NOAA 24-13 Data documentation form

^ACCE^S^S^ION

NUMB^ER

DATA DOCUME^NTATIO^N FORM
*^NOAA ^FO^RM ^24^-1^3^
^(2-85^)

^U.^S.^DEPARTM^ENTO^F COMMERCE

FO^R^M APPROVED
*O.M.B. No. 06^48^-00^2^4^
*^EXPIK^E^S ^2^/^29^/8^7

N ^ A T I O N ^ A ^ L O C E A ^ N I C AN^D ATMO^SPHERIC A ^ D M I N I ^ S T ^ R A T I O N
N A T I O N A L* O C E* A N O ^ 6 ^ R A P H I CD ^ A T A C E N T E R
R^ECORD^S SECTION
^W^A^SHI^N^GTON. DC ^20^235

(Whil^e you ^ar^e not ^r^eq^uir^ed ^to u^s^e thi^s form, it i^s the mo^st^d^e^sir^ablemec^h^anis^m ^for provi^ding th^e r^equi^r^ed
^ancill^ar^y inform^a^t^ion enablin^g the*^NODCand us^ers to obtain the^gr^ea^t^estbene^f^it from your data.)

This for^m ^should acco^mpany all data sub^missions to *NODC. Section A^, Originator Identification, must be
complet^ed ^when th^e data are submitted. It is highly desirable for *NODC to a^lso receive the remain^ing perti^nent
information at that time. Thi^s may be most easily accomplished by attaching reports^, publication^s, or
manuscripts ^which are readily availab^le describing data collection^, a^nalysis, and format specifics. Readable,
handwritten submissions are acceptable in all cases. All data shipments should be sent to th^e above address.

A. ORIGI^NATO^R IDENTIFICATION
THIS SECTION MUST BE COMPLETE^D BY DONOR ^FOR ^ALL DATA *TRANSMITTALS
1. NAM^E AND A^D^D^R^ESS OF INSTITUTION, LABORATORY, OR ACTIVITY^WITH^WHICH*SU

*NOAA/PMEL/R/^BP^M^

Bin*Cl5700^/Bld^g^.3
7600 Sand Poi^nt Way *N.^E.
Seattle,*WA98115^-0070
2. ^EXP^EDITIO^N, ^P^ROJ^ECT, OR PRO^GRAM DURIN^G WHICH
D^ATA^WE^RECOLLECTED

*4. *PLATFO^RM *N^AME^(S^)

5. PLATFORM *TYPE(S^)^
(^E.^G.. SHIP, B^UOY. ^ETC.^)

^3. CRUISE*NUMBER(S^)USED BY
DATA IN THIS SHIPME^NT

6. P^L.^ATFORM A^N^D OP^ER^ATO^R^ 7.

DATES

*NATIONALITY(I^ES)

P^L^ATFO^R^M

*^e^x^.

*TIFY

OPE^RATO^R

*FROM:MO^/°^A^V^" ^T^O^:

us
*^ii. PLEASE DARKEN ALL*MARSO^ENS^QUAR^ES IN WHICH ANY DATA

8. ARE DATA PROPRIETARY?

CONTAINED IN YOUR SUBMISSION WE^RE COLLECTED.

IF Y^ES. ^WHEN CAN TH^EY BE RELEASE^D^
FOR ^GE^NERAL ^USE^? ^YEAR *MONTM_
ARE DATA ^DECLARED NATIONAL

^GE^NE^RAL AREA

^PROG^RAM *IDNP)^?

(I.E.. SHOULD THEY BE INCLUDED IN WORLD
DATA CE^NTERS HOLDINGS FOR ^INTERNA^-^
TIONAL EXCHANGE?)
*^^^D^NO

*^3VES

*'

*l^p^*^RT

(SP^ECIF^Y BELO^W)

10. PERSON TO WHOM INQUIRIES CONCERNING
DATA SHOULD BE ADDRESSED WITH TELE^-^
PHONE NUMBER (AND ADDRESS IF OTHER

*••s^=^>^*^=^=

THAN IN *ITE^M^-l^t

*n^r *^u^r *^t^sr
*NOAA

^FORM

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*B. SC^I^ENTIFI^C *CO^MTE^MT
^N^AME OF ^DAT^A FIE^L^D

^Wind Vector

^RE^PO^RTING UNITS
OR CODE

*m/^3

^Wi^n^d *V«ctor

METHO^DS O^f O^BS^E^RVATIO^N AN^D
INSTRUM^ENTS U^S^E^D^
(SPECIFY T^YP^E *ANO MO^DEL^!

