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! style=max-width:1em |ATOMIX subgroup !! style=max-width:1em |Parameter (short) Name !! style=max-width:1em |Standard name !! Units of measurement !! Long name !! Dir positive
! Subgroup
! Short name
! style="width: 15%|Standard name
! Units of measurement
! style="width: 10%"|Long name
! Dir positive
! style="width: 85px"| Reference datum
! NetCDF type
! validMin
! validMax
|-
|-
| All
| All
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| days, or Days since YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z
| days, or Days since YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z
| Decimal day
| Decimal day
|
| days since 1950-01-01 00:00 UTC
| float
|
|  
|  
|-
|-
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| Sea water pressure, equals 0 at sea-level
| Sea water pressure, equals 0 at sea-level
| down
| down
|
| float
|
|
|-
|-
| All
| All
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|  
|  
| down
| down
| sea surface
| float
| -5
| 12000
|-
|-
| All
| All
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|  
|  
|  
|  
| WGS84 geographic coordinate system
| float
| -90
| 90
|-
|-
| All
| All
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|  
|  
|  
|  
| WGS84 geographic coordinate system
| float
| -180
| 180
|-
|-
| All
| All
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| sea water temperature in-situ ITS-90 scale
| sea water temperature in-situ ITS-90 scale
|  
|  
|
| float
| -2.5
| 40
|-
|-
| All
| All
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|  
|  
|  
|  
|
| float
| 0
| 50000
|-
|-
| All
| All
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|  
|  
|  
|  
|
| float
| 0
| 41
|-
|-
| All
| All
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| sea_water_density
| sea_water_density
| kg m-3
| kg m-3
|
|
|
| float
|  
|  
|  
|  
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|  
|  
|  
|  
|
| float
| 0
| 10000
|-
|-
| All
| All
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|  
|  
|  
|  
|
| float
| 0
| 10
|-
|-
| All
| All
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|  
|  
|  
|  
|
| float
| -180
| 180
|-
|-
| All
| All
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|  
|  
| clockwise
| clockwise
| true North
| float
| 0
| 360
|-
|-
| All
| All
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|  
|  
| clockwise
| clockwise
| magnetic North
| float
| 0
| 360
|-
|-
| All
| All
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|  
|  
|  
|  
|
| float
| -180
| 180
|-
|-
| All
| All
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| dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy per unit mass in sea water estimated from individual shear probes / beams
| 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
| All
| EPSA
| EPSI_FINAL
| specific_turbulent_kinetic_energy_dissipation_in_sea_water
| specific_turbulent_kinetic_energy_dissipation_in_sea_water
| W kg-1
| W kg-1
| dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy per unit mass in sea water averaged using all shear probes / beams
| 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
| All
| K_TEMP
| K_TEMP
| ocean_vertical_heat_diffusivity
| water_vertical_diffusivity_of_heat
| m2 s-1
| m2 s-1
|  
|  
|  
|  
|
| float
| 1.00E-12
| 100
|-
|-
| All
| All
| K_DIAPYC
| K_RHO
| ocean_diapycnal_diffusivity
| water_diapycnal_diffusivity
| m2 s-1
| m2 s-1
|  
|  
|  
|  
|
| float
| 1.00E-12
| 100
|-
|-
| All
| All
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|  
|  
|  
|  
|
| float
| 1.00E-09
| 1.00E-05
|-
|-
| All
| All
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| Kinematic viscosity of (sea) water
| Kinematic viscosity of (sea) water
|  
|  
|
| float
| 1.00E-08
| 1.00E-04
|-
|-
| All
| All
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|  
|  
|  
|  
|
| float
| 0
| 100
|-
|-
| All
| All
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| unique_identifier_for_each_profile_feature_instance_in_this_file
| unique_identifier_for_each_profile_feature_instance_in_this_file
| 1
| 1
|
|
|
| int
|  
|  
|  
|  
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| 1
| 1
| A unique indentifier counter defining sections of the time series from the fast (or slow) channels extracted for dissipation estimates
| A unique indentifier counter defining sections of the time series from the fast (or slow) channels extracted for dissipation estimates
|
|
| int
|
|  
|  
|-
|-
