Attribute Details
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Depth
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The ship-measured depth (meters) of the ocean at which the buoy was moored. The ship-measured depth is not as accurate as the BPR-measured pressure. To obtain the most precise depth, convert the bottom pressure to depth. If value is 99999, depth is unknown.
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Latitude
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Latitude is measured from the equator, with positive values going north and negative values going south.
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Longitude
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Longitude is measured from the Prime Meridian (which is the longitude that runs through Greenwich, England), with positive values going east and negative values going west.
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Latitude
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Latitude is measured from the equator, with positive values going north and negative values going south.
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Longitude
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Longitude is measured from the Prime Meridian (which is the longitude that runs through Greenwich, England), with positive values going east and negative values going west.
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Paros_ducer
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Paros transducer - measure change in water pressure above it.
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Board
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Number that the engineers came up with for the electronic boards.
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Osc
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Time measurement. NA = no time bases on the early models.
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Deployment_UTC
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Time (Coordinated Universal Time) that the gauge was deployed overboard
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Deployment_JD
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Calendar date that the instrument was deployed.
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Deployment Date
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YYYYMMDD of deployment of BPR Package. The attribute may be left with only YYYY, if the month and day are unknown, or YYYYMM if the day is unknown. The value may be null.
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Recovered
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Indicates if the BPR Package was recovered from the seafloor.
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Recovery_UTC
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Time (Coordinated Universal Time) that the gauge was recovered.
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Recovery_jd
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Calendar date that the instrument was recovered.
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Recovery_date
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YYYYMMDD of recovery of BPR Package. The attribute may be left with only YYYY, if the month and day are unknown, or YYYYMM if the day is unknown. The value may be null.
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Sample_rate
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This is the period, in seconds, at which the buoy makes a measurement. Usually it is 15 seconds, but for the older buoys it is 56.25 seconds.
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Base
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None
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Temp_corr
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Temperature correction. In the later years, the engineers designed an MTR (mini temperature recorder) independant of the Paros Transducer measurement, which has a little lag.
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Clock_drift
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A check of the clock before the unit goes down and after it comes back up.
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TR Pre
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Measurement of drift
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TR Post
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Measurement of drift
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Location
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The location where the buoy was located.
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Data_Qual
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Quality of the data collected.
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Comments
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Comments on the recovery of the BPR package or the data collected.
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Deployment Platform
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Abbreviation of ship name that was used to deploy the BPR package.
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Recovery Platform
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Abbreviation of ship name that was used to recover the BPR package.
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Pressure
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Edited Pressure [PSIA], pressure in pounds per square inch absolute
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Temperature
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Edited Temperature [C] , temperature in Celsius.
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