Mooring Observation Data Format

Header Record-1(Station Information-1)

　　　Field Name Descriptions
001 Record type Record type indicator,"H" for this record
002 Information of Record Record type indicator,"C" for this record
003-009 Latitude world Geodetic System(WGS84)
010-017 Longitude world Geodetic System(WGS84)
018-032 Ref. ID JODC reference number
  018-019     Country Code Refer to Country Code
  020-021     Observation Start Time Last 2 digits of the year
022-026 Code of Observational Institution Refer to Institution Code
　027-029 　　Consecutive Number of Station Consecutive Number which begins from "001" for every year of each institution
　030-031 　　Consecutive Number of Obeservation Layers Consecutive Number of two or more observation layers at the same point
　032 　　Code of Tidal current and Mooring Observation Tidal current：0、Mooring：9
033-036 Project Code゛ Refer to Project Code
037-042 The date this record can be offered If this field fill in "999999", this record can't be offered
043-058 Sea name Observation area name
059-068 Originator. ID Originator's data indicator
069 Duration Refer to Obs. duration
070-074 Time Zone Time zone in hours to hundredths((+ : west , - : east)
075-088 Data Start Time YYYYMMDDhhmmss(GMT)
089-102 Meter Start Time YYYYMMDDhhmmss(GMT)
103-116 Meter End Time YYYYMMDDhhmmss(GMT)
117-130 Data End Time YYYYMMDDhhmmss(GMT)

Header Record-2(Station Information-2)

　　　Field Name Descriptions
001 Record type Record type indicator,"I" for this record
002 Information of Record Record type indicator,"C" for this record
003-017 Ref. ID JODC reference number
　003-004 　　Country Code Refer to Country Code
　005-006 　　Observation Start Time Last 2 digits of the year
　007-011 　　Code of Observational Institution Refer to Institution Code
　012-014 　　Consecutive Number of Station Consecutive Number which begins from "001" for every year of each Institution
　015-016 　　Consecutive Number by Obeservation Layers Consecutive Number of two or more observation layers at the same point
　017 　　Code of Tidal current and Mooring Observation Tidal current：0、Mooring：9
018-022 Interval Sampling interval of data in minutes　
　018 　　Interval Unit Second：0、Minuite：1、Unkown：2
　019-022 　　Interval Time Blank if unit is Unkown:2
023-027 Depth Depth to bottom at the site
028 Mooring way Refer toMooring way Code
029-041 Instrument name 　
　029-030 　　Instrument Code Refer to Instrument(First classification)
　031-033 　 Instrument Code Refer to Instrument(Second classification)
　034-041 　　Instrument ID 　
042 Type of Direction・Velocity Data Obs.:0, Smooth：1(Note: 1)
043-051 Direction Information 　
　043 　　Adapted Direction True Bearing:T, Magnetic Declination: M
　044-047 　　Mag. Dec. Magunetic declination in 1/10degrees,W : West , E : East for magnetic declination1/10, True Bearing: Blank
　048-050 　　Unit always"deg"
　051 　　Digit Number 　
052-059 Velocity Information 　
　052-057 　　Unit always"cm/sec"
　058 　　Digit Number Digit Number(m)in a data column
　059 　　Index Number Dicimal Place(n)in a data column(n)
Information related to other Data Items
060 The number of Data Items The number of Data Items except Direction・Velocity
061-071 Information of Data Items 1 (Note: 2) The number of Data Items except Direction・Velocity
　061-062 　　Data Type Data Type-Unit Refer toコード表
　063-069 　　Unit Data Type-Unit Refer toコード表
　070 　　Digit Number Digit Number (m) in a data column
　071 　　Index Number Dicimal Place (n) in a data column
072 Information of Data Items 2-N Same as Information of Data Items 1
　　Note 1：Calculation Value by ingredient value of north and east direction, etc.,
　　Note 2：Data Item Information is that only the number of Data Items (N) is repeated.

Comment Record(Creat it if necessary)

　　　Field Name Descriptions
001 Record type Record type indicator,"C" for this record
002 Record Information D: Comment Record End, C: Comment Record Continue
003-017 JODC REF. NO. JODC reference number
　003-004 　　Country Code Refer to Country Code
　005-006 　　Observation Start Time Last 2 digits of the year
　007-011 　　Code of Observational Institution Refer to Institution Code
　012-014 　　Consecutive Number of Station Consecutive Number which begins from "001" for every year of each institution
　015-016 　　Consecutive Number of Obeservation Layers Consecutive Number of two or more observation layers at the same point
018-Line Feed Comment Free Format

Data Record

　　　Field Name Descriptions
001 Record type Record type indicator,"D" for this record
002 Record Information E: Station End, C: Data Continue
003-017 JODC REF. NO. JODC reference number
　003-004 　　Country Code Refer to Country Code
　005-006 　　Observation Start Time Last 2 digits of the year
　007-011 　　Code of Observational Institution Refer to Institution Code
　012-014 　　Consecutive Number of Station Consecutive Number which begins from "001" for every year of each institution
　015-016 　　Consecutive Number of Obeservation Layers Consecutive Number of two or more observation layers at the same point
018 Blank 　
019-032 Observation Time YYYYMMDDhhmmss
033 Blank 　
034-039 Installation depth of apparatus 　
　034 　　The standard of depth Depth from sea surface：S, Hight from seabead：B
　035-039 　　Installation depth Unit： 0.1m
040 Blank 　
041-047 Direction Information 　
　041-042 　　Data Item always,"53"
　043-045 　　Direction Value If there is a missing value, input "999"
　046 　　Error flag for Observation Station information Refer to Error flag of observation station information.
　047 　　Flag for record error Refer to Data record error flag
048 Blank 　
Variable Velocity Information 　
　 　　Velocity Value If there is a missing value, input "9" x m times
　 　　Error flag for Observation Station information Refer to Error flag of observation station information.
　 　　Flag for record error Refer to Data record error flag
Data Items (1-N：Temperature、Electrical Conduction, etc.)
Variable 　　＊Blank 　
　　＊Data Item 　
　　＊Data Value If there is a missng value, input "9" x "m" times . The "m" and "n" are based on specification of Header Record 2.
　　＊Error flag for Observation Station information Refer to Error flag of observation station information.
　　＊Flag for record error Refer to Data record error flag
　　Notice： If(＊) mark is put on Items, only the number(N) of data items is repeated.

Last Update： Sep. 2005