| Contact Information for example: Jeremy Cothran (jcothran@carocoops.org) | |
Platform Information | |
| Note: Several of the following fields are concatenated to form a station_id (<institution_id>_<platform_id>_<package_id> like 'carocoops_CAP2_buoy') and title (<institution_id> data for <package_id> <platform_id> like 'carocoops data for buoy CAP2'). | |
| Institution Description for example: Baruch Institute, University of South Carolina at Columbia | |
| Institution URL for example: http://carocoops.org | |
| Institution ID | |
| Platform ID for example: FRP1, CAP2, 8659897 | |
| Package ID | |
| Latitude +/-90.00 decimal degrees north | |
| Longitude +/-180.00 decimal degrees east | |
File Information | |
| Data File Directory URL for example: http://trident.baruch.sc.edu/storm_surge_data/latest | |
| Filename search string only process files containing this string in the filename *optional | |
| Starting row number of data only process this row and afterwards in the file *optional | |
| Row comment string ignore rows which start with this comment character or string *optional | |
| Field separator fields in the row are separated by this character or string | |
| Field missing value missing values are denoted by this string like '-99999' *optional | |
Column Information | |
| Note: Populate one or several of the below column descriptions. Columns start at number 1 (the assumed column for measurement time) and increase one for each column to the right. Descriptions which do not include a column number are ignored. More observation types and flexibility in the unit types will be added later | |
Assumptions: Measurement time is represented in ISO 8601 format like '2005-05-01 14:00:00' with time zone assumed as GMT/UTC. Measurement time increases for each row. | |
| Measurement time zone hour offset if not GMT/UTC (+/-)(1 to 24) *optional | |
| Column number for measurement time if not in first column *optional | |
Measurement height or depth is in reference to mean sea level (MSL). | |
Column Details | |
| Column number of observation | |
| Observation Standard Name | |
| Height(+) or Depth(-) of observation in meters | |
Column Details | |
| Column number of observation | |
| Observation Standard Name | |
| Height(+) or Depth(-) of observation in meters | |
Column Details | |
| Column number of observation | |
| Observation Standard Name | |
| Height(+) or Depth(-) of observation in meters | |
Column Details | |
| Column number of observation | |
| Observation Standard Name | |
| Height(+) or Depth(-) of observation in meters | |
Other Information | |
| DODS/OPeNDAP URL for example: http://trident.baruch.sc.edu/dods *optional | |