List of variables in BNL Hydrographic databases

Record Type 1: HEADER Record Type

#    Parameter 	 Units     Type         Range    Comments  

1    STATION        	     I2        -99,9999  Station Number    
2    CAST                    I2        -99,9999  Cast Number
3    CTDNO                   I2	       -99,9999	 CTD Number
4    PROJECT		    A11 		 e.g. OMP or WOCE
5    CRUISE                 A11			 Cruise name e.g. CI9402
6    EXPOCODE		    A11			 not used for OMP database
7    DAT     	       DATE'MMDDYY'         
8    TIM      	        TIME'HHMM'          
9    DAY                     I1        -99,31
10   MONTH                   I1        -99,12
11   YEAR                    I2        -99,9999
12   LAT        dec.deg.     F3        -99,90    decimal latitude (S<0)*
13   LON        dec.deg.     F3        -999,180  decimal longitude (W<0)*
14   LATD       degrees      I2        -99,90    latitude degrees(S<0)
15   LATM       minutes      F2        -99,60    latitude minutes(S<0 if LATD=0)
16   LOND       degrees      I2        -999,180  longitude: degrees(W<0)
17   LONM       minutes      F2        -99,60    longitude: minutes(W<0 if LOND=0)
18   SDE              m      I2        -99,9999  sounding depth
19   BTRIP            m      I2	       -99,9999  Bottom Trip Depth
20   BTRIPHT          m      I1        -99,9999  Bottom Trip Height
21   SECCHI           m      I2        -99,500   Secchi depth
22   AIRTEMP      deg.C      F2        -99,100   air temperature
23   ICECOV           %      I2        -99,100   %-ice cover
24   CFC11A        pptv      F2        0,1000    atoms. conc. F11
25   CFC12A        pptv      F2        0,1000    atmos. conc. F12
26   CFC113A       pptv      F2        0,1000    atmos. conc. F113
27   META          pptv      F2        0,1000    atmos. conc. methyl chloroform
28   CCL4A         pptv      F2        0,1000    atmos. conc. CCl4
29   XCO2A         ppmv      F2        0,1000    fugacity CO2-air
30   COMMENTS               A35                  Comments re;station

* Latitude and Longitude are presented in their degrees, minutes form, but also in a decimal degree equivalent in order to facilitate the calculation of distances, etc. The convention is that the southern and western hemispheres are, by convention, given negative values.

Record Type 2: CTD Record Type


#    Parameter 	 Units     Type         Range       Comments  

1    STATION         	     I2      -99,9999       Station Number
2    CAST                    I2      -99,9999       Cast Number
3    PRE            db       I2      -99,9999       Pressure
4    DEPTH           m       F1      -99,20000      Depth
5    CTDTMP      deg.C       I2      -99,40         Temperature
6    CTDCON       mmho       F3      -99,50         Conductivity
7    CTDSAL       ps78       F3      -99,50         Salinity
8    THETA       deg.C       F3      -99,50         Potential Temp.
9    SIGMA0                  F3      -99,50         Sigma-0
10   CTDOXC       amps       F3      -99,5          Oxygen Current
11   CTDOXT      deg.C       F3      -99,50         Oxygen Temperature
12   CTDOXY    umol/kg       F2      -99,600        CTD Dissolved Oxygen
13   CTDAOU    umol/kg       F3      -99,50         CTD Apparent O2 Util.
14   TRA         volts       F3      -99,5          Transmittance
15   SPM         ug/kg       F2      -99,1000       Susp. Part. Matter
16   BAT           1/m       F3      -99,50         Beam Attenuation
17   FLU         volts       F3      -99,6          Fluorescence
18   FCHL        ug/kg       F2      -99,99         Fluor. Chlor. a
19   FRR	  volt	     F3      -99,5	    FRR-Fluororide
20   FMAX	  volt       F3      -99,5          Maximum FRR-Fluor
21   FRR2	  volt	     F3      -99,5	    FRR-Fluororide
22   ALT	     m	     F3	     -99,300	    Altimeter
23   DCT                     D10                    OxCurrent Deriv.
24   DTT                     D10                    OxTemp Deriv.
25   DYN        dyn.cm       F3      -99,300        Dynamic Height
26   BVF        cyc/hr       F3      -99,100        Brunt-Vaisala Freq.
                                                                 

