Metadata Report for L:\users\bodc\requests\acm\temp\fifth

• Introduction
• Series Index
• Series Specific Information
• General Documentation
• Parameters
• BODC Quality Control Flags

Introduction

The BODC National Oceanographic Database (NODB) is a collection of entities known as series. Each series is a repeated set of measurements of one or more oceanographic parameters plus one or more of the independent variables time, latitude, longitude and depth. These data are delivered to the user as either simple ASCII files or as platform-independent binary files in QXF format (a BODC subset of NetCDF).

The database holds metadata for the series, including both fixed fields and plain-language documents. This is delivered to the user either as discrete XHTML files containing all the metadata for a series (Single-Series Reports) or as a condensed XHTML Combined Series Report.

The BODC metadata model includes three types of series aggregation entities:

• Data Activities are groupings of series measured simultaneously from a common platform. Data Activities generally either group together the series from the various instruments on a mooring or the series associated with a research cruise.
• Fixed Stations are groupings of series at a fixed location, where location may be a point, line or polygon. Generally they include series where the same parameters were measured in the same location at different times. However, they have also been used to cluster together the series from several simultaneous Data Activities at a common location.
• Projects are groupings of series associated with a common research activity, funding activity or other such political grouping of data.

The metadata for each of these aggregation entities is included in both types of report.

Report Layouts

Single-Series Report

The BODC Single-Series Report contains the following sections:

• The Metadata Summary contains the fixed-field metadata for the series.
• The Problem Reports section contains plain language metadata that should be taken into account by the user when assessing whether the data series is 'fit for purpose'.
• The Data Access Policy section contains information on the terms and conditions under which the data series may be supplied by BODC.
• The Data Policy section contains information (when presented) of the data management policy written and agreed by a programme steering committee. It provides the framework for short term and long term management of the data arising from the programme.
• The Narrative Documents section contains the main body of the plain-language metadata for the series. This may include further information that some users may like to take into account when assessing whether the series is 'fit for purpose'.
• The Project Information section contains the fixed-field and plain-language metadata for any projects to which the series is linked.
• The Data Activity Information section contains the fixed-field and plain-language metadata for any data activities to which the series is linked.
• The Fixed Station Information section contains the fixed-field and plain-language metadata for any fixed stations to which the series is linked.
• The BODC Quality Flags section contains the definitions of the single-character data quality codes that are associated with every value in the data files.

Combined Series Report

The BODC Combined Series Report contains six sections.

• Introductory text (this document).
• The Series Index. This is a summary table containing key metadata fields presented with one series on each row. Hyperlinks are provided to the Series Specific Information entry for each series.
• The Series Specific Information section is headed by a hyperlink index to its individual series entries. Each series entry consists of three elements:
  • The fixed-field metadata for the series.
  • The Problem Reports (plain language metadata that should be taken into account by the user when assessing whether the data series is 'fit for purpose') linked to the series.
  • A list of the plain language metadata documents linked to the series, with hyperlinks to the document text. This includes documents covering data access policies, projects, data activities and fixed stations in addition to narrative documents.
• The General Documentation section contains the document text. Each document is only included once no matter how series in the report are linked to it. An index, including hyperlinks, to the documents in the section is provided at the beginning. Each document is preceded by a list of hyperlinks to the Series Specific information for the series linked to that document.
• The Parameters section provides the definitions of the BODC parameter codes used to label the channels in the data files. It contains the superset of the parameters contained in all the series covered by the report. If information on the parameters contained in individual series is required then the Single-Series Report for that series should be consulted.
• The BODC Quality Flags section contains the definitions of the single-character data quality codes that are associated with every value in the data files.

Series Index

This report contains the qualifying documentation and header information associated with the following data series extracted from the BODC database :

