NetCDF parameter
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TO DO : need narrower columns. Col1 adjusts width but not others.. why?
<tab class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" head=top> ATOMIX subgroup Parameter (short) Name Standard name Units of measurement Long name Dir positive All TIME time days, or Days since YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z Decimal day 0 All PRES sea_water_pressure dbar Sea water pressure, equals 0 at sea-level down All DEPTH depth m 0 down All LATITUDE latitude degrees_north 0 0 All LONGITUDE longitude degrees_east 0 0 All TEMP sea_water_temperature degrees_Celsius sea water temperature in-situ ITS-90 scale 0 All CNDC sea_water_electrical_conductivity S m-1 0 0 All PSAL sea_water_practical_salinity 1 0 0 All DENS sea_water_density kg m-3 0 0 All BVFSQ square_of_brunt_vaisala_frequency_in_sea_water (rad s-1)2 0 0 All CSPD water_speed m s-1 0 0 All PITCH platform_pitch_angle degree 0 0 All HEADING platform_yaw_angle degree 0 clockwise All HEADING_MAG platform_yaw_angle degree 0 clockwise All ROLL platform_roll_angle degree 0 0 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 0 All EPSA specific_turbulent_kinetic_energy_dissipation_in_sea_water W kg-1 dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy per unit mass in sea water averaged using all shear probes / beams 0 All K_TEMP ocean_vertical_heat_diffusivity m2 s-1 0 0 All K_DIAPYC ocean_diapycnal_diffusivity m2 s-1 0 0 All KAPPA_TEMP seawater_molecular_diffusivity_temperature m2 s-1 0 0 All KVISC kinematic_viscosity_of_water m2 s-1 Kinematic viscosity of (sea) water 0 All dTEMP_dZ derivative_of_seawater_temperature_wrt_z degrees_Celsius m-1 0 0 All PROFILE unique_identifier_for_each_profile_feature_instance_in_this_file 1 0 0 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 0 All PSPD_REL platform_speed_wrt_sea_water m s-1 Platform speed with respect to sea water 0 Shear Probes SHEAR sea_water_velocity_shear s-1 rate of change of cross axis sea water velocity along transect measured by shear probes 0 Shear Probes VIB platform_vibration 1 platform vibration detected by piezo-accelerometers 0 Shear Probes ACC platform_acceleration m s-2 platform acceleration detected by accelerometers 0 Shear Probes SH_SPEC shear_probe_spectrum s-2 cpm-1 cyclic wavenumber spectrum of sea water velocity shear 0 Shear Probes SH_SPEC_CLEAN shear_probe_spectrum_clean s-2 cpm-1 cleaned cyclic wavenumber spectrum of sea water velocity shear 0 Shear Probes A_SPEC acceleration_sensor_spectrum m2 s-4 cpm-1 acceleration spectrum from accelerometers 0 Shear Probes AP_SPEC vibration_sensor_spectrum 1 vibration spectrum from vibration sensors 0 Shear Probes SH_A_SPEC shear_and_acceleration_cross-spectral_matrix 0 Complex cross-spectral matrix of shear and acceleration 0 Shear Probes SH_AP_SPEC shear_and_vibration_cross-spectral_matrix 0 Complex cross-spectral matrix of shear and vibration 0 ADV/Shear probes KMAX maximum_wavenumber cpm maximum wavenumber for integration of shear spectrum 0 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 0 Shear probes MAD mean_absolute_deviation - mean absolute deviation of shear spectrum relative to the model spectrum 0 ADV/Shear probes DOF degrees_of_freedom_of_spectrum 0 0 0 ADV/Shear probes FREQ frequency Hz 0 0 ADV/Shear probes FREQ_W angular_frequency rad s-1 0 0 ADV/Shear probes KCYC cyclic_wavenumber cpm wavenumber along the direction of instrument motion in cycles per meter 0 ADV MAD_SQRT_DOF mean_absolute_deviation_multiplied_sqrt_of_degrees_of_freedom 0 0 0 ADV KMIN minimum_wavenumber_used_for_estimating_turbulent_kinetic_energy_dissipation cpm 0 0 ADV DIR_CSPD