lat |
Latitude, negative = South.
|
decimal degrees |
lat |
cruiseid |
Identifier of the cruise (e.g. hx284 = R/V Alpha Helix cruise number 284).
|
N/A |
cruiseid |
year |
Year of the cruise in YYYY format.
|
N/A |
year |
cast |
Cast number.
|
N/A |
cast |
lon |
Longitude, negative = West.
|
decimal degrees |
lon |
julian_day |
Days since an arbitrary beginning. Used by PMEL's netCDF format.
|
N/A |
julian_day |
msec_since_00 |
Milliseconds since midnight.
|
milliseconds |
no_bcodmo_term |
depth_w |
Depth of water at cast.
|
meters |
depth_w |
station |
Station name.
|
N/A |
station |
water_mass |
Water mass code: B = Bering, S = Shelikof, G = Gulf of Alaska.
|
N/A |
site_descrip |
weather |
Weather conditions code. 0-9 (0=clear); see table above under 'Processing Description'.
|
N/A |
no_bcodmo_term |
sea_state |
Sea state code; 0-9 (0=glassy), see table above under 'Processing Description'.
|
n/a |
no_bcodmo_term |
press_bar |
Atmospheric pressure as measured by barometer.
|
millibars |
press_bar |
wind_dir |
Direction from which the wind blows.
|
degrees True |
wind_dir |
wind_speed |
Wind speed.
|
knots |
wind_speed_kts |
visibility |
Visibility; code 0-9 (0= 25 nm) see table above under 'Processing Description;.
|
N/A |
visibility |
cloud_type |
Cloud type, code 0-9; See table above under 'Processing Description'.
|
N/A |
no_bcodmo_term |
cloud_amount |
Cloud cover amount, code 0-9; (0=clear, 9=maximum cover).
|
N/A |
no_bcodmo_term |
temp_air |
Dry air temperature.
|
degrees Celsius |
temp_air |
depth |
Depth at which the measurement was taken.
|
meters |
depth |
temp |
Temperature. PMEL name = T_28.
|
degrees Celsius |
temp |
temp2 |
Secondary Temperature; PMEL name = T2_35.
|
degrees Celsius |
temp2 |
PAR |
Photosynthetically active radiation. PMEL name = PAR_905.
|
uEin m-2 s-1 |
PAR |
flvolt |
Raw fluorometer reading in volts; from CTD. PMEL name = rFV_971.
|
volts |
flvolt |
trans |
Transmissometry from CTD. Measured as a percentage. PMEL name = Tr_904.
|
% |
trans |
O2_umol_kg |
Dissolved oxygen calculated from CTD values. PMEL name = O_65.
|
umol/kg |
O2_umol_kg |
sigma_t |
Simga-t (kg/m^3). PMEL name = ST_70.
|
kg m-3 |
sigma_t |
par_v |
Photosynthetically Active Radiation in volts (instrument units). PMEL name = PAR_916.
|
volts |
par_v |
flvolt2 |
Voltage of Wetlabs wetstar fluorometer. PMEL name = VWS_975.
|
volts |
flvolt |
flvolt3 |
Voltage of SeaPoint fluorometer. PMEL name = VSP_976.
|
volts |
flvolt |
sal |
Salinity in practical salinity units (PSU). PMEL name = S_41.
|
PSU |
sal |
sal2 |
Additional measurement of salinity in practical salinity units (PSU). PMEL name = S_42.
|
PSU |
sal |
dynh_0 |
Dynamic meters. PMEL name = DYN_10.
|
meters |
dynh_0 |
fluor |
Sea Point fluorometer chlorophyll. PMEL name = fSP_974.
|
ug/L |
fluor |
fluor2 |
Wetlabs wetstar fluorometer chlorophyll. PMEL name = fWS_973.
|
ug/L |
fluor |
pressure |
Alternate measure of depth used in some cruises.
|
meters |
depth |