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| m s-1
| m s-1
| Platform speed with respect to sea water
| Platform speed with respect to sea water
|
|
| float
|
|  
|  
|-
|-
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| s-1
| s-1
| rate of change of cross axis sea water velocity along transect measured by shear probes
| rate of change of cross axis sea water velocity along transect measured by shear probes
|
|
| double
|
|  
|  
|-
|-
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| 1
| 1
| platform vibration detected by piezo-accelerometers
| platform vibration detected by piezo-accelerometers
|
|
| double
|
|  
|  
|-
|-
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| m s-2
| m s-2
| platform acceleration detected by accelerometers
| platform acceleration detected by accelerometers
|
|
| double
|
|  
|  
|-
|-
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| cyclic wavenumber spectrum of sea water velocity shear
| cyclic wavenumber spectrum of sea water velocity shear
|  
|  
|
| float
| 1.00E-12
| 1.00E+00
|-
|-
| Shear Probes
| Shear Probes
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| s-2 cpm-1
| s-2 cpm-1
| cleaned cyclic wavenumber spectrum of sea water velocity shear
| cleaned cyclic wavenumber spectrum of sea water velocity shear
|
|
| float
|
|  
|  
|-
|-
| Shear Probes
| Shear Probes
| A_SPEC
| ACC_SPEC
| acceleration_sensor_spectrum
| acceleration_sensor_spectrum
| m2 s-4 cpm-1
| m2 s-4 cpm-1
| acceleration spectrum from accelerometers
| acceleration spectrum from accelerometers
|  
|  
|
| float
| 1.00E-12
| 1.00E+00
|-
|-
| Shear Probes
| Shear Probes
| AP_SPEC
| VIB_SPEC
| vibration_sensor_spectrum
| vibration_sensor_spectrum
| 1
| 1
| vibration spectrum from vibration sensors
| vibration spectrum from vibration sensors
|  
|  
|
| float
| 1.00E-12
| 1.00E+12
|-
|-
| Shear Probes
| Shear Probes
| SH_A_SPEC
| SH_ACC_SPEC
| shear_and_acceleration_cross-spectral_matrix
| shear_and_acceleration_cross-spectral_matrix
|  
|  
| Complex cross-spectral matrix of shear and acceleration
| Complex cross-spectral matrix of shear and acceleration
|
|
| float
|
|  
|  
|-
|-
| Shear Probes
| Shear Probes
| SH_AP_SPEC
| SH_VIB_SPEC
| shear_and_vibration_cross-spectral_matrix
| shear_and_vibration_cross-spectral_matrix
|  
|  
| Complex cross-spectral matrix of shear and vibration
| Complex cross-spectral matrix of shear and vibration
|
|
| float
|
|  
|  
|-
|-
| ADV/Shear probes
| ADV/Shear probes
| KMAX
| KMAX
| maximum_wavenumber
| maximum_wavenumber_used_for_estimating_turbulent_kinetic_energy_dissipation
| cpm
| cpm
| maximum wavenumber for integration of shear spectrum
| maximum wavenumber for integration of shear spectrum
|  
|  
|
| float
| 0
| 1000
|-
|-
| Shear probes
| Shear probes
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| -
| -
| Figure of merit of shear spectrum relative to the model spectrum. It is MAD multiplied by the sqrt( degrees of freedom) of the spectra
| 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
|
|  
|  
|-
|-
| Shear probes
| ADV/Shear probes
| MAD
| MAD
| mean_absolute_deviation
| mean_absolute_deviation
| -
| -
| mean absolute deviation of shear spectrum relative to the model spectrum
| mean absolute deviation of shear spectrum relative to the model spectrum
|
|
| float
|
|  
|  
|-
|-
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|  
|  
|  
|  
|
| float
| 0
| 500
|-
|-
| ADV/Shear probes
| ADV/Shear probes
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|  
|  
|  
|  
|
| float
| 0
| 1.00E+04
|-
|-
| ADV/Shear probes
| ADV/Shear probes
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|  
|  
|  
|  
|
| float
| 0
| 1.00E+04
|-
|-
| ADV/Shear probes
| ADV/Shear probes
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| wavenumber along the direction of instrument motion in cycles per meter
| wavenumber along the direction of instrument motion in cycles per meter
|  
|  
|
| float
| 0
| 1.00E+04
|-
|-
| ADV
| ADV
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|  
|  
|  
|  
|
| float
| 0
| 1000
|-
|-
| ADV
| ADV
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| minimum_wavenumber_used_for_estimating_turbulent_kinetic_energy_dissipation
| minimum_wavenumber_used_for_estimating_turbulent_kinetic_energy_dissipation
| cpm
| cpm
| minimum wavenumber for integration of shear spectrum
|  
|  
|  
|  
| float
| 0
| 1000
|-
|-
| ADV
| ADV
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|  
|  
| counterclockwise
| counterclockwise
| east
| float
| 0
| 360
|-
