Metadata Report for BODC Series Reference Number 41503
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
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Problem Reports
No Problem Report Found in the Database
Data Access Policy
Open 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.
If the Information Provider does not provide a specific attribution statement, or if you are using Information from several Information Providers and multiple attributions are not practical in your product or application, you may consider using the following:
"Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v1.0."
Narrative Documents
IOS Mk IV Pressure Recorder
This instrument was developed at I.O.S. Bidston and is a deep water pressure recorder (i.e. used at depths between 300m and 5000m). Each recorder consists of one or two Bell and Howell strain gauges and/or a Digiquartz pressure sensor and a temperature sensor.
The sensors are interfaced into a Seadata cassette recording system. Sampling is usually every 3.75 minutes with the integration period equal to the sampling interval, but may be set to other sampling intervals. For example with a 3 second sampling interval and integration period the instrument may be used as a wave recorder.
The recorder is housed in a tubular aluminium frame 1.3m in diameter by 1.4m in height attached to a disposable steel ballast weight. The data logger together with the associated battery supply is lowered into a central 15cm (internal diameter) aluminium tube. Sensors are mounted externally with Marsh Marine connectors. The assembly free falls to the sea floor. An acoustic release system is used to separate the ballast weight and buoyancy is provided by Corning glass spheres attached to the aluminium frame.
Data Processing Notes
Clock lost 11 seconds over 27 days 2 hours 15 minutes 11 seconds; the cycle interval and time values have been corrected.
Instrument Characteristics
Station T3
OSTG Mark IV | |
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Sensors | SG 2/D5 (BODC Series Ref. 41496,41503) SG 1/D6 (BODC Series Ref. 41515) SG 2/D6 (BODC Series Ref. 41527) |
Nominal sampling interval | 225 seconds |
Integration period | 225 seconds |
IOS Data Processing of Off-Shore Pressure Recorder Data
Data processing comprises 2 stages:-
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Instrumental drift and depth are removed, thus the drift free series is produced with an artificial mean of zero.
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Generally the pressure values have been obtained by integration and averaging over the sampling interval, followed by logging; hence the time value assigned to a data cycle has been chosen as the mid-point between the start and end time of each interval. Some pressure records have been sample rate reduced from the basic time step of the recorder to produce either hourly or 15 minute values, incorporating any timing corrections due to clock error.
Project Information
No Project Information held for the Series
Data Activity or Cruise Information
No Data Activity or Cruise Information held for the Series
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 |
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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
The following single character qualifying flags may be associated with one or more individual parameters with a data cycle:
Flag | Description |
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0 | no quality control |
1 | good value |
2 | probably good value |
3 | probably bad value |
4 | bad value |
5 | changed value |
6 | value below detection |
7 | value in excess |
8 | interpolated value |
9 | missing value |
A | value phenomenon uncertain |
B | nominal value |
Q | value below limit of quantification |