direction_of_water_speed degree 0 counterclockwise ADV UCUR_STD std_of_eastward_velocity m s-1 0 0 ADV VCUR_STD std_of_northward_velocity m s-1 0 0 ADV WCUR_STD std_of_upward_velocity m s-1 0 0 ADV UVEL_SPEC u_power_spectrum_density_in_the_meanflow_direction (m s-1)2 s 0 0 ADV VVEL_SPEC v_power_spectrum_density_transverse_in_the_crossflow_direction (m s-1)2 s 0 0 ADV WVEL_SPEC w_power_spectrum_density_upwards_ie_perpendicular_to_meanflow (m s-1)2 s 0 0 ADV TAYL ratio_of_rms_turb_U_to_water_speed - 0 0 ADV SNR signal_noise_ratio_from_each_acoustic_beam decibel 0 0 ADV ABSIC backscater_intensity_from_each_acoustic_beam count 0 AlongBeam_distance ADV NCORR noise_correlation_percent_from_each_acoustic_beam percent 0 0 ADV SPEC_SLOPE estimated_spectral_slope_of_fitted_wavenumbers - Nonlinear least square fit to find most likely spectral slope 0 ADV/ADCP dUCUR_dZ derivative_of_eastward_velocity_wrt_z s-1 0 0 ADV/ADCP dVCUR_dZ derivative_of_northtward_velocity_wrt_z s-1 0 0 ADV/ADCP dWCUR_dZ derivative_of_upward_velocity_wrt_z s-1 0 0 ADV/ADCP HEIGHT_AB height_above_bottom m 0 up ADV/ADCP BURST unique_identifier_for_each_burst_in_this_file 0 0 0 ADV/ADCP PERG percentage_of_samples_good percent 0 0 ADV/ADCP BEAM_NUMBER beam_number_of_the_instrument 0 0 0 ADCP ABSI backscatter_intensity_from_each_acoustic_beam decibel 0 AlongBeam_distance ADCP ABSI5 backscatter_intensity_from_acoustic_beam_5 decibel 0 AlongBeam_distance ADCP CORR correlation_magnitude_from_each_acoustic_beam 0 0 AlongBeam_distance ADCP CORR5 correlation_magnitude_from_acoustic_beam_5 0 0 AlongBeam_distance ADCP R_DIST distance_from_sensor_along_beams m 0 outwards from transducer ADCP HEIGHT_AS height_above_sensor m 0 up ADCP THETA beam_angle_from_z_axis degrees 0 away from vertical axis ADCP BIN_SIZE instrument_measurement_volume_bin_size m 0 0 ADCP RVEL radial_velocity_of_scatterers_toward_instrument_in_each_beam m/s 0 towards instrument ADCP RVEL5 radial_velocity_of_scatterers_toward_instrument_in_beam_5 m/s 0 towards instrument ADCP RVEL_TURBULENT turbulent_radial_velocity_of_scatterers_towards_instrument m/s 0 towards instrument ADCP R_DEL along-beam_separation_distance_over_which_DLL_is_evaluated m 0 0 ADCP R_MAX maximum_separation_distance_over_for_DLL_regression m 0 0 ADCP DLL second_order_structure_function m2/s2 0 AlongBeam_distance ADCP DLL_N number_of_velocity_difference_samples_in_DLL_mean count 0 0 ADCP DLL_LOGVAR variance_of_log10_of_velocity_differences_used_in_DLL 0 0 0 ADCP C2 constant_used_in_conversion_of_DLL_regression_coefficient_to_EPSILON 0 0 0 ADCP REGRESSION_COUNT number_of_DLL_values_used_in_regression count 0 0 ADCP REGRESSION_RSQUARED regression_goodness_of_fit_adjusted_for_number_of_terms count 0 0 ADCP EPSI_CI_LOW EPSI_95percent_confidence_interval_lower_limit W kg-1 0 0 ADCP EPSI_CI_HIGH 95percent_confidence_limit_high_estimate_for_EPSI W kg-1 0 0 ADCP QAx_BDF QA_criterion_x_bad_data_flag logical 0 0 ADCP REGRESSION_COEFF_A0 DLL_regression_intercept m2 s-2 0 0 ADCP REGRESSION_COEFF_A1 DLL_regression_coefficient_for_r^2/3 m4/3 s-2 0 0 ADCP REGRESSION_COEFF_A3 DLL_regression_coefficient_for_(r^2/3)^3 s-2 0 0 All L_K kolmogorov_length_scale m 0 0 All L_S turbulent_corssin_shear_length_scale m 0 0 All L_O turbulent_ozmidov_stratification_length_scale m 0 0 </tab>
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| ATOMIX subgroup | Parameter (short) Name | Standard name | Units of measurement | Long name | Dir positive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | TIME | time | days, or Days since YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z | Decimal day | |
| All | PRES | sea_water_pressure | dbar | Sea water pressure, equals 0 at sea-level | down |