|-
| ADV
| ADV
| UCUR_STD
| ROT_AXIS
| std_of_eastward_velocity
| axis_of_rotation_from_east_to_x
| m s-1
|  
| 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
| ADV
| VCUR_STD
| ENU_VEL
| std_of_northward_velocity
| water_velocity_in_geographical_east_north_up_coordinates
| m s-1
| ms-1
|  
|  
|  
|  
| Geographical
| float
| -10
| 10
|-
|-
| ADV
| ADV
| WCUR_STD
| ENU_VEL_DETRENDED
| std_of_upward_velocity
| detrended_water_velocity_in_geographical_east_north_up_coordinates
| m s-1
| 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
| ADV
| UVEL_SPEC
| UVW_VEL_DETRENDED
| u_power_spectrum_density_in_the_meanflow_direction
| detrended_water_velocity_in_the_analysis_frame_of_reference
| (m s-1)2 s
| 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
| ADV
| VVEL_SPEC
| UVW_VEL_RMS
| v_power_spectrum_density_transverse_in_the_crossflow_direction
| root_mean_square_of_velocity_in_the_analysis_frame_of_reference
| (m s-1)2 s
| ms-1
| An rms calculation on a detrended timeseries (mean removed) is the same as the standard deviation
|  
|  
|  
|  
| float
| 0
| 5
|-
|-
| ADV
| ADV
| WVEL_SPEC
| UVW_VEL_STD
| w_power_spectrum_density_upwards_ie_perpendicular_to_meanflow
| standard_deviation_of_velocity_in_the_analysis_frame_of_reference
| (m s-1)2 s
| ms-1
|
|  
|  
|  
|  
| float
| 0
| 5
|-
|-
| ADV
| ADV
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|  
|  
|  
|  
|
| float
| 0
| 10000
|-
|-
| ADV
| ADV
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|  
|  
|  
|  
|
| float
| 0
| 150
|-
|-
| ADV
| ADV
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|  
|  
| AlongBeam_distance
| AlongBeam_distance
|
| float
| 0
|
|-
|-
| ADV
| ADV
| NCORR
| CORRN
| noise_correlation_percent_from_each_acoustic_beam
| noise_correlation_percent_from_each_acoustic_beam
| percent
| 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
| ADV
| SPEC_SLOPE
| SPEC_SLOPE
| estimated_spectral_slope_of_fitted_wavenumbers
| estimated_spectral_slope_of_fitted_wavenumbers_in_logspace
| -
| -
| Nonlinear least square fit to find most likely spectral slope
| 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
|
|  
|  
|-
|-
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|  
|  
|  
|  
|
| float
| -10
| 10
|-
|-
| ADV/ADCP
| ADV/ADCP
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|  
|  
|  
|  
|
| float
| -10
| 10
|-
|-
| ADV/ADCP
| ADV/ADCP
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|  
|  
|  
|  
|
| float
| -5
| 5
|-
|-
| ADV/ADCP
| ADV/ADCP
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|  
|  
| up
| up
| bottom
| float
| 0
| 12000
|-
|-
| ADV/ADCP
| ADV/ADCP
| BURST
| BURST_NUMBER
| unique_identifier_for_each_burst_in_this_file
| unique_identifier_for_each_burst
| -
|  
|  
|  
|  
|  
| int
| 1
|  
|  
|-
|-
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|  
|  
|  
|  
|
| float
| 0
| 100
|-
|-
| ADV/ADCP
| ADV/ADCP
| BEAM_NUMBER
| N_BEAM
| beam_number_of_the_instrument
| unique_identifier_for_each_beam
|  
|  
|  
|  
|  
|  
|  
| int
| 1
| 10
|-
|-
| ADCP
| ADCP
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|  
|  
| AlongBeam_distance
| AlongBeam_distance
|
| float
| 0
|
|-
|-
| ADCP
| ADCP
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|  
|  
| AlongBeam_distance
| AlongBeam_distance
|
| float
| 0
|
|-
|-
| ADCP
| ADCP
| CORR
| CORR
| correlation_magnitude_from_each_acoustic_beam
| correlation_magnitude_from_each_acoustic_beam
| counts
|  
|  
| AlongBeam_distance
|
| float
| 0
|  
|  
| AlongBeam_distance
|-
|-
| ADCP
| ADCP
| CORR5
| CORR5
| correlation_magnitude_from_acoustic_beam_5
| 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
|  
|  
| AlongBeam_distance
|-
|-
| ADCP
| ADCP
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|  
|  
| outwards from transducer
| outwards from transducer
| sensor
| dimension
| 0
|
|-
|-
| ADCP
| ADCP
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|  
|  
| up
| up
| sensor
| float
| -12000
| 12000
|-
|-
| ADCP
| ADCP
| THETA
| THETA
| beam_angle_from_z_axis
| beam_angle_from_instrument_z_axis
| degrees
| degrees
|  
|  
| away from vertical axis
| clockwise
| vertical axis
| float
| 0
| 90
|-
|-
| ADCP
| ADCP
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|  
|  
|  
|  
|
| float
| 0
| 100
|-
|-
| ADCP
| ADCP
| RVEL
| R_VEL
| radial_velocity_of_scatterers_toward_instrument_in_each_beam
| water_radial_velocity_of_scatterers_towards_instrument
| m/s
| m/s
|  
|  
| towards instrument
| towards instrument
|
| float
| -10
| 10
|-
|-
| ADCP
