OMP time series data are stored in flat ASCII files with simple headers. Users can retrieve data online by specifying the time ranges desired. Below is a list of variable names and their units.
Units
Date/Time Sample time as YY MO DD HH MM SS UTC
Jday Sample time as days since 1 January, days
1970 00:00 UTC
East East component of velocity cm/sec
North North component of velocity cm/sec
Temp Temperature - degrees C
Salt Salinity - PS78 psu
Press Pressure - absolute dbar
Int Acoustic backscatter intensity dB
Biomass Estimated biomass mg/m3
Adapt Temperature at ADCP - degrees C
Oxygen Dissolved oxygen concentration umole/kg
O2 sat Dissolved oxygen saturation percent
Fluoro Fluorometric chlorophyll ug/l
Trans Transmissometer light transmission 1/meter
Light PAR - photosynthetic active radiation umole/m2/sec