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|-
! Subgroup
! Short name
! style="width: 15%|Standard name
! Units of measurement
! style="width: 10%"|Long name
! Dir positive
! Reference datum
! NetCDF type
! validMin
! validMax
|-
| All
| TIME
| time
| days, or Days since YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z
| Decimal day
| 
| days since 1950-01-01 00:00 UTC
| float
| 
| 
|-
| All
| PRES
| sea_water_pressure
| dbar
| Sea water pressure, equals 0 at sea-level
| down
| 
| float
| 
| 
|-
| All
| DEPTH
| depth
| m
| 
| down
| sea surface
| float
| -5
| 12000
|-
| All
| LATITUDE
| latitude
| degrees_north
| 
| 
| WGS84 geographic coordinate system
| float
| -90
| 90
|-
| All
| LONGITUDE
| longitude
| degrees_east
| 
| 
| WGS84 geographic coordinate system
| float
| -180
| 180
|-
| All
| TEMP
| sea_water_temperature
| degrees_Celsius
| sea water temperature in-situ ITS-90 scale
| 
| 
| float
| -2.5
| 40
|-
| All
| CNDC
| sea_water_electrical_conductivity
| S m-1
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 0
| 50000
|-
| All
| PSAL
| sea_water_practical_salinity
| 1
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 0
| 41
|-
| All
| DENS
| sea_water_density
| kg m-3
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 
| 
|-
| All
| BVFSQ
| square_of_brunt_vaisala_frequency_in_sea_water
| (rad s-1)2
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 0
| 10000
|-
| All
| CSPD
| water_speed
| m s-1
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 0
| 10
|-
| All
| PITCH
| platform_pitch_angle
| degree
| 
| 
| 
| float
| -180
| 180
|-
| All
| HEADING
| platform_yaw_angle
| degree
| 
| clockwise
| true North
| float
| 0
| 360
|-
| All
| HEADING_MAG
| platform_yaw_angle
| degree
| 
| clockwise
| magnetic North
| float
| 0
| 360
|-
| All
| ROLL
| platform_roll_angle
| degree
| 
| 
| 
| float
| -180
| 180
|-
| All
| EPSI
| specific_turbulent_kinetic_energy_dissipation_in_sea_water
| W kg-1
| dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy per unit mass in sea water estimated from individual shear probes / beams
| 
| 
| float
| 1.00E-12
| 1.00E+00
|-
| All
| EPSI_FINAL
| specific_turbulent_kinetic_energy_dissipation_in_sea_water
| W kg-1
| final dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy per unit mass in sea water (averaged using all accepted shear probes / beams / or best estimate from single channel)
| 
| 
| double
| 
| 
|-
| All
| K_TEMP
| water_vertical_diffusivity_of_heat
| m2 s-1
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 1.00E-12
| 100
|-
| All
| K_RHO
| water_diapycnal_diffusivity
| m2 s-1
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 1.00E-12
| 100
|-
| All
| KAPPA_TEMP
| seawater_molecular_diffusivity_temperature
| m2 s-1
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 1.00E-09
| 1.00E-05
|-
| All
| KVISC
| kinematic_viscosity_of_water
| m2 s-1
| Kinematic viscosity of (sea) water
| 
| 
| float
| 1.00E-08
| 1.00E-04
|-
| All
| dTEMP_dZ
| derivative_of_seawater_temperature_wrt_z
| degrees_Celsius m-1
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 0
| 100
|-
| All
| PROFILE
| unique_identifier_for_each_profile_feature_instance_in_this_file
| 1
| 
| 
| 
| int
| 
| 
|-
| All
| SECTION_NUMBER
| unique_identifier_for_each_section_of_data_from_timeseries
| 1
| A unique indentifier counter defining sections of the time series from the fast (or slow) channels extracted for dissipation estimates
| 
| 
| int
| 
| 
|-
| All
| PSPD_REL
| platform_speed_wrt_sea_water
| m s-1
| Platform speed with respect to sea water
| 
| 
| float
| 
| 
|-
| Shear Probes
| SHEAR
| sea_water_velocity_shear
| s-1
| rate of change of cross axis sea water velocity along transect measured by shear probes
| 
| 
| double
