENT SPEED 185 'Act_Parm ' 'PC_PROF ' 'PSAL ' Salinity 46 'Act_Parm ' 'PC_PROF ' 'TEMP ' Temperature 4731 'D_P_Code ' 'DP ' 'D ' Independent parameter is Depth 1737 'Data_Avail ' 'AVAIL ' 'A ' Available 98 'Data_Type ' 'TYPE ' 'BA ' BATHY message 1639 'Data_Type ' 'TYPE ' 'TE ' TESAC message 108661 'Depres_Q ' 'QUAL ' '1 ' QC has been performed; element appears to be correct. 3028 'Digit_Code ' 'DIGMC ' '7 ' Digitized at regular depth intervals (equivalent to k1=7 for BATHY/TESAC data) 1703 'Digit_Code ' 'DIGMC ' '8 ' Digitized at inflexion points (equivalent to k1=8 for BATHY/TESAC data) 3 'Dup_flag ' 'DUP ' 'D ' Parameter is a duplicate 4728 'Dup_flag ' 'DUP ' 'N ' Parameter is not a duplicate 9213 'Ident_Code ' 'IDENT ' 'ME ' MEDS 1737 'Ident_Code ' 'IDENT ' 'NO ' NODC (Washington) 1737 'PRC_Code ' 'PRC ' 'IG02 ' MEDS software that converts the real-time IGOSS data to the new Ocean processing structure. 1 'PRC_Code ' 'PRC ' 'IG04 ' The duplicates review software. 2230 'PRC_Code ' 'PRC ' 'IG05 ' The quality control software which checks ocean profiles. 1740 'PRC_Code ' 'PRC ' 'IGO3 ' NODC duplicates checking software. 10 'PRC_Code ' 'PRC ' 'OCUP ' Update the Archive 3495 'PRC_Code ' 'PRC ' 'QCA1 ' The quality control software which checks that the space and time location as well as the identification of a station is sensible. 1737 'PRC_Code ' 'PRC ' 'tstm ' NODC format test of a MEDS-ASCII data file 11 'Pcode ' 'PC_PARM ' 'BCI$ ' Indicator for Method of Current Measurement (WMO code 2266) 11 'Pcode ' 'PC_PARM ' 'SCDT ' Direction to which Sea Surface Current is flowing (relative to true North) 11 'Pcode ' 'PC_PARM ' 'SCSP ' Sea Surface Current Speed 108159 'Prof_Q_Parm ' 'QUAL ' '1 ' QC has been performed; element appears to be correct. 502 'Prof_Q_Parm ' 'QUAL ' '4 ' QC has been performed; element appears to be erroneous. 747 'Prof_Type ' 'PC_PROF ' 'HCDT ' DIRECTION TO WHICH HORIZONTAL CURRENT IS FLOWING (relative to True North) degrees 747 'Prof_Type ' 'PC_PROF ' 'HCSP ' HORIZONTAL CURRENT SPEED 1567 'Prof_Type ' 'PC_PROF ' 'PSAL ' Salinity 1670 'Prof_Type ' 'PC_PROF ' 'TEMP ' Temperature 747 'Profile_Type' 'PC_PROF ' 'HCDT ' DIRECTION TO WHICH HORIZONTAL CURRENT IS FLOWING (relative to True North) degrees 747 'Profile_Type' 'PC_PROF ' 'HCSP ' HORIZONTAL CURRENT SPEED 1567 'Profile_Type' 'PC_PROF ' 'PSAL ' Salinity 1670 'Profile_Type' 'PC_PROF ' 'TEMP ' Temperature 1728 'Q_Date_Time ' 'QUAL ' '1 ' QC has been performed; element appears to be correct. 1 'Q_Date_Time ' 'QUAL ' '3 ' QC has been performed; element appears to be doubtful. 8 'Q_Date_Time ' 'QUAL ' '5 ' The value has been changed as a result of QC. 11 'Q_Parm ' 'QUAL ' '0 ' No quality control (QC) has been performed on this element. 22 'Q_Parm ' 'QUAL ' '1 ' QC has been performed; element appears to be correct. 1734 'Q_Pos ' 'QUAL ' '1 ' QC has been performed; element appears to be correct. 3 'Q_Pos ' 'QUAL ' '5 ' The value has been changed as a result of QC. 1419 'Q_Record ' 'QUAL ' '1 ' QC has been performed; element appears to be correct. 315 'Q_Record ' 'QUAL ' '4 ' QC has been performed; element appears to be erroneous. 3 'Q_Record ' 'QUAL ' '5 ' The value has been changed as a result of QC. 223 'SRFC_Code ' 'PC_CODE ' 'CRC$ ' 32 bit circular redundancy code (Special IGOSS Indicator) 747 'SRFC_Code ' 'PC_CODE ' 'GGC$ ' The 5 character 66... group used in a TESAC message to indicate information about the subsurface data collection 1737 'SRFC_Code ' 'PC_CODE ' 'PFR$ ' XBT probe type and fall rate equation 1737 'SRFC_Code ' 'PC_CODE ' 'QCF$ ' QC tests "Fail" - MEDS 1737 'SRFC_Code ' 'PC_CODE ' 'QCP$ ' QC tests "Performed" - MEDS 83 'SRFC_Code ' 'PC_CODE ' 'WCF$ ' WMO Code form designator eq. IB-XBUOY 1 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_PEQ$ ' '/// ' Unknown 16 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_PEQ$ ' '001 ' Sippican