IODE-JCOMM

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).

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 Science Keywords

kwalz — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:27:00 -0800

The GCMD list of Science Keywords contains 1417 terms ordered in a 5-tier hierarchy. The list does not have codes for terms.

ICAN 5: Coastal Atlases as Engines for Coastal & Marine Spatial Planning

deepseadawn — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:26:46 -0700

Start: 08/31/2011 - 00:00

End: 09/02/2011 - 23:59

The 5th International Coastal Atlas Workshop (ICAN 5) will be held at the headquarters of the UNESCO International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) in Oostende, Belgium, August 31 to September 2, 2011. IODE will then be co-hosting CoastGIS 2011 in Oostende immediately following. ICAN 5 will focus on coastal web atlases as engines that support and drive the coastal/marine spatial planning (CMSP) process, primarily in northern and southern Europe, the US, the Caribbean, and Africa.

ICES-SeaDataNet Platform Code

kwalz — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:46:00 -0800

The ICES-SeaDataNet platform code contains a 2-character country code (from ICES/ISO country code) followed by a 2-character vessel code. The vessel identifier is only unique in that country. As of late 2007, there are over 6000 codes for platforms around the world.

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.

Instrument Vocabularies Review (key.zip)

graybeal — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:44:00 -0800

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Instrument Vocabularies Review (pdf)

graybeal — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:44:00 -0800

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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).

ISO 3166 Country Codes

kwalz — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:32:00 -0800

ISO 3166 uses a formal, two-letter code for coding names of countries and their subdivisions. ISO 3166-3 is the code for formerly used country names, uses 4-letter alphabetical codes (the first two of which were the original country code).

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.

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:

NODC Country Codes

kwalz — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:49:00 -0800

National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) country codes are similar to ICES/IOC country codes. They contain sequential number codes to 99 followed by 2-letter codes for countries. The Sea name codes are 1-5 characters with a combination of numbers and letters.

NODC Institute Codes

kwalz — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:13:00 -0800

The National Oceanographic Data Center uses similar codes for Institutions and Platforms: the 2-character country code (see ICES/IOC country codes) followed by 2-character institute codes that are unique to that country.

NODC Platform Code

kwalz — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:31:00 -0800

The National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) platform code contains a 2-character country code followed by a 2-character vessel code, similar to ICES-SeaDataNet platform code. As of late 2007, over 6000 codes are listed for platforms around the world. Comment Note that these are codes for individual platforms, not for platform types. See the link below for the latter.

NODC Platform Type Codes (copy)

graybeal — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:53:00 -0800

The National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) code list contains a list of platform codes. To assure preservation and for local reference, we have copied it here.

NODC Project Codes

kwalz — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:19:00 -0800

The National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) assigns unique numerical codes from 1-999 (9999 is for unknown) to each project name. When available, project names and acronyms are included in the list. However, some project names do not have acronyms, and a number of project acronyms do not have names. The list has over 400 projects.

NODC Taxonomic Codes

kwalz — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:55:00 -0800

The National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) taxonomic code was transferred to ITIS in 1996 for management (see ITIS Taxonomic Database). NODC taxonomic codes are no longer being assigned. ITIS now assigns unique taxonomic serial numbers (TSNs) for each species. The NODC code used 12-digit numbers that coded taxonomic relationships through the use of 2-digit couplets.

NODC World Ocean Database Country Codes

kwalz — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:18:00 -0800

National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC) World Ocean Database 2005 contains country codes that are numbers to 99 followed by 2-letter codes. WOD omits many countries that are landlocked. Informal.

NODC World Ocean Database Institute Code

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

The NODC World Ocean Database assigns unique numerical identifiers to each institute, ranging from 4-1226. There are over 600 institutions in the list.