Record Type 3: Bottle Record Type

# Parameter Units Type Range Comments 1 STATION I4 -99,999999 Station Number 2 CAST I2 -99,9999 Cast Number 3 PRE DBAR I2 -99,9999 Calibrated CTD Pressure 4 SAMP I4 -99,999999 Sample# (on some cruises=BNLID#)* 5 BTLNBR I2 -99,250 Bottle Serial# (not used in OMP) 6 BNLID I4 -99,999999 Brookhaven ID Sticker Number* 7 BCTDTMP deg.C F3 -99,35 CTD temperature at bottle trip (upcast) 8 BCTDSAL PSS-78 F3 -99,42 CTD salinity at bottle trip (upcast) 9 BCTDOXY umol/kg F2 -99,500 CTD oxygen at bottle trip (upcast) 10 BCTDAOU umol/kg F3 -99,500 CTD Apparent O2 Util. at bottle trip (upcast) 11 BSIGMA0 F3 -99,30 CTD sigma-theta at bottle trip (upcast) 12 BTHETA deg.C F3 -99,35 Potential Temperature at bottle trip (upcast) 13 SALNTY PSS-78 F3 -99,42 Bottle Salinity 14 RTEM deg.C F3 -99,35 Rev.Therm Temp. 15 TPRE db F2 -99,11000 Thermometric Pressure 16 SOMSAL PSS-78 F1 -99,42 Salinity from SOMMA cond. cell 17 OXYGEN umol/kg F1 -99,500 Bottle Oxygen 18 AOU umol/kg F2 -99,250 Bottle Apparent O2 Util. 19 SIO unol/kg F2 -99,250 Silicate 20 NO3 umol/kg F2 -99,47 Nitrate 21 NO2 umol/kg F2 -99,15 Nitrite 22 PO4 umol/kg F2 -99,5 Phosphate 23 NH4 umol/kg F2 -99,90 Ammonium 24 UREA umol/kg F2 -99,1000 Urea 25 BNLF11 umol/kg F3 -99,20 BNL Freon-11* 26 CFC11 pmol/kg F3 -99,15 Freon-11 27 CFC12 pmol/kg F3 -99,15 Freon-12 28 CFC113 pmol/kg F3 -99,15 Freon-113 29 MET pmol/kg F3 -99,60 Methyl Chloroform 30 CCL4 pmol/kg F3 -99,60 Carbon Tetrachloride 31 TRITIUM TU F3 -99,100 Tritium 32 HELIUM umol/kg F3 -99,60 Helium 33 DELHE3 % F2 -99,100 delta-He3 34 DELC14 per mille F1 -999,250 delta-C14 35 DELC13 per mille F1 -99,5 delta-C13 36 TCARBN umol/kg F2 -99,3000 TCO2 37 CTTITR umol/kg F2 -99,3000 TCO2 Measured by titration 38 CTSIO umol/kg F2 -99,3000 TCO2 (Keeling) 39 ALKALI umol/kg F2 -99,3000 Alkalinity 40 FCO2 uatm F1 -99,3000 Measured fugacity CO2 41 FCO2TMP deg.C F3 -99,60 FCO2 temperature 42 PH F3 -99,8.3 pH 43 PHTMP deg.C F3 -99,60 PH temperature 44 CHL ug/kg F1 -99,100 chlorophyll a 45 CHLLT8 ug/kg F1 -99,100 chlorophyll a < 8 46 PHA ug/kg F1 -99,100 phaeopigments 47 PHALT8 ug/kg F1 -99,100 phaeopigments < 8 48 POC umol/kg F1 -99,1000 part. org. carbon 49 POC13 umol/kg F1 -99,1000 part. org. carbon 50 POCLT8 umol/kg F1 -99,1000 part. org. carbon < 8 51 PON umol/kg F1 -99,1000 part. org. nitrogen 52 PON15 umol/kg F1 -99,1000 part. org. nitrogen 53 PONLT8 umol/kg F1 -99,1000 part. org. nitrogen 54 DOC umol/kg F1 -99,1000 diss. org. carbon 55 DON umol/kg F1 -99,50 diss. org. nitrogen 56 DOP umol/kg F1 -99,1000 diss. org. phospherus 57 C14 ug/kg/hr F2 -99,10 Carbon-14 productivity 58 COMNTS A20 brief comments re: data 59 QUALT1 A20 WOCE Analysts quality word 60 QUALT2 A20 WOCE DQE's quality word 61 F0 volt F3 0,10000 62 FM volt F3 0,10000 63 DEL1 F3 0,3 64 DEL2 F3 0,3 65 FV volt F3 0,10000 66 FSIGMA volt F3 0,10000 67 FPHOT F3 0,100000 68 BACTAB cells/ml F3 -99,1000000 Bacterial abundance 69 BACSIZ um3/cell F3 -99,100 Bacterial mean cell volume 70 BACRNA fg/cell F3 -99,500 Bacterial mean RNA content 71 BACLEU mol/cell/h F3 -99,1000 Leucine incorpoation 72 BACTHY mol/cell/h F3 -99,1000 Thymidine incorporation 73 FRRPROD mg/m3/day F3 -99,10000 FRR primary production