| All | DEPTH | depth | m | down | |
| All | LATITUDE | latitude | degrees_north | ||
| All | LONGITUDE | longitude | degrees_east | ||
| All | TEMP | sea_water_temperature | degrees_Celsius | sea water temperature in-situ ITS-90 scale | |
| All | CNDC | sea_water_electrical_conductivity | S m-1 | ||
| All | PSAL | sea_water_practical_salinity | 1 | ||
| All | DENS | sea_water_density | kg m-3 | ||
| All | BVFSQ | square_of_brunt_vaisala_frequency_in_sea_water | (rad s-1)2 | ||
| All | CSPD | water_speed | m s-1 | ||
| All | PITCH | platform_pitch_angle | degree | ||
| All | HEADING | platform_yaw_angle | degree | clockwise | |
| All | HEADING_MAG | platform_yaw_angle | degree | clockwise | |
| All | ROLL | platform_roll_angle | degree | ||
| 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 | |
| All | EPSA | specific_turbulent_kinetic_energy_dissipation_in_sea_water | W kg-1 | dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy per unit mass in sea water averaged using all shear probes / beams | |
| All | K_TEMP | ocean_vertical_heat_diffusivity | m2 s-1 | ||
| All | K_DIAPYC | ocean_diapycnal_diffusivity | m2 s-1 | ||
| All | KAPPA_TEMP | seawater_molecular_diffusivity_temperature | m2 s-1 | ||
| All | KVISC | kinematic_viscosity_of_water | m2 s-1 | Kinematic viscosity of (sea) water | |
| All | dTEMP_dZ | derivative_of_seawater_temperature_wrt_z | degrees_Celsius m-1 | ||
| All | PROFILE | unique_identifier_for_each_profile_feature_instance_in_this_file | 1 | ||
| 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 | |
| All | PSPD_REL | platform_speed_wrt_sea_water | m s-1 | Platform speed with respect to sea water | |
| Shear Probes | SHEAR | sea_water_velocity_shear | s-1 | rate of change of cross axis sea water velocity along transect measured by shear probes | |
| Shear Probes | VIB | platform_vibration | 1 | platform vibration detected by piezo-accelerometers | |
| Shear Probes | ACC | platform_acceleration | m s-2 | platform acceleration detected by accelerometers | |
| Shear Probes | SH_SPEC | shear_probe_spectrum | s-2 cpm-1 | cyclic wavenumber spectrum of sea water velocity shear | |
| Shear Probes | SH_SPEC_CLEAN | shear_probe_spectrum_clean | s-2 cpm-1 | cleaned cyclic wavenumber spectrum of sea water velocity shear | |
| Shear Probes | A_SPEC | acceleration_sensor_spectrum | m2 s-4 cpm-1 | acceleration spectrum from accelerometers | |
| Shear Probes | AP_SPEC | vibration_sensor_spectrum | 1 | vibration spectrum from vibration sensors | |
| Shear Probes | SH_A_SPEC | shear_and_acceleration_cross-spectral_matrix | Complex cross-spectral matrix of shear and acceleration | ||
| Shear Probes | SH_AP_SPEC | shear_and_vibration_cross-spectral_matrix | Complex cross-spectral matrix of shear and vibration | ||
| ADV/Shear probes | KMAX | maximum_wavenumber | cpm | maximum wavenumber for integration of shear spectrum | |
| 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 | |
| Shear probes | MAD | mean_absolute_deviation | - | mean absolute deviation of shear spectrum relative to the model spectrum | |
| ADV/Shear probes | DOF | degrees_of_freedom_of_spectrum | |||
| ADV/Shear probes | FREQ | frequency | Hz | ||
| ADV/Shear probes | FREQ_W | angular_frequency | rad s-1 | ||
| ADV/Shear probes | KCYC | cyclic_wavenumber | cpm | wavenumber along the direction of instrument motion in cycles per meter | |
| ADV | MAD_SQRT_DOF | mean_absolute_deviation_multiplied_sqrt_of_degrees_of_freedom | |||
| ADV | KMIN | minimum_wavenumber_used_for_estimating_turbulent_kinetic_energy_dissipation | cpm | ||
| ADV | DIR_CSPD | direction_of_water_speed | degree | counterclockwise | |
