AOSN Names & Units (table)

AOSN names and default units file as a tabular document
Variable name Description Units  
altitude Altitude above sea level meter (m)  
altimeter Altimeter meter (m)  
   
beam_attenuation Beam attenuation 1/m  
beam_attenuation_xxx Beam attenuation at xxxnm 1/m  
backscatter_xxx Backscattering at xxxnm  meters-1 (m-1)  
backscatter_partic_xxx Particulate backscattering at xxxnm meters-1 (m-1)  
bin_length Bin length meter (m)  
biolum Bioluminescence Measurements photons/second  
blank_length Blank after transmit meter (m)  
   
heading_platform_aver_daily Daily average platform heading, magnetic degrees  
heading_sensor Sensor heading degrees  
heading_bias Magnetic variation degrees east (/)  
   
cdom Color dissolved organic matter  fluorescence volts (v)  
Chl_a Chlorophyll a mg/m3  
Chl_v Chlorophyll a volts (v)  
cond Conductivity Siemens/meter (S/m)  
cond_aver_daily Daily average conductivity Siemens/meter (S/m)  
   
date Sample date yyyymmdd  
day Sample day dd  
depth Depth of measurement or sample meters (m)  
depth_aver_hourly Average hourly depth meters (m)  
depth_bank   meters (m)  
depth_bottle Bottle depth meters (m)  
depth_instr Depth of the instrument meters (m)  
depth_dive_max Maximum depth of dive meters (m)  
dewpoint Dewpoint degrees Celsius (° C)  
     
ed Upwelling irradiance, hyperspectral watts/m2/nm  
edxxx Downwelling irradiance at xxxnm uwatts/cm2/nm  
ex_aver_daily Daily average beam x echo intensity data per beam Counts  
     
flow Chamber flow milliliters/second (ml/s)  
fluor Chlorophyll fluorescence mg/m^3  
fluor_volts Chlorophyll fluorescence NFU ? volts  
fluor_xxx_yyy Fluorescence for excitation at wavelength xxx and detection at wavelength yyy uncalibrated  
   
hour Sample hour hh  
hum_rel_aver_daily Daily average relative humidity %  
   
lat Sample latitude degrees north (7S)  
lat_dive_start Latitude of dive start degrees north (7S)  
lat_dive_end Latitude of dive end degrees north (7S)  
lat_aver_hourly Average hourly latitude degrees north (7S)  
lat_gps_aver_daily Average daily GPS lattitude degrees north (7S)  
lat_platform Platform latitude degrees north (7S)  
lat_sensor Sensor latitude degrees north (7S)  
lat_station Station latitude degrees north (7S)  
   
lon Sample longitude degrees east (W)  
lon_dive_start Longitude of dive start degrees east (W)  
lon_dive_end Longitude of dive end degrees east (W)  
lon_aver_hourly Average hourly longitude degrees east (W)  
lon_gps_aver_daily Average daily GPS  longitude degrees east (W)  
lon_platform Platform longitude degrees east (W)  
lon_sensor Sensor latitude degrees east (W)  
lon_station Station longitude degrees east (W)  
lu Upwelling radiance, hyperspectral watts/m2/nm/str  
luxxx Upwelling radiance at xxx nm uwatts/cm2/nm/str  
   
minute Sample minute mm  
   
NO2 Nitrite micromole/kilogram (µmol/kg)  
NO3 Nitrate micromole/kilogram (µmol/kg)  
   
oxygen Disolved oxygen (water sample) milliliters/liter (ml/l)  
oxygen_current Current oxygen milliliters/liter (ml/l)  
oxygen_sat_perc Oxygen saturation (sensor) ml  
oxygen_sat_perc Oxygen percent saturation (sensor) %  
   
