Vocabularies

ACT Sensors List

graybeal — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:55:00 -0700

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.

Argo Instrument List

kwalz — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:54:00 -0800

(see Table 8, Page 50)

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."

Existing: The item is available for public use, has been released or widely adopted, and is sponsored or maintained.

Argo Parameters and quality control code lists

kwalz — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:25:00 -0800

(see Tables 2 and 3, page 46)

Quality control codes are numbers 0-9 with meaning, real-time comments, and delayed comments. Parameter codes are 4-letters for temperature, dissolved oxygen, conductivity, pressure, salinity.

BODC (British Oceanographic Data Centre) Units

graybeal — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 23:40:00 -0700

The British Oceanographic Data Centre has been developing parameter and unit lists for an extended period, for many data holdings. They are actively managing their parameter dictionaries as they participate in or lead numerous oceanographic data management projects.

Live access to the BODC units table and many other controlled parameter lists is now available via the BODC Vocabulary Server Web Service.

BODC Instruments List

graybeal — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:53:00 -0800

The British Oceanographic Data Centre list of instrument terms.

BOG CTD Bottle Data Field Names

kwalz — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:55:00 -0800

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute's Biological Ocean Group CTD bottle data (up cast), productivity, physical, and chemical data field names.

BOG CTD Profiling Data Field Names

kwalz — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:55:00 -0800

List of field names used for the profiling CTD data set type at MBARI.

Describes Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute's Biological Ocean Group samples from the Profiling CTD (down cast), productivity and physical parameters (sensor data). One record for each meter in depth.

British Oceanographic Data Centre Parameter Discovery Vocabulary

mhug — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:27:00 -0800

The BODC Parameter Discovery Vocabulary may be used to either label parameters in data set discovery metadata records (e.g. ISO19115) or provide a term layer in a hierarchical discovery interface for data marked up with the BODC Data Markup Vocabulary.

British Oceanographic Data Centre Parameter Usage Vocabulary

rkl — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:04:00 -0800

The BODC Parameter Dictionary has been completely overhauled during 2004 and now consists of integrated parameter usage and parameter discovery vocabularies. The BODC Parameter Usage Vocabulary may be used as a tool to label a measurement with information on what it is and how it was obtained. The scope and level of detail for this information differs significantly from term to term.

BUFR Parameters

kwalz — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:51:00 -0800

World Meteorological Organization's Binary Universal Form for the Representation of meteorological data (BUFR) has numerical codes (descriptor) and acronym-style (mnemonic) names, as well as a full description for each parameter (for distributing SeaWinds data products).

CDI Sea Search Sensor and Platform Vocabularies

graybeal — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:30:00 -0800

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.

CF - Climate and Forecast Standard Names

ngalbraith — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:56:00 -0800

Description:

The Climate and Forecast (CF) standard name table specifies the possible values of the standard_name attribute defined by the CF NetCDF standard. The only valid CF standard names are those which appear in the standard name table.

Standard names are maintained by a committee headed by Alison Pammet at BADC. Additions and other updates are discussed on an email list, and archives are available at the web site.

CMECS Habitat Classification System

kwalz — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:55:00 -0800

The CMECS habitat classification system (from NatureServe and NOAA) describes North American estuaries, coasts, and oceans. The system is divided into a branched hierarchy, parent levels are Regime, Formation, Zone, Macrohabitat, Habitat, and Biozone. Each level has description and scale associated with its classification.

CoRIS Glossary of Terms

kwalz — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:55:00 -0800

Data Dictionary from SEACOOS

rkl — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:52:00 -0800

Dictionary includes standard names that are coordinate-related, time_date names, atmospheric data, physical oceanographic, chemical oceanographic, electromagnetic radiation, ADCP, sensor-related, platform-related, M_aeri data-related, and navigation. For each name, there is a definition, short name, long name, data type, data class, units, axis, valid range, parameter reference, instrument general, equivalent standard name, and standard.

EPIC (NOAA, PMEL) Units

graybeal — Thu, 18 May 2006 10:01:00 -0700

The EPIC program developed a key file describing all its variables using a numeric code. This code is then encoded into the netCDF file, and includes various attributes for each parameter, including that parameter's units. Thus, the second column of the EPIC key file contains all the units used in the program.

More a working example than an authoritative list of units, but useful to give an idea of the needs of operational programs.

EUNIS Habitat Classification System

kwalz — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:54:00 -0800

Each habitat type has a unique alphanumeric code and full description.

eXtensible Address Language

ngalbraith — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:01:00 -0800

XAL and XNL, the eXtensible Name Language, are part of the OASIS Customer Information Quality family of specifications.
OASIS is a not-for-profit, global consortium that drives the development, convergence, and adoption of e-business standards.

GCMD Data Center Keywords

kwalz — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:22:00 -0800

GCMD Location Keywords

kwalz — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:20:00 -0800

GCMD list of Location keywords has 6-tier hierarchy: Category > Type > Sub-Region1 > Sub-Region2 > Sub-Region3 > Location. An example of this for an ocean region: Ocean > Pacific Ocean > South Pacific Ocean > Polynesia > Norfolk Island. Informal user addition of keywords, see: Procedure for Keyword Modification.