Code List

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.

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.

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.

EUNIS Habitat Classification System

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

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

GCMD Data Center Keywords

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

GCMD Platform Keywords

kwalz — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:48:00 -0800

The Global Change Master Directory (GMCD) maintains a list of platform keywords (short names and long names). The majority of this list contains satellites and space stations. All ships are covered under the single keyword SHIPS.

GCMD Project Keywords

kwalz — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:24:00 -0800

Global Change Master Directory Project Keywords contain both short names and long names for projects. Some projects are missing long names. The short name is the code, 3 to 35-letter acronym, for the project name. Over 1200 project names in the list (as of late 2007).

ICES Ship Names

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

ICES/IOC Country Codes

kwalz — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:41:00 -0800

ICES/IOC Country codes
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, a group containing representatives from over 20 countries, coordinates and promotes marine research in the North Atlantic with particular attention to living resources, such as fisheries. Country codes are sequential numbers to 99, followed by 2-letter codes.

IHO Feature Dictionary Register

luisBer — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:49:00 -0800

Temporay page for the IHO Feature Dictionary registers. This will eventually be replaced with the home page of the IHO Registry to provide access to not only the feature dictionaries, but other registers e.g. meta, data types etc. Each feature has an alphacode identifier an other properties, like name, cameCase, definition, distinction etc..

International Scientific Units (NIST)

graybeal — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:14:00 -0800

NIST has a very coherent description of the model used for working with science units, along with a comprehensive list of abbreviatinos.

A very mature and well described system.

Internet (www) Country Code Top-level Domain

kwalz — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 10:17:00 -0800

The internet (www) country code top-level domain (ccTLD) corresponds to ISO 3166 with few exceptions noted on the websites listed above. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) controls the delegation of ccTLD identifiers which are two letters, such as .uk (an example of an exception for the United Kingdom, gb in ISO 3166).

IOC GF3 parameter codes

rkl — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:10:00 -0800

listing of parameter codes, subsetted according to CTD data, moored current meter data, etc.

ISDM Code Lists

kwalz — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:59:00 -0800

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.

ISDM Dictionary of Oceanographic Codes

kwalz — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:44:39 -0700

From web site:

"This web site contains the meanings of oceanographic codes as used by participating national and international institutes. It is intended as a reference tool to standardize the use of such codes."

ISO Topic Categories

jbosch — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:41:00 -0800

A brief list of the Topic Categories and Codes from ISO 19115:2003 is provided. For complete Topic Category definitions please refer to the published standard ISO 19115:2003.
ISO 19115:2003 Topic Category Code List
Farming, 001
rearing of animals and/or cultivation of plants
e.g., agriculture, crops, livestock
Biota, 002
flora and/or fauna in natural environments

ITIS Taxonomic Codes

kwalz — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:31:00 -0800

In 1996, over 200,000 NODC codes were transferred to the ITIS taxonomic database for management. Their goal is "to create an easily accessible database with reliable information on species names and their hierarchical classification" from both terrestrial and aquatic habitats. ITIS has become the authority on taxonomic classification and coding.

MEDS Standard Codes

kwalz — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:30:00 -0800

These standard codes describe the accuracy to which measurements have been made. ISDM is Integrated Science Data Management.

NODC Codes for Biological Observations

kwalz — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:02:00 -0800

This National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) document, dated 93/06/04, contains codes in many different domains associated with biological observations. Codes are 1, 2, or 3 characters.

Domains include: