2005-08-08T03:30:09 Luis Bermudez MMI observation depth in meters any valid date If the year was unknown 1800 was substituted If the month was unknown the profile was not used. If the day was unknown the 15th was used. flag to indicate that the date/time was invalid and has been changed to allow insertion into the database. 0 Ð 3 percentage of the number of data cycles that fell outside of the Levitus salinity envelop 0 to 100 standard deviation used with the GDEM envelop for temperature 1.0 to 5.0 SEP-19-1995 to present date envelop checking routine was run on the profile any valid date date of last modification to the observation associated with the record water temperature in degrees Celcius percentage of the number of data cycles that fell outside of the GDEM salinity envelop NOT AVAILABLE AT PRESENT TIME 0 to 100 flag to indicate that no valid salinities exist in a profile if the number_of_parameters is 3 or 4. 0 or 1 0 to 100 percentage of the number of data cycles that fell outside of the Levitus temperature envelop 1800 to current year 1800 is used as a missing year designator year that the observation was collected flag to indicate that the temperature values did not fluctuate more than .5 degrees/meter in opposite directions throughout the profile 0 to 1 Slope comparison of not more than 2 in one direction immediately followed by a slope of not more than 2 (in the opposite direction of the previous slope). date that the data may be downgraded as specified by the classifying authority administrative use for changing classification/security_keys any valid date -9 Ð 31 quick reference for data quality based on flags and quality control results percentage of the number of data cycles that fell outside of the GDEM temperature envelop 0 to 100 No special restrictions 1 to 12 month that the observation was collected flag used to designate if profile is within 200 miles of coast only valid for restricted and classified data 0 or 1 sound speed in meters/second 1.0 to 5.0 standard deviation used with the Levitus envelop for temperature salinity profile exceeded the maximum depth of the GDEM envelop for salinity NOT AVAILABLE AT PRESENT TIME 0 or 1 profile exceeded the maximum depth of the Levitus envelop for temperature 0 or 1 flag to indicate that the salinity values did not fluctuate more than .5 ppt/meter in opposite directions throughout the profile Slope comparison of not more than 2 in one direction immediately followed by a slope of not more than 2 (in the opposite direction of the previous slope). 0 to 1 7 character cruise_number derived from survey_ship table new NAVOCEANO convention for cruise number [A-Z][A-Z][A-Z] [0-9][0-9] [0-9][0-9] 1985 to present date date data was included into MOODS (regardless of platform UNISYS to aid in making updates to retrievals standard deviation used with the Levitus envelop for salinity 1.0 to 5.0 -180 to +180 observation longitude in decimal degrees east is positive 0 = ship flag to indicate that the ocean_floor_depth value came from a bathymetry database -90 to +90 north is positive observation latitude in decimal degrees the last depth (in meters) in the profile 0 to 6500 meters used in retrievals to obtain data that extends to a desired depth 0 or 1 profile exceeded the maximum depth of the GDEM envelop for temperature 0 or 1 profile exceeded the maximum depth of the Levitus envelop for salinity date of last modification to the observation associated with the record any valid date 0 to 99 codes to designate the instrument that acquired the data none the first depth (in meters) in the profile 0 to 6500 meters used in retrievals to obtain data that extends from a desired depth flag to indicate the profile was too deep for the bathymetry of the ocean at that point. 0 or 1 according to guidelines from Steve Haeger internal N311 coding scheme 0 to 12000 meters depth of ocean floor (measured or from DBDB5) used in retrievals bases on bathymetry flag BOTTOM_DEPTH_DBDB5 designates value source 12 character field Originators station name/number 0 or 1 flag to indicate that no valid temperature exist in a profile if the number_of_parameters is 3 or 4. 1800 to current year date and time that the observation was collected in GMT 1800 is used as a missing year designator internal use in code N311 0 to 99 code for data source 1 to 6500 number of levels or elements in the observation profile No special restrictions used as preliminary duplicate marker 0 to 1 number of parameters in the profile 2 to 4