Standard Metadata for EcoFOCI Drifter Data

Descriptor Example

Number of
characters

Default
Title (same for all files) ARGOS Drogued Drifter Data 40 ARGOS Drogued Drifter Data
Drifter number (5-char required) 07163 6  
Deployment year 1996 4 current year
Deployment time reference GMT 4 GMT
Deployment date and time (mmddhhmm) 05311997 8  
Day of year (DOY) 272 3  
Latitude 56.123 6  
Latitude direction (N/S) N 1 N
Longitude 157.123 7  
Longitude direction (E/W) W 1 W
Water depth 182 4  
Water depth units (m/fm/ft) m 1 m
Deployment ship MILLER FREEMAN 40 MILLER FREEMAN
Deployment ship code MF 3 MF
Cruise number MF05-01 7  
Cruise leg 1 1 1
Program EcoFOCI 40 FOCI
Project GLOBEC 40  
Drogue type holey sock 40 holey sock
Drogue depth 40 3 40
Drogue depth units (m/fm/ft) m 1 m
Manufacturer METOCEAN 40  
Deployment comments didn't open max chars - dash delimited  
Drifter performance comments lost drogue max chars - dash delimited  
Data comments deleted final 10 days max chars - dash delimited  
Total number of observations   6  
Marsden squares   max chars - space delimited  
Marsden square obs count   max chars - space delimited  
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