ANALYTICA^L M^ETHO^DS
^(INC^L^UDIN^G MODI^FICATIONS)
AND LA^BO^RATORY PROCEDURES

DATA PROC^ESSI^NG
TECHNIQUES^WITH^FI^LTERING
AND AVERAGING

*v^w^r^a

^Modi^fie^d *^EG^t^G *VACM ^with
*Clii^a^at c^up a^ne^mo^met^er

^Hourly ^vector avera^ge

*PM^E^L ^ma^nufac^ture^d ^wit^h^
^KM ^Yo^un^g pro^p^e^ll^er/^va^ne

^2^-^ho^ur vecto^r average

AMP

Hourly ve^ctor average

*cm/ *^s

*EG^*0 *VACM *^«odel ^610

*Sa^vo^ni^oua rotor ^a^n^d va^n^*^

Curr^ent Vector
Curr^ent Vecto^r^

*^B^C^*^G *VMC^M ^n^ode^! ^630

O^rtho^gonal rotor^*^

1 or^2^-hourvector average

*cm/^a

1 or ^2-hour scalar average

*degree^* *C*

*V^A^W^R or AM^P^

*^YSI ther^mi^stor

A^ir T^e^m^p^er^ature

1 or^2-^hourscalar average

*degree^s *C*

*V^MI^R ^or AM^P^

*YSI ther^mi^stor

Sea Surface Te^m^p.

1 or 2-hour^scal^araverage

*d^e^gree^* *C

*VACM ^or *VMC^M

*YSX ther^mi^stor

W^ater Te^mperature

*C. DATA FORMAT
CO^MPLETE THI^S SECTIO^N FOR ^PU^NCH^ED C^A^RD^S OR T^A^PE. ^MA^G^NETIC TAPE, OR DISC SUBMISSIO^NS.

1. ^LIST R^ECO^R^D TY^P^ES CONTAINED IN THE *TRANSMITTAL OF YOUR FILE
GI^VE METHOD OF ID^ENTIFYI^NG ^EACH RECORD TYPE

H^ead^er r^ecord: *l^at record of each file. Contain^s^
*arra^j na^me ^(8 bytes)*, buoy na^me (4 bytes)*, instru^ment *^•/^«^
*^*4*^Syt^SsT^?instrument code (2*byte^r)*,^mi^n^utesbet^ween records
(6 by^tes)^, instrument depth in meters (6 bytes).
Data records: ^All subsequent records.
data ^values^, record number.

Time^, date^, 1 to 6

2. ^GIV^E B^RIE^F D^ES^CRIPTION O^F FILE O^R^GANIZATION

f^iles. One per instrument.
Max bloc^k size *^« 3000 bytes
Record siz^e*=^•60 bytes

*9. *^ATTRIBUT^ES *AS *EXPRESSED *IN

*^PL^- *^1

*| *^1*^
*AL^GO^L

COBOL

*I *]

LAN^GUA^GE

4. R^ESPONSIBLE COMPUTER SP^ECIALIST:
NAME AN^D PHONE NUM^BER
ADDRESS *^S^C^& ^A^- ^I

COMPL^ETE THIS SECTION I^F D A T A A^RE O^N MAG^NETIC TAPE
5. RECOR^DING MODE
*[^C^] BC^D
*^j^^ASCII

I BINARY

1

9. LENGTH OF INTERRECOR^D GAP (IF ^KNOWN) *' *| ^1^/4 INCH

*^n

^EBCDIC

*n

^10. END OF FILE MARK
*^r^jOCTAL

*n

6. NUMBER OF T R A C K S
(CHANNEL^S^)
*^C~1 ^S^EV^EN
^2

*NI^N^E

*^n
7. PARITY

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*' I E V E N

18. DENSITY

^1^1. *PASTE-ON-PAPER LAB^EL DESCR^IPTION (INCL^UD^E^
O^RIGI^N^ATOR N^A^ME AND SO^ME^LAY^S^P^EC^IFI^CATION^S^
OF ^DATA *TYP^l *' *^^ *.. *. *,

*EPOCS current meter^, wind ^& sea te^mp,
data sets. 4/16/89 to 5/14/90
Tape specs. - 9 track^, ASCII, 6250 *bpi,
odd parity^, block length *= 3000

*^! *| ^200 *BPI *| ^1^600 *^BPI

*^;^dls^S^6 *BPI

^12. PHYSICAL *BLC

*^2^»oo
I BOO *BPI

^71*^C^a^r^o
NO^A^*^FO^RM*^J^4^-I^3

17

1^3. L^ENGTH OF BYT^ES ^IN BITS

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*D.

*CALIBRATIO^N

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^sta^n^dar^d^s^for^v^oluntar^yacce^pt^a^nce by t^he *oceano^gr^apl^iic communi^t^y. ^I^dentif^y the inst^ru^ment^s u^s^e^d by you^r or^g^ani^z^atio^n to o^b^t^ain ^th^e scienti^fic con^t^ent of ^the DD^T (i.e.^,*^STI^).*tcm^j^x^ir^aiurc^ami^p^re^s^sure^se^n^so^rs,*salino^mctcrs,^o^xy^g^en*rnctc^ts,*vcloci^mctcrs^,etc.)^an^d^fu^rni^s^h^thec^a^libr^ation *^Jata re^ques^te^d by co^mpl^etin^g ^and/or che^cking *("i^/") *ilic ^a^p^prop^ri^a^te s^paces. ^Add t^he inter^val^ti^n^e(i.^e.^, 3^months^,^6^m^on^ths,9
^months, etc.) i^f *llic ^fi^xed interv^al c^alibration cycle is ch^ec^ke^d.

CHECK O^NE:
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