Parameter: event_description

Master parameters information
Short Name:
 brief_desc
Short Description:
 brief description
Official Name:
 brief_desc
No Data Value:
Description:
 

brief description, open ended, specific to the data set in which it appears

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
event_description
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

Event Description Codes:

nd :unknown ;not entered

30-ODF :30L Niskin Rosette

Be-7 :Beryllium-7 sampling

GT-C :GEOTRACES carousel

Sboat :Small boat sampling

I-edge :Ice edge water sampling

I-hole :Ice hole water sampling

I-pond :Ice pond sampling

I-core :Ice core sampling

I-dirt :Dirty ice sampling

Snow :Snow Sampling

MastUp :NASA solar reference mast UP

MastDown :NASA solar reference mast DOWN

McL-Prof :McLane pump profile

Aeros :Aerosol sampler

Argo :Argo Float deployment

AOP :Apparent Optical Properties cast

NASAsurf NASA surface pump water sample

NEMO :NEMO Float Deployment

Ra/Th/Pig :Radium/Thorium/Pigment Niskin Cast

Surf Ra bag :Surface Radium bag

Rain :Rain sample

MTC :Multi-Corer

Mono :Mono-Corer

XBT :XBT

XCTD :XCDT

GS :36pl 10L Rosette

Buoy :Buoy deployment

UWay :Ship's Underway system sample