| 
| 
|-
| Shear Probes
| VIB
| platform_vibration
| 1
| platform vibration detected by piezo-accelerometers
| 
| 
| double
| 
| 
|-
| Shear Probes
| ACC
| platform_acceleration
| m s-2
| platform acceleration detected by accelerometers
| 
| 
| double
| 
| 
|-
| Shear Probes
| SH_SPEC
| shear_probe_spectrum
| s-2 cpm-1
| cyclic wavenumber spectrum of sea water velocity shear
| 
| 
| float
| 1.00E-12
| 1.00E+00
|-
| Shear Probes
| SH_SPEC_CLEAN
| shear_probe_spectrum_clean
| s-2 cpm-1
| cleaned cyclic wavenumber spectrum of sea water velocity shear
| 
| 
| float
| 
| 
|-
| Shear Probes
| A_SPEC
| acceleration_sensor_spectrum
| m2 s-4 cpm-1
| acceleration spectrum from accelerometers
| 
| 
| float
| 1.00E-12
| 1.00E+00
|-
| Shear Probes
| AP_SPEC
| vibration_sensor_spectrum
| 1
| vibration spectrum from vibration sensors
| 
| 
| float
| 1.00E-12
| 1.00E+12
|-
| Shear Probes
| SH_A_SPEC
| shear_and_acceleration_cross-spectral_matrix
| 
| Complex cross-spectral matrix of shear and acceleration
| 
| 
| float
| 
| 
|-
| Shear Probes
| SH_AP_SPEC
| shear_and_vibration_cross-spectral_matrix
| 
| Complex cross-spectral matrix of shear and vibration
| 
| 
| float
| 
| 
|-
| ADV/Shear probes
| KMAX
| maximum_wavenumber_used_for_estimating_turbulent_kinetic_energy_dissipation
| cpm
| maximum wavenumber for integration of shear spectrum
| 
| 
| float
| 0
| 1000
|-
| Shear probes
| FOM
| figure_of_merit
| -
| Figure of merit of shear spectrum relative to the model spectrum. It is MAD multiplied by the sqrt( degrees of freedom) of the spectra
| 
| 
| float
| 
| 
|-
| ADV/Shear probes
| MAD
| mean_absolute_deviation
| -
| mean absolute deviation of shear spectrum relative to the model spectrum
| 
| 
| float
| 
| 
|-
| ADV/Shear probes
| DOF
| degrees_of_freedom_of_spectrum
| 
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 0
| 500
|-
| ADV/Shear probes
| FREQ
| frequency
| Hz
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 0
| 1.00E+04
|-
| ADV/Shear probes
| FREQ_W
| angular_frequency
| rad s-1
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 0
| 1.00E+04
|-
| ADV/Shear probes
| KCYC
| cyclic_wavenumber
| cpm
| wavenumber along the direction of instrument motion in cycles per meter
| 
| 
| float
| 0
| 1.00E+04
|-
| ADV
| MAD_SQRT_DOF
| mean_absolute_deviation_multiplied_sqrt_of_degrees_of_freedom
| 
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 0
| 1000
|-
| ADV
| KMIN
| minimum_wavenumber_used_for_estimating_turbulent_kinetic_energy_dissipation
| cpm
| minimum wavenumber for integration of shear spectrum
| 
| 
| float
| 0
| 1000
|-
| ADV
| DIR_CSPD
| direction_of_water_speed
| degree
| 
| counterclockwise
| east
| float
| 0
| 360
|-
| ADV
| ROT_AXIS
| axis_of_rotation_from_east_to_x
| 
| Rotation axis [i,j,k] in the geographical coordinates system used to rotate from the geographical to the analysis frame of reference
| 
| 
| float
| -1
| 1
|-
| ADV
| ROT_ANGLE
| angle_of_rotation_from_east_to_x
| degree
| Angle of rotation from geographical coordinates to the analysis frame of reference around the rotation axis.
| counterclockwise
| east
| float
| 0
| 360
|-
| ADV
| ANISO
| ratio_of_large_turbulence_length_scale_to_smallest_kolmogorov_length
| -
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 1
| 
|-
| ADV
| UVW_VEL
| water_velocity_in_the_analysis_frame_of_reference
| ms-1
| The measurements have been rotated into a frame of reference for which the x (longitudinal) axis coincides with the direction of mean water speed
| 
| Background flow
| float
| -10
| 10
|-
| ADV
| UVW_VEL_SPEC
| power_spectrum_density_of_velocity_in_the_analysis_frame_of_reference
| (m s-1)2 s
| Summation of the spectra across all frequencies is equal to the signal's variance in time-domain.