| ADV | UCUR_STD | std_of_eastward_velocity | m s-1 | ||
| ADV | VCUR_STD | std_of_northward_velocity | m s-1 | ||
| ADV | WCUR_STD | std_of_upward_velocity | m s-1 | ||
| ADV | UVEL_SPEC | u_power_spectrum_density_in_the_meanflow_direction | (m s-1)2 s | ||
| ADV | VVEL_SPEC | v_power_spectrum_density_transverse_in_the_crossflow_direction | (m s-1)2 s | ||
| ADV | WVEL_SPEC | w_power_spectrum_density_upwards_ie_perpendicular_to_meanflow | (m s-1)2 s | ||
| ADV | TAYL | ratio_of_rms_turb_U_to_water_speed | - | ||
| ADV | SNR | signal_noise_ratio_from_each_acoustic_beam | decibel | ||
| ADV | ABSIC | backscater_intensity_from_each_acoustic_beam | count | AlongBeam_distance | |
| ADV | NCORR | noise_correlation_percent_from_each_acoustic_beam | percent | ||
| ADV | SPEC_SLOPE | estimated_spectral_slope_of_fitted_wavenumbers | - | Nonlinear least square fit to find most likely spectral slope | |
| ADV/ADCP | dUCUR_dZ | derivative_of_eastward_velocity_wrt_z | s-1 | ||
| ADV/ADCP | dVCUR_dZ | derivative_of_northtward_velocity_wrt_z | s-1 | ||
| ADV/ADCP | dWCUR_dZ | derivative_of_upward_velocity_wrt_z | s-1 | ||
| ADV/ADCP | HEIGHT_AB | height_above_bottom | m | up | |
| ADV/ADCP | BURST | unique_identifier_for_each_burst_in_this_file | |||
| ADV/ADCP | PERG | percentage_of_samples_good | percent | ||
| ADV/ADCP | BEAM_NUMBER | beam_number_of_the_instrument | |||
| ADCP | ABSI | backscatter_intensity_from_each_acoustic_beam | decibel | AlongBeam_distance | |
| ADCP | ABSI5 | backscatter_intensity_from_acoustic_beam_5 | decibel | AlongBeam_distance | |
| ADCP | CORR | correlation_magnitude_from_each_acoustic_beam | AlongBeam_distance | ||
| ADCP | CORR5 | correlation_magnitude_from_acoustic_beam_5 | AlongBeam_distance | ||
| ADCP | R_DIST | distance_from_sensor_along_beams | m | outwards from transducer | |
| ADCP | HEIGHT_AS | height_above_sensor | m | up | |
| ADCP | THETA | beam_angle_from_z_axis | degrees | away from vertical axis | |
| ADCP | BIN_SIZE | instrument_measurement_volume_bin_size | m | ||
| ADCP | RVEL | radial_velocity_of_scatterers_toward_instrument_in_each_beam | m/s | towards instrument | |
| ADCP | RVEL5 | radial_velocity_of_scatterers_toward_instrument_in_beam_5 | m/s | towards instrument | |
| ADCP | RVEL_TURBULENT | turbulent_radial_velocity_of_scatterers_towards_instrument | m/s | towards instrument | |
| ADCP | R_DEL | along-beam_separation_distance_over_which_DLL_is_evaluated | m | ||
| ADCP | R_MAX | maximum_separation_distance_over_for_DLL_regression | m | ||
| ADCP | DLL | second_order_structure_function | m2/s2 | AlongBeam_distance | |
| ADCP | DLL_N | number_of_velocity_difference_samples_in_DLL_mean | count | ||
| ADCP | DLL_LOGVAR | variance_of_log10_of_velocity_differences_used_in_DLL | |||
| ADCP | C2 | constant_used_in_conversion_of_DLL_regression_coefficient_to_EPSILON | |||
| ADCP | REGRESSION_COUNT | number_of_DLL_values_used_in_regression | count | ||
| ADCP | REGRESSION_RSQUARED | regression_goodness_of_fit_adjusted_for_number_of_terms | count | ||
| ADCP | EPSI_CI_LOW | EPSI_95percent_confidence_interval_lower_limit | W kg-1 | ||
| ADCP | EPSI_CI_HIGH | 95percent_confidence_limit_high_estimate_for_EPSI | W kg-1 | ||
| ADCP | QAx_BDF | QA_criterion_x_bad_data_flag | logical | ||
| ADCP | REGRESSION_COEFF_A0 | DLL_regression_intercept | m2 s-2 | ||
| ADCP | REGRESSION_COEFF_A1 | DLL_regression_coefficient_for_r^2/3 | m4/3 s-2 | ||
| ADCP | REGRESSION_COEFF_A3 | DLL_regression_coefficient_for_(r^2/3)^3 | s-2 | ||
| All | L_K | kolmogorov_length_scale | m | ||
| All | L_S | turbulent_corssin_shear_length_scale | m | ||
| All | L_O | turbulent_ozmidov_stratification_length_scale | m |