T-4, Coefficient a 6.472, Coefficient b -2.16 1 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_PEQ$ ' '031 ' Sippican T-6, Coefficient a 6.472, Coefficient b -2.16 9 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_PEQ$ ' '042 ' Sippican T-7, Coefficient a 6.691, Coefficient b -2.25 43 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_PEQ$ ' '052 ' Sippican Deep Blue, Coefficient a 6.691, Coefficient b -2.25 17 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_PEQ$ ' '212 ' TSK T-6, Coefficient a 6.691, Coefficient b -2.25 13 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_PEQ$ ' '222 ' TSK T-7, Coefficient a 6.691, Coefficient b -2.25 1 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_PEQ$ ' '741 ' TSK XCTD 592 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_PEQ$ ' '820 ' Thermistor Chain 505 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_PEQ$ ' '830 ' CTD 41 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_PEQ$ ' '841 ' P-ALACE float, PROVOR, Seabird conductivity sensor 9 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_PEQ$ ' '842 ' P-ALACE float, PROVOR, FSI conductivity sensor 373 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_PEQ$ ' '846 ' P-ALACE float, Web Research, Seabird conductivity sensor 89 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_PEQ$ ' '851 ' P-ALACE float, SOLO, Seabird conductivity sensor 26 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_PEQ$ ' '852 ' P-ALACE float, SOLO, FSI conductivity sensor 1 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_PEQ$ ' '856 ' Profiling float, NINJA, SBE conductivity sensor 6 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_RCT$ ' '02 ' Sippican MK2A/SSQ-61 10 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_RCT$ ' '03 ' Sippican MK-9 2 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_RCT$ ' '04 ' Sippican AN/BHQ-7/MK8 12 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_RCT$ ' '05 ' Sippican MK-12 21 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_RCT$ ' '06 ' Sippican MK-21 8 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_RCT$ ' '20 ' ARGOS XBT-ST 9 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_RCT$ ' '22 ' CLS-ARGOS/Protecno XBT-ST Model-2 1 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_RCT$ ' '43 ' TSK MK-30N 30 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_RCT$ ' '46 ' TSK MK-130 Compatible recorder for both XBT and XCTD 536 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_RCT$ ' '60 ' ARGOS communications, sampling on up transit 4 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_RCT$ ' '61 ' ARGOS communications, sampling on down transit 1098 'SRFC_Parm ' 'SC_RCT$ ' '99 ' Unknown 3474 'SRFC_Q_Parm ' 'QUAL ' '0 ' No quality control (QC) has been performed on this element. 2790 'SRFC_Q_Parm ' 'QUAL ' '1 ' QC has been performed; element appears to be correct. 747 'Standard ' 'STD_HCDT ' '2 ' Precision to 10 degrees 747 'Standard ' 'STD_HCSP ' '1 ' Precision to 1m/s 1470 'Standard ' 'STD_PSAL ' '1 ' In situ sensor, accuracy better the 0.02 (PSU assumed) 97 'Standard ' 'STD_PSAL ' '2 ' In situ sensor, accuracy less the 0.02 (PSU assumed) 1572 'Standard ' 'STD_TEMP ' '1 ' In situ sensor, precision to 0.01 degrees C 98 'Standard ' 'STD_TEMP ' '2 ' In situ sensor, precision to 0.1 degrees C 299 'Stream_Ident' 'IDENT ' 'GE ' BSH, Germany 40 'Stream_Ident' 'IDENT ' 'JA ' Japanese Meteorologocal Agency 1339 'Stream_Ident' 'IDENT ' 'ME ' MEDS 59 'Stream_Ident' 'IDENT ' 'NW ' US National Weather Service 98 'Stream_Ident' 'TYPE ' 'BA ' BATHY message 1639 'Stream_Ident' 'TYPE ' 'TE ' TESAC message 9 'Uflag ' 'UFLAG ' 'D ' Delete this station from the file 1 'Uflag ' 'UFLAG ' 'R ' Replace existing station with this one 1727 'Uflag ' 'UFLAG ' 'U ' Add this station to file during update --------------------------------------------------------------