| ADCP
| RVEL5
| R_VEL5
| radial_velocity_of_scatterers_toward_instrument_in_beam_5
| water_radial_velocity_of_scatterers_towards_instrument_in_beam_5
| m/s
| m/s
|  
|  
| towards instrument
| towards instrument
|
| float
| -5
| 5
|-
|-
| ADCP
| ADCP
| RVEL_TURBULENT
| R_VEL_DETRENDED
| turbulent_radial_velocity_of_scatterers_towards_instrument
| water_radial_velocity_of_scatterers_towards_instrument_detrended
| m/s
| 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
| towards instrument
|
| float
| -10
| 10
|-
|-
| ADCP
| ADCP
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| m
| m
|  
|  
|
|
| float
| 0
|
|-
| ADCP
| R_DEL5
| along-beam_separation_distance_over_which_DLL_is_evaluated_in_beam_5
| m
|
|
|
| float
| 0
|  
|  
|-
|-
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| m
| m
|  
|  
|
|
| float
| 0
|
|-
| ADCP
| DLL5_N
| second_order_structure_function_in_beam_5
| m2/s2
|
| AlongBeam_distance
|
| float
| 0
|  
|  
|-
|-
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|  
|  
| AlongBeam_distance
| AlongBeam_distance
|
| float
| 0
|
|-
|-
| ADCP
| ADCP
| DLL_N
| DLL_N
| number_of_velocity_difference_samples_in_DLL_mean
| second_order_structure_function_number_of_observations
| count
| count
|  
|  
|
|
| int
| 0
|  
|  
|-
|-
| ADCP
| ADCP
| DLL_LOGVAR
| DLL5_N
| variance_of_log10_of_velocity_differences_used_in_DLL
| second_order_structure_function_in_beam_5_number_of_observations
| count
|  
|  
|  
|  
|
| int
| 0
|  
|  
|-
|-
| ADCP
| ADCP
| C2
| DLL_FLAGS
| constant_used_in_conversion_of_DLL_regression_coefficient_to_EPSILON
| second_order_structure_function_status_flags
| count
|
|  
|  
|  
| float
|  
|  
|  
|  
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| ADCP
| ADCP
| REGRESSION_COUNT
| C2
| number_of_DLL_values_used_in_regression
| constant_used_in_the_second_order_structure_function
| count
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| This constant appears when estimating the dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy from the regression coefficients.
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| REGRESSION_RSQUARED
| regression_goodness_of_fit_adjusted_for_number_of_terms
| regression_goodness_of_fit_adjusted_for_number_of_terms
| count
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| float
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| ADCP
| ADCP/ADV
| EPSI_CI_LOW
| EPSI_CI_LOW
| EPSI_95percent_confidence_interval_lower_limit
| specific_turbulent_kinetic_energy_dissipation_in_water_low_confidence_limit
| W kg-1
| W kg-1
| 95% confidence interval
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| ADCP
| ADCP/ADV
| EPSI_CI_HIGH
| EPSI_CI_HIGH
| 95percent_confidence_limit_high_estimate_for_EPSI
| specific_turbulent_kinetic_energy_dissipation_in_water_high_confidence_limit
| W kg-1
| W kg-1
| 95% confidence interval
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| ADCP
| REGRESSION_COEFF_A0
| REGRESSION_COEFF_A0
| DLL_regression_intercept
| structure_function_regression_intercept
| m2 s-2
| m2 s-2
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| REGRESSION_COEFF_A1
| REGRESSION_COEFF_A1
| DLL_regression_coefficient_for_r^2/3
| structure_function_regression_coefficient_for_r^2/3
| m4/3 s-2
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| ADCP
| REGRESSION_COEFF_A3
| REGRESSION_COEFF_A3
| DLL_regression_coefficient_for_(r^2/3)^3
| structure_function_regression_coefficient_for_(r^2/3)^3
| s-2
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| float
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| REGRESSION_N
| structure_function_regression_number_of_observations
| count
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| float
| 0
| 100000
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| 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
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| days since 1950-01-01 00:00 UTC
| float
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Subgroup Short name Standard name Units of measurement 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 ACC_SPEC acceleration_sensor_spectrum m2 s-4 cpm-1 acceleration spectrum from accelerometers float 1.00E-12 1.00E+00
Shear Probes VIB_SPEC vibration_sensor_spectrum 1 vibration spectrum from vibration sensors float 1.00E-12 1.00E+12
Shear Probes SH_ACC_SPEC shear_and_acceleration_cross-spectral_matrix Complex cross-spectral matrix of shear and acceleration float
Shear Probes SH_VIB_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