NetCDF parameter

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{class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" |- | 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 | | |}