Metadata Report for BODC Series Reference Number 297792

Metadata Summary
Problem Reports
Data Access Policy
Narrative Documents
Project Information
Data Activity or Cruise Information
Fixed Station Information
BODC Quality Flags
SeaDataNet Quality Flags

Metadata Summary

Data Description

Data Category	CTD or STD cast
Instrument Type	CTD/STD cast
Instrument Mounting	research vessel
Originating Country	United Kingdom
Originator	-
Originating Organization	Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory (now National Oceanography Centre, Southampton)
Processing Status	QC in progress
Online delivery of data	Download not available
Project(s)	-

Data Identifiers

Originator's Identifier	HVDDI0850734
BODC Series Reference	297792

Time Co-ordinates(UT)

Start Time (yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm)	1974-04-05 22:42
End Time (yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm)	1974-04-05 23:54
Nominal Cycle Interval	-

Spatial Co-ordinates

Latitude	43.86830 N ( 43° 52.1' N )
Longitude	12.81830 W ( 12° 49.1' W )
Positional Uncertainty	Unspecified
Minimum Sensor or Sampling Depth	17.85 m
Maximum Sensor or Sampling Depth	29.36 m
Minimum Sensor or Sampling Height	-
Maximum Sensor or Sampling Height	-
Sea Floor Depth	-
Sea Floor Depth Source	-
Sensor or Sampling Distribution	Variable common depth - All sensors are grouped effectively at the same depth, but this depth varies significantly during the series
Sensor or Sampling Depth Datum	Instantaneous - Depth measured below water line or instantaneous water body surface
Sea Floor Depth Datum	-

Parameters

No Parameters for BODC Reference Number = 297792

Definition of Rank
Rank 1 is a one-dimensional parameter Rank 2 is a two-dimensional parameter Rank 0 is a one-dimensional parameter describing the second dimension of a two-dimensional parameter (e.g. bin depths for moored ADCP data)

Problem Reports

No Problem Report Found in the Database

Data Access Policy

Public domain data

These data have no specific confidentiality restrictions for users. However, users must acknowledge data sources as it is not ethical to publish data without proper attribution. Any publication or other output resulting from usage of the data should include an acknowledgment.

The recommended acknowledgment is

"This study uses data from the data source/organisation/programme, provided by the British Oceanographic Data Centre and funded by the funding body."

Narrative Documents

No Narrative Document information held in the BODC database

Project Information

No Project Information held for the Series

Data Activity or Cruise Information

Cruise

Cruise Name	D61
Departure Date	1974-03-30
Arrival Date	1974-05-16
Principal Scientist(s)	Martin V Angel (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley Laboratory)
Ship	RRS Discovery

Complete Cruise Metadata Report is available here

Fixed Station Information

No Fixed Station Information held for the Series

BODC Quality Control Flags

The following single character qualifying flags may be associated with one or more individual parameters with a data cycle:

Flag	Description
Blank	Unqualified
<	Below detection limit
>	In excess of quoted value
A	Taxonomic flag for affinis (aff.)
B	Beginning of CTD Down/Up Cast
C	Taxonomic flag for confer (cf.)
D	Thermometric depth
E	End of CTD Down/Up Cast
G	Non-taxonomic biological characteristic uncertainty
H	Extrapolated value
I	Taxonomic flag for single species (sp.)
K	Improbable value - unknown quality control source
L	Improbable value - originator's quality control
M	Improbable value - BODC quality control
N	Null value
O	Improbable value - user quality control
P	Trace/calm
Q	Indeterminate
R	Replacement value
S	Estimated value
T	Interpolated value
U	Uncalibrated
W	Control value
X	Excessive difference

SeaDataNet Quality Control Flags