Selected Conventions, based on Vocabularies, Sensor

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Title	Description	Reference Type	Reference Topic
ACT Sensors List	ACT has a searchable database of sensors used in coastal and ocean research and observing. The database is a living database; it is continually updated as new test results are available and as more information is provided on each sensor/instrument.	Vocabularies	Sensors, Instruments and Platforms
Argo Instrument List	(See Table 8, Page 50 on PDF document download below.) Argo instrument list contains 3-character number codes from 831-858 (14 instruments). From document: "The objective of Argo program is to operate and manage a set of 3000 floats distributed in all oceans, with the vision that the network will be a permanent and operational system."	Vocabularies	Vocabularies and/or Ontologies Tool Topics
BODC Instruments List	The British Oceanographic Data Centre list of instrument terms.	Vocabularies	Vocabularies and/or Ontologies Tool Topics
CDI Sea Search Sensor and Platform Vocabularies	Sea Search was a European data management initiative (ended in 2005). It was funded to develop and operate a pan-european infrastructure for ocean and marine data management, with many corresponding goals listed on the site.	Vocabularies	Sensors, Instruments and Platforms Vocabularies and/or Ontologies
ESA SensorML Dictionaries	Description This constitutes a set of observing-hardware-related dictionaries, expressed as GML. Topics include: Acquisition Methods Band Types Instrument Applications Instrument Types Orbit Types Platform Types Polarization Types Properties OGC Properties	Vocabularies	Sensors, Instruments and Platforms Convention Topics
GCMD Sensors Vocabulary	The GCMD (Global Change Master Directory) keyword vocabularies are maintained by NASA, and are fairly extensive. These keywords are used to reference data submitted to the NASA repository.	Vocabularies	Sensors, Instruments and Platforms Convention Topics
Global Change Master Directory Keywords	A hierarchical list of keywords to the variable level (groupings: science, services, projects, instruments, platforms, locations), the GCMD keywords are used in many contexts. The keywords are updated with new submissions through a fairly informal process.	Vocabularies	Parameter Description Resource Discovery
ISDM Code Lists	ISDM has published a set of various code lists, including activity codes, country codes, data type codes, digit codes, instrument type codes, and sampling technique codes. See the link below for a complete list, and access to the various vocabularies.	Vocabularies	Usage Example Topics
NODC Sensors (Type) List	The NODC instrument types list can be found by navigating to http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/search/prod/insttypes.pl and doing a search (with nothing entered). A reference copy of the data has been attached in case this resource becomes unavailable.	Vocabularies	Sensors, Instruments and Platforms Convention Topics
SEACOOS Data Dictionary v2.0	The SEACOOS Data Dictionary v2.0 is an extention of the Climate and Forecast (CF) Standard Names Table (v1). This dictionary includes standard names that are coordinate-related, time_date names, atmospheric data, physical oceanographic, chemical oceanographic, electromagnetic radiation, ADCP, sensor-related, platform-related, and navigation not available or modified from CF Standard Names Table (v1) at the time of the project.	Vocabularies	Sensors, Instruments and Platforms Parameter Description Convention Topics
SIO/GDC Vocabulary Terms	Controlled Vocabulary utilized in SIOExplorer, from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Geological Data Center (SIO/GDC). Includes listing of terms for various parameters in the GDC scheme.	Vocabularies	Parameter Description Metadata Content Vocabularies and/or Ontologies Usage Example Topics
SSDS Sensor Types	The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute has been developing a sophisticated data system for many of its research platforms for some time. The data system has always described its data sources and platforms fairly thoroughly, and used a device type categorization to group the devices.	Vocabularies	Resource Discovery Sensors, Instruments and Platforms Systems Vocabularies and/or Ontologies Observatory Usage Example Topics
U.S. Globec Instrument Names	U.S. Globec Program maintains a Data Thesaurus. The Instrument Names have acronym-style codes or words assigned to each instrument. The list was based on preliminary guidelines from the JGOFS program.	Vocabularies	Vocabularies and/or Ontologies Tool Topics
WMO Codes for Temperature Sensors	The code tables in this document contain a very comprehensive list of temperature sensor types.	Vocabularies	Sensors, Instruments and Platforms

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