| 
| 
| float
| 1.00E-12
| 1.00E+00
|-
| ADV
| XYZ_VEL
| water_velocity_measured_in_instrument_coordinates
| ms-1
| 
| 
| 
| float
| -10
| 10
|-
| ADV
| ENU_VEL
| water_velocity_in_geographical_east_north_up_coordinates
| ms-1
| 
| 
| Geographical
| float
| -10
| 10
|-
| ADV
| ENU_VEL_DETRENDED
| detrended_water_velocity_in_geographical_east_north_up_coordinates
| ms-1
| These velocities in the geographical frame of reference have been detrended. The signal may include surface wave, motion contamination, in addition to the turbulence signal
| 
| 
| float
| -5
| 5
|-
| ADV
| UVW_VEL_DETRENDED
| detrended_water_velocity_in_the_analysis_frame_of_reference
| ms-1
| These velocities in the analysis frame of reference have been detrended. The signal may include surface wave, motion contamination, in addition to the turbulence signal
| 
| 
| float
| -5
| 5
|-
| ADV
| UVW_VEL_RMS
| root_mean_square_of_velocity_in_the_analysis_frame_of_reference
| ms-1
| An rms calculation on a detrended timeseries (mean removed) is the same as the standard deviation
| 
| 
| float
| 0
| 5
|-
| ADV
| UVW_VEL_STD
| standard_deviation_of_velocity_in_the_analysis_frame_of_reference
| ms-1
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 0
| 5
|-
| ADV
| TAYL
| ratio_of_rms_turb_U_to_water_speed
| -
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 0
| 10000
|-
| ADV
| SNR
| signal_noise_ratio_from_each_acoustic_beam
| decibel
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 0
| 150
|-
| ADV
| ABSIC
| backscater_intensity_from_each_acoustic_beam
| count
| 
| AlongBeam_distance
| 
| float
| 0
| 
|-
| ADV
| CORRN
| noise_correlation_percent_from_each_acoustic_beam
| percent
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 0
| 100
|-
| ADV
| N_VEL_INSTRUMENT
| unique_identifier_for_each_velocity_component
| -
| 
| 
| 
| int
| 1
| 
|-
| ADV
| N_VEL_COMPONENT
| unique_identifier_for_each_velocity_instrument
| -
| 
| 
| 
| int
| 1
| 3
|-
| ADV
| N_SAMPLE
| unique_identifier_for_each_sample_within_the_segment
| -
| 
| 
| 
| int
| 1
| 
|-
| ADV/ADCP
| N_SEGMENT
| unique_identifier_for_each_segment_in_the_entire_available_timeseries
| -
| 
| 
| 
| int
| 1
| 
|-
| ADV
| SPEC_SLOPE
| estimated_spectral_slope_of_fitted_wavenumbers_in_logspace
| -
| Nonlinear least square fit to find most likely spectral slope
| 
| 
| float
| 
| 
|-
| ADV
| SPEC_SLOPE_CI_LOW
| low_limit_confidence_interval_of_spectral_slope_in_logspace
| -
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 
| 
|-
| ADV
| SPEC_SLOPE_CI_HIGH
| high_limit_confidence_interval_of_spectral_slope_in_logspace
| -
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 
| 
|-
| ADV/ADCP
| dUCUR_dZ
| derivative_of_eastward_velocity_wrt_z
| s-1
| 
| 
| 
| float
| -10
| 10
|-
| ADV/ADCP
| dVCUR_dZ
| derivative_of_northtward_velocity_wrt_z
| s-1
| 
| 
| 
| float
| -10
| 10
|-
| ADV/ADCP
| dWCUR_dZ
| derivative_of_upward_velocity_wrt_z
| s-1
| 
| 
| 
| float
| -5
| 5
|-
| ADV/ADCP
| HEIGHT_AB
| height_above_bottom
| m
| 
| up
| bottom
| float
| 0
| 12000
|-
| ADV/ADCP
| BURST_NUMBER
| unique_identifier_for_each_burst
| -
| 
| 
| 
| int
| 1
| 
|-
| ADV/ADCP
| PERG
| percentage_of_samples_good
| percent
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 0
| 100
|-
| ADV/ADCP
| N_BEAM
| unique_identifier_for_each_beam
| 
| 
| 
| 
| int
| 1
| 10
|-
| ADCP
| ABSI
| backscatter_intensity_from_each_acoustic_beam
| decibel
| 
| AlongBeam_distance
| 
| float
| 0
| 
|-
| ADCP
| ABSI5
| backscatter_intensity_from_acoustic_beam_5
| decibel
| 
| AlongBeam_distance
| 
| float
| 0
| 
|-
| ADCP
| CORR
| correlation_magnitude_from_each_acoustic_beam
| counts
| 
| AlongBeam_distance
| 
| float
| 0
| 
|-
| ADCP
| CORR5
| correlation_magnitude_from_acoustic_beam_5
| counts
| 
| AlongBeam_distance
| 
| float
| 0
| 
|-
| ADCP
| R_DIST5
| distance_from_sensor_along_beam_5
| m
| Required for 5-beam ADCPs when the 5th is pointing vertically up.