where Data Type

• LA = Currents -subsurface Eulerian

Series Specific Information

BODC Series References 0564280 0008327 0018162 0042739 0196124 0564292 0008339 0018174 0042740 0196136 0564311 0008340 0018186 0042752 0196148 0564323 0008352 0018198 0042764 0196161 0564335 0008364 0018205 0042776 0196173 0564347 0008376 0018217 0042788 0196185 0564359 0008388 0018229 0042807 0196204 0564360 0008407 0018230 0042819 0196216 0564372 0008419 0018242 0042820 0196228 0564384 0008420 0018254 0042832 0196241 0564396 0008432 0018266 0042844 0196253 0564403 0008444 0018278 0042856 0196265 0564415 0008456 0018291 0042868 0196277 0564427 0008468 0018309 0042881 0196289 0564439 0008481 0018310 0042893 0196290 0564440 0008493 0018322 0042900 0196308 0564452 0008500 0018334 0042912 0196321 0564464 0008512 0018346 0042936 0196333 0564476 0008524 0018358 0042948 0196345 0564488 0008536 0018371 0042961 0196357 0564507 0008548 0018383 0042997 0196369 0564519 0008561 0018395 0043000 0196370 0564520 0008573 0018402 0043012 0196382 0564532 0008585 0018414 0043024 0196394 0564544 0008597 0018426 0043036 0196401 0564556 0008604 0018438 0043048 0196413 0564568 0008616 0018451 0043061 0196425 0564581 0008628 0018463 0043073 0196437 0564593 0008641 0018475 0043927 0196449 0564600 0008653 0018487 0043939 0196450 0564612 0008665 0018499 0043940 0196462 0564624 0008677 0018506 0043952 0196474 0564636 0008689 0018518 0043964 0196486 0564648 0008690 0018531 0043976 0196498 0564661 0008708 0018543 0044200 0196505 0564673 0008721 0018555 0044630 0196517 0564685 0008733 0018567 0044642 0196530 0564697 0008745 0018579 0044654 0196542 0566876 0008757 0018580 0044666 0196554 0567032 0008769 0018592 0044678 0196566 0567044 0008770 0018611 0044691 0196578 0567056 0008782 0018623 0044709 0196591 0567068 0008794 0018635 0044710 0196609 0567081 0008801 0018647 0044722 0196634 0567093 0008813 0018659 0044734 0196646 0567100 0008825 0018660 0044746 0196658 0567112 0008837 0018672 0044758 0196671 0567124 0008849 0018684 0044771 0196683 0567136 0008850 0018696 0044783 0196695 0567148 0008862 0018703 0044795 0248448 0567161 0008874 0018715 0044802 0248461 0567173 0008886 0018727 0044814 0248473 0567185 0008898 0018739 0044826 0248485 0567197 0008905 0018740 0044838 0248497 0567204 0008917 0018752 0044851 0248504 0567216 0008929 0018764 0044863 0248516 0567228 0008930 0018776 0044875 0248528 0567241 0008942 0018788 0044887 0248541 0567253 0008954 0018807 0044899 0248553 0567265 0008966 0018819 0044906 0248565 0567277 0008978 0018820 0044918 0248577 0567289 0008991 0018832 0044931 0248589 0567290 0009005 0018844 0044943 0248590 0567308 0009017 0018856 0044955 0248608 0567321 0009029 0018868 0044967 0248621 0567333 0009030 0018881 0044979 0248633 0576686 0009042 0018893 0044980 0248645 0576698 0009054 0018900 0044992 0248657 0576705 0009066 0018912 0045160 0248669 0576717 0009078 0018924 0045172 0248670 0576729 0009091 0018936 0045184 0248682 0576730 0009109 0018948 0045196 0248694 0576742 0009110 0018961 0045203 0248701 0576754 0009122 0018973 0045215 0248713 0576766 0009134 0018985 0045227 0248725 0576778 0009146 0018997 0045239 0248737 0576791 0009158 0019000 0045240 0248749 0576809 0009171 0019012 0045252 0248750 0576810 0009183 0019024 0045264 0248762 0576822 0009195 0019036 0045276 0248774 0576834 0009202 0019048 0045288 0248786 0576846 0009214 0019061 0045307 0248798 0576858 0009226 0019073 0045319 0248805 0576871 0009238 0019085 0045320 0248817 0576883 0009251 0019097 0045332 0248829 0576895 0009263 0019104 0045344 0248830 0576902 0009275 0019116 0045356 0248842 0576914 0009287 0019128 0045368 0248854 0576926 0009299 0019141 0045381 0248866 0576938 0009306 0019153 0045393 0248878 0576951 0009318 0019165 0045400 0248891 0576963 0009331 0019177 0045412 0248909 0576975 0009343 0019189 0046267 0248910 0576987 0009355 0019190 0046280 0248922 0576999 0009367 0019208 0046292 0248934 0577002 0009379 0019221 0046311 0248946 0577014 0009380 0019233 0046323 0248958 0577026 0009392 0019245 0046335 0248971 0577038 0009411 0019257 0046347 0248983 0577051 0009423 0019269 0046359 0248995