PAR Phosynthetically active radiation uEinsteins/cm2/sec  
PAR_voltage Phosynthetically active radiation volts (v)  
parameter_QF Quality flag of the parameter specified by analyst none  
     
pCO2_air Air pC02 parts per million  
pCO2_air_corr Corrected air pCO2 parts per million  
pCO2_delta The difference: pCO2_sea_corr - minus pCO2_air_corr parts per million  
pCO2_sea Sea pC02 parts per million  
pCO2_sea_corr Corrected sea pCO2 parts per million  
pCO2_sea_interm pCO2 of intermediate pressure samples parts per million  
pCO2_sea_interp pCO2 of calibration samples interpolated to raw sample times parts per million  
pCO2_sea_offset pCO2 of offset samples parts per million  
pings Number of pings per ensemble none  
pitch Sensor pitch degrees  
   
pressure_air Air pressure mbar  
pressure_air_aver_daily Daily average air pressure mbar  
pressure_sensor_offset Sensor internal pressure of offset samples milivolts  
pressure_sensor_interm Sensor internal pressure of intermediate samples milivolts  
pressure_sensor Interanl pressure of the sensor milivolts  
pressure_water Water pressure dbar  
pressure_water_aver_daily Average daily water pressure dbar  
     
roll Sensor roll degress  
   
sal Salinity Practical salinity units (psu)  
sal_aver_daily Daily average salinity Practical salinity units (psu)  
sample Sample number none  
second Sample second ss  
sigma_theta Potential density - 1000 kg/m3 kg/m3  
sigma_T Density - 1000 kg/m3 kg/m3  
solar_radiation Solar radiation w/m2  
sss Sea surface salinity Practical salinity units (psu)  
sst Sea surface temperature degrees Celsius (° C)  
   
temp_air Air temperature  degrees Celsius (° C)  
temp_air_aver_daily Daily average air temperature degrees Celsius (° C)  
temp_potential Potential temperature degrees Celsius (° C)  
temp_sensor Internal temperature of the sensor degrees Celsius (° C)  
temp_sensor_offset Sensor internal temperature of offset samples degrees Celsius (° C)  
temp_sensor_interm Sensor internal temperature of intermediate samples degrees Celsius (° C)  
temp_water Water temperature  degrees Celsius (° C)  
temp_water_aver_daily Daily average water temperature  degrees Celsius (° C)  
   
time Sample time includes hh:mm:ss  Format?  
time_dive_start Dive start time includes hh:mm:ss  Format?  
time_dive_end Dive end time includes hh:mm:ss  Format?  
time_elapsed Elapsed time from …. seconds (s)  
   
u_current Current east-west velocity towards (W) cm/s  
u_corr_aver_daily Current daily avg east-west velocity towards (W) true platform motion corrected cm/s  
u_aver_daily Current daily avg east-west velocity towards (W) true no platform motion corrected cm/s  
u_dive Dive u velocity component cm/s  
u_port Port velocity, u component m/s  
u_stbd Stbd velocity, u component m/s  
u_wind Wind velocity, u component meter/second (m/s)  
   
v_current Current north-south velocity towards (7S) cm/s  
v_corr_aver_daily Current daily avg north-south velocity towards (7S) true platforms motion corrected cm/s  
v_aver_daily Daily Avg North-South Velocity towards (7S) True no platform motion corrected cm/s  
v_dive Dive v velocity component cm/s  
v_port Port velocity, v component meter/second (m/s)  
v_stbd Stbd velocity, v component meter/second (m/s)  
v_wind Wind velocity, v component meter/second (m/s)  
   
voltage sensor output voltage millivots  
voltage_gnd_x_z Ground voltage volts  
voltage_offset sensor output voltage of offset samples millivots  
voltage_interm sensor output voltage of intermediate samples millivots  
   
VSF_xxx Volume scattering function at xxxnm  meters-1steridians-1   (m-1 sr-1)  
VSF_corr_xxx Volume scattering function at xxxnm, water corrected meters-1steridians-1   (m-1 sr-1)  
   
w_current Current vertical velocity towards (+Up8-Down) cm/s  
wavelength Wavelength of hyperspectral measurements nanometers  
winddir Wind direction degrees: 0 - 360 (?)  
winddir_aver_daily Daily avg wind direction Magnetic degrees: 0 - 360 (?)  
winddir_rel_aver_daily  Daily average relative wind direction degrees: 0 - 360 (?)  
windspeed Wind speed meter/second (m/s)  
windspeed_aver_daily Daily average wind speed meter/second (m/s)  
     
xmiss Beam Transmission, Chelsea/Seatech/Wetlab CStar %  
year Sample year yyyy  
   
   
   
     
       
   
   
     
     
       
       
   
   
   
 
   
     
     
   
 
       
 
     
       
Posted April 15th, 2005 by graybeal