| outwards from transducer
| sensor
| dimension
| 0
| 
|-
| ADCP
| R_DIST
| distance_from_sensor_along_beams
| m
| 
| outwards from transducer
| sensor
| dimension
| 0
| 
|-
| ADCP
| HEIGHT_AS
| height_above_sensor
| m
| 
| up
| sensor
| float
| -12000
| 12000
|-
| ADCP
| THETA
| beam_angle_from_instrument_z_axis
| degrees
| 
| clockwise
| vertical axis
| float
| 0
| 90
|-
| ADCP
| BIN_SIZE
| instrument_measurement_volume_bin_size
| m
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 0
| 100
|-
| ADCP
| R_VEL
| water_radial_velocity_of_scatterers_towards_instrument
| m/s
| 
| towards instrument
| 
| float
| -10
| 10
|-
| ADCP
| R_VEL5
| water_radial_velocity_of_scatterers_towards_instrument_in_beam_5
| m/s
| 
| towards instrument
| 
| float
| -5
| 5
|-
| ADCP
| R_VEL_DETRENDED
| water_radial_velocity_of_scatterers_towards_instrument_detrended
| m/s
| High-frequency content of the velocity signal, which may contain contributions from surface waves, turbulence, and vibrations etc
| towards instrument
| 
| float
| -10
| 10
|-
| ADCP
| R_VEL5_DETRENDED
| water_radial_velocity_of_scatterers_towards_instrument_in_beam_5_detrended
| m/s
| High-frequency content of the velocity signal, which may contain contributions from surface waves, turbulence, and vibrations etc
| towards instrument
| 
| float
| -10
| 10
|-
| ADCP
| R_DEL
| along-beam_separation_distance_over_which_DLL_is_evaluated
| m
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 0
| 
|-
| ADCP
| R_DEL5
| along-beam_separation_distance_over_which_DLL_is_evaluated_in_beam_5
| m
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 0
| 
|-
| ADCP
| R_MAX
| maximum_separation_distance_over_for_DLL_regression
| m
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 0
| 
|-
| ADCP
| DLL5_N
| second_order_structure_function_in_beam_5
| m2/s2
| 
| AlongBeam_distance
| 
| float
| 0
| 
|-
| ADCP
| DLL
| second_order_structure_function
| m2/s2
| 
| AlongBeam_distance
| 
| float
| 0
| 
|-
| ADCP
| DLL_N
| second_order_structure_function_number_of_observations
| count
| 
| 
| 
| int
| 0
| 
|-
| ADCP
| DLL5_N
| second_order_structure_function_in_beam_5_number_of_observations
| count
| 
| 
| 
| int
| 0
| 
|-
| ADCP
| DLL_FLAGS
| second_order_structure_function_status_flags
| count
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 
| 
|-
| ADCP
| C2
| constant_used_in_the_second_order_structure_function
| 
| This constant appears when estimating the dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy from the regression coefficients.
| 
| 
| float
| 
| 
|-
| ADCP
| REGRESSION_RSQUARED
| regression_goodness_of_fit_adjusted_for_number_of_terms
| 
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 
| 
|-
| ADCP/ADV
| EPSI_CI_LOW
| specific_turbulent_kinetic_energy_dissipation_in_water_low_confidence_limit
| W kg-1
| 95% confidence interval
| 
| 
| float
| 
| 
|-
| ADCP/ADV
| EPSI_CI_HIGH
| specific_turbulent_kinetic_energy_dissipation_in_water_high_confidence_limit
| W kg-1
| 95% confidence interval
| 
| 
| float
| 
| 
|-
| ADCP
| QAx_BDF
| QA_criterion_x_bad_data_flag
| logical
| 
| 
| 
| logical
| 0
| 1
|-
| ADCP
| REGRESSION_COEFF_A0
| structure_function_regression_intercept
| m2 s-2
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 
| 
|-
| ADCP
| REGRESSION_COEFF_A1
| structure_function_regression_coefficient_for_r^2/3
| m4/3 s-2
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 
| 
|-
| ADCP
| REGRESSION_COEFF_A3
| structure_function_regression_coefficient_for_(r^2/3)^3
| s-2
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 
| 
|-
| ADCP
| REGRESSION_N
| structure_function_regression_number_of_observations
| count
| 
| 
| 
| int
| 
| 
|-
| All
| L_K
| kolmogorov_length_scale
| m
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 0
| 1000
|-
| All
| L_S
| turbulent_corssin_shear_length_scale
| m
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 0
| 100000
|-
| All
| L_O
| turbulent_ozmidov_stratification_length_scale
| m
| 
| 
| 
| float
| 0
| 100000
|-
| ADV
| TIME_HPR
| time_of_heading_pitch_roll_sensors
| Days since 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
| Heading, pitch and roll (tilt) sensors measure always at 1Hz for Vector ADV
| 
| days since 1950-01-01 00:00 UTC
| float
| 
| 
|}

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