Information for BODC Series Reference 0564280

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200050

Problem Report Document 107738

Narrative Document 6200 65611

Data Activity Document : 106866

Information for BODC Series Reference 0008327

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200050

Narrative Document 4869 4886 4950 4995 24134 5697 6200 9733 23988 5683

Data Activity Document : 63738

Fixed Station Document : 4933

Project Document : 4902

Information for BODC Series Reference 0018162

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200018

Problem Report Document 21780 21715

Narrative Document 696 1213 2365 21950 6200 20857 508 464 2443

Data Activity Document : 23569

Fixed Station Document : 24209

Information for BODC Series Reference 0042739

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200018

Narrative Document 4872 4886 136527 34595 34874 6200

Data Activity Document : 63724

Project Document : 33549

Information for BODC Series Reference 0196124

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200050

Narrative Document 4886 4995 65611 51857 6200

Data Activity Document : 63724

Information for BODC Series Reference 0564292

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200050

Problem Report Document 107741

Narrative Document 6200 65611

Data Activity Document : 106883

Information for BODC Series Reference 0008339

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200050

Narrative Document 4869 4886 4950 4995 24134 5697 6200 9733 23988 5683

Data Activity Document : 63738

Fixed Station Document : 4933

Project Document : 4902

Information for BODC Series Reference 0018174

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200018

Narrative Document 464 508 590 1213 23507 2443 6200 20857 21794 2365

Data Activity Document : 23569

Fixed Station Document : 24209

Information for BODC Series Reference 0042740

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200050

Narrative Document 4872 4886 34608 6200 21671 4950

Data Activity Document : 85429

Project Document : 12842

Information for BODC Series Reference 0196136

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200050

Problem Report Document 52048

Narrative Document 4886 6200 51857 4872 4995

Data Activity Document : 63724

Information for BODC Series Reference 0564311

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200050

Problem Report Document 107755

Narrative Document 6200 65611

Data Activity Document : 106883

Information for BODC Series Reference 0008340

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200050

Problem Report Document 5032

Narrative Document 4886 4995 5001 24134 4869 6200 9750 23988 5697

Data Activity Document : 63738

Fixed Station Document : 4933

Project Document : 4902

Information for BODC Series Reference 0018186

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200018

Narrative Document 464 508 1213 2365 23524 6200 20857 21807 22110 2443

Data Activity Document : 22836

Fixed Station Document : 24209

Information for BODC Series Reference 0042752

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200050

Narrative Document 4872 4886 34611 6200 21671 4950

Data Activity Document : 63724

Project Document : 12842

Information for BODC Series Reference 0196148

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200050

Problem Report Document 52065

Narrative Document 4995 65611 51874 4886 6200

Data Activity Document : 63724

Information for BODC Series Reference 0564323

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200050

Problem Report Document 107772

Narrative Document 6200 65611

Data Activity Document : 106913

Information for BODC Series Reference 0008352

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200050

Narrative Document 4869 4886 4995 5001 24134 6371 9764 23974 6200

Data Activity Document : 63724

Fixed Station Document : 4933

Project Document : 4902

Information for BODC Series Reference 0018198

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200018

Problem Report Document 22649 21763 21824 21810

Narrative Document 6200 23507 22186 2443 2365 1213 508 20857

Data Activity Document : 23122

Fixed Station Document : 24209

Information for BODC Series Reference 0042764

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200050

Narrative Document 4872 4886 34625 6200 21671 4950

Data Activity Document : 63724

Project Document : 12842

Information for BODC Series Reference 0196161

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200050

Problem Report Document 52051

Narrative Document 4886 6200 51888 4872 4995

Data Activity Document : 63724

Information for BODC Series Reference 0564335

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200050

Narrative Document 6200 107786 65611

Data Activity Document : 106913

Information for BODC Series Reference 0008364

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200050

Narrative Document 4869 4886 4950 24134 6200 9778 23974 4995

Data Activity Document : 63724

Fixed Station Document : 4933

Project Document : 4902

Information for BODC Series Reference 0018205

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200018

Problem Report Document 21715 23480 21838

Narrative Document 2365 2443 20857 21950 22588 1213 508 464 6200

Data Activity Document : 22853

Fixed Station Document : 24209

Information for BODC Series Reference 0042776

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200050

Narrative Document 4872 4886 4950 136527 21671 34639 6200

Data Activity Document : 63724

Project Document : 12842

Information for BODC Series Reference 0196173

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200050

Narrative Document 4869 4886 51891 6200 4995

Data Activity Document : 5604

Information for BODC Series Reference 0564347

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200050

Narrative Document 6200 107802 65611

Data Activity Document : 107074

Information for BODC Series Reference 0008376

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200050

Problem Report Document 5032

Narrative Document 4886 4995 5001 24179 6200 9781 23633 4869

Data Activity Document : 63724

Fixed Station Document : 4916

Project Document : 4902

Information for BODC Series Reference 0018217

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates

The following additional documents apply to this series :

Data Access Policy Document 200018

Narrative Document 464 508 1213 2365 23524 6200 20857 22080 2443

Data Activity Document : 22836

Fixed Station Document : 24209

Information for BODC Series Reference 0042788

Data Description

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Spatial Co-ordinates