NODC Ocean Profile Data Base, Version 3.0 Station Identifier Record (one record per station) Field Width Name Content 1 1 record always 'i'. type 2 2 file database version, decrement version from 0. 3 12 station internal unique database identifier. 4 6 platform platform identifier id 5 4 platCode NODC ship/platform code. 6 8 callsign radio callsign. 7 10 reference NODC reference number. 8 4 fileAlias NODC File Alias. 9 7 accession NODC archive accession number. 10 2 country NODC country code. 11 4 modagency agency responsible for this version of station. 12 8 mod date date of last modification, YYYYMMDD zulu. 12 4 mod time time of last modification, HHMM zulu. 14 8 pgm Id program used to make last modification. 15 5 pgm version of program use to make Version last modification. 16 4 qc Def definition of test set used. 17 4 qc Made flags indicating tests made at the station level. 18 4 qc Flags flags indicating tests failed at the station level. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Position and Epoch Record ( one record per station ) Field Width Name Content 1 1 record type always 'a'. 2 7 latitude latitude, DDMMSSH. 3 8 longitude longitude, DDDMMSSH. 4 8 obsdate date of observation, YYYYMMDD zulu. 5 4 obs time time of observation, HHMM zulu. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Current Position and Epoch Record ( one record per station ) Field Width Name Content 1 1 record type always 'b'. 2 7 latitude latitude, DDMMSSH. 3 8 longitude longitude, DDDMMSSH. 4 8 obs date date of observation, YYYYMMDD zulu. 5 4 obs time time of observation, HHMM zulu. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Station Parameter Record ( one to "n" number of records per station) Field Width Name Content 1 1 record always 'p'. type 2 5 sequence database sequence number. 3 4 parm Code OPDB parameter code. 4 4 parm parameter units. Units 5 4 parm parameter scale factor ( power Scale of 10 ). 6 12 parm parameter value. Value 7 2 sigDig parameter significant digit. 8 4 instrId Instrument Id. 9 4 method Parameter Methodology. 10 4 qcDef definition of test set used. 11 4 qcMade flags indicating tests made at the surface parameter level. 12 4 qcFlags flags indicating tests failed at the surface parameter level. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Station Codes Record (one to "n" number records per station) Field Width Name Content 1 1 record always 'c'. type 2 5 sequence database sequence number. 3 4 parm Code NODC/GF3/OCL parameter code. 4 40 parm Info alphanumeric parameter information. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Station Num Records (one to "n" number of records per station) Field Width Name Content 1 1 record type always 'n'. 2 5 sequence database sequence number. 3 4 parm Code NODC/GF3/OCL parameter code. 4 4 value Code parameter code value. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Profile Header Records (one to "n" number of records per station) Field Width Name Content 1 1 record type always 'h'. 2 3 profile database profile number. 3 4 zUnit depth/pressure units (OPDB Code). 4 4 orig. z unit originators depth/pressure units. 5 4 z Scale depth/pressure scale factor ( power of 10 ). 6 4 parm Code NODC/GF3/OCL parameter code. 7 4 obs Unit observation units ( OPDB Code ). 8 4 orig. obs originators observation unit units. 9 4 obs scale observation scale factor ( power of 10 ). 10 3 instrument NODC/OCL instrument code. 11 3 method NODC/OCL observation method code. 12 4 obsAgency NODC observing agency code. 13 4 subAgency NODC submitting agency code. 14 1 density observation density (H=High, L=low, U=unknown). 15 5 qc Def definition number of test set used. 16 4 qcMade flags indicating tests made on profile. 17 1 isDerived derived value (0= observed, 1= derived). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Profile Num Records (one to "n" number of records per station) Field Width Name Content 1 1 record type always 'g'. 2 5 sequence database sequence number. 3 4 parmCode NODC/GF3/OCL parameter code. 4 4 valueCode coded value. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Profile Observation records (one to "n" number of records per station) Field Width Name Content 1 1 record type always 'o'. 2 4 qcFlags flags indicating qc tests that failed. 3 5 sequence database sequence number. 4 12 z depth/pressure. 5 12 obs observation. 6 4 zSigDig depth/pressure significant digit. 7 4 obsSigDig observation significant digit. 8 12 zOld original depth/pressure ( if present ). 9 12 obsOld original observation ( if present ).