Data Dictionary
Column Type Label Description Units Media type Result Value Type Statistic Applied
STN_ID text Station ID

MEDS Station Identifier 10 character field 5X, A10.

time (UTC) timestamp Sampling Time

The date and time are presented in the following format mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm UTC and mark the beginning of the wave sampling period.

Q_FLAG text Quality Codes

The quality codes are based on the IGOSS quality codes.

latitude (degrees_north) numeric Latitude

Positions are presented in decimal degrees with latitudes north of the equator represented as positive values and longitudes west of the Prime Meridian represented as positive values.

longitude (degrees_east) numeric Longitude

Positions are presented in decimal degrees with latitudes north of the equator represented as positive values and longitudes west of the Prime Meridian represented as positive values.

water_depth (m) numeric Water depth

The depth values are presented in metres.

VCAR (m) numeric Characteristic wave height

Characteristic significant wave height (calculated by MEDS) (m).

VTPK (s) numeric Peak period

Wave spectrum peak period (calculated by MEDS) (s)

VWH (m) numeric Characteristic wave height_buoy

Characteristic significant wave height (reported by the buoy) (m)

VCMX (m) numeric Maximum zero crossing wave height_buoy

Maximum zero crossing wave height (reported by the buoy) (m)

VTP (s) numeric Peak period_buoy

Wave spectrum peak period (reported by the buoy) (s)

WDIR (\u00b0 True) numeric Wind direction

Direction from which the wind is blowing (° True)

WSPD (m/s) numeric Wind speed

Horizontal wind speed (m/s)

WSS (m/s) numeric Scalar wind speed

Horizontal scalar wind speed (m/s)

GSPD (m/s) numeric Wind Gust

Gust wind speed (m/s)

WDIR2 (\u00b0 True) numeric Wind direction_2

Direction from which the wind is blowing (° True)

WSPD2 (m/s) numeric Wind speed_2

Horizontal wind speed (m/s)

WSS_2 (m/s) numeric Scalar wind speed_2

Horizontal scalar wind speed (m/s)

GSPD2 (m/s) numeric Wind gust_2

Gust wind speed (m/s)

ATMS (mbar) numeric Atmospheric pressure

Atmospheric pressure at sea level (mbar)

ATMS2 (mbar) numeric Atmospheric pressure_2

Atmospheric pressure at sea level (mbar)

DRYT (\u00b0C) numeric Dry bulb Temperature

Dry bulb temperature (°C)

SSTP (\u00b0C) numeric Sea surface temperature

Sea surface temperature (°C)

SSTP_flags (Quality flags) numeric Sea surface temperature quality flags

Sea surface temperature data have undergone additional automated quality control.

Flags:

1: Sensor Malfunction 2: Sensor Drift 3: Big Satellite Difference 4: 25+ samples 5: Imprecise Day 6: Many temp jumps 7: Jump, not evaluated 8: Temperature Jump 9: Unlikely outlier 10: Cosmetic outlier 11: Mod temp diff with large jump 12: Small temp diff with large jump 13: Mod temp diff w/o large jump 14: Small temp diff w/o large jump 15: Moderate Satellite Difference 16: Small satellite Difference

SSTP_UQL (UNESCO QC) numeric Sea surface temperature UQL (UNESCO QC)

1:Pass 2: Not evaluated 3: Suspect or Of High Interest 4: Fail 5: Missing data

Additional Information
Field label
Study/Dataset Example
Format
CSV
Created
2 years ago
Datastore active
True
Has views
True
Hash
5fb89875446082023106507e1871dd7d
Id
73673ccc-815d-4e94-a5b5-17373b8528af
Package id
9a13011d-4a84-42f2-84fd-f4b07b5fa0ee
Position
6
Rescategory
data
State
active