Information for
the Detailed Inventory should be provided in the formats specified below:
1. An inventory and description of the oceanographic data (physical,
chemical and pollutants) for the Caspian Sea region.
Information for each cruise (data set) must contain brief
description file and file (worksheet table) with the stations information.
Brief Description File
All information files (worksheets) prepared for the
Inventory are accompanied by brief description files containing concise information on
their origin, instrumentation, method, units, data processing and other topics. Each item
in a file starts from the name of the item prefixed by an asterisk and followed by a
colon.
Each file contains the information in following order:
Stations information file(s): Name(s) of the information
file(s) described.
Ship (station) name: Name of the ship (station) at which
the measurements were made.
Expedition: Name (number) of the expedition.
Parameters: Name, units (and brief description if
necessary) of the parameters included in data file(s).
Instruments and methods: Brief description of the
instruments and methods used for measurements.
Accuracy: estimation of the lower limit and precision of
the measurements.
Processing (if applied): Which type of processing was
used and with what characteristics (smoothing, etc.).
Principal investigator(s): Name and institutions of
persons responsible for the each type of measurements.
Digitization: Which type of digitization was used
(single entry, double-key entry, data were obtained in digital form), where and when it
was made. The name of responsible person.
Remarks: Other topics responsible person assumes useful.
Completed by: Name and institution of a person prepared
this file.
Date: Date of the creation (last revision) of this file
in form DD.MM.YYYY.
Source of data: Source (subsource of data) in form of
(abbreviated) institution name and researcher name if necessary.
An example of the brief description file:
Stations information file(s): av21chem.txt, av21ctd.txt
Ship (station) name: R/V Akademik Vernadsky (MHI,
Ukraine).
Expedition: Cruise number 21, August 1979 - October
1979.
Parameters: temperature and salinity, light attenuation
coefficient (414 nm), dissolved oxygen, inorganic phosphates, silicates, Secchi disk.
Instruments and methods: temperature and salinity were
measured by the CTD-probe ISTOK-3 and with Nansen Bottles and reversing
thermometers, Logarithmic Photometer-Transparency Meter (LFP 414), dissolved oxygen
was determined by the Winkler's method, methods of Murphy and Riley was used
to determine inorganic phosphates and silicates
Accuracy:
Processing (if applied):
Principal investigator(s): temperature and salinity -
V.G. Kiryuhin, chemical parameters - A.G. Yanchilenko, optical parameters - V.I.
Man'kovsky (MHI, Ukraine).
Digitization: double entry at the MHI (Sevastopol,
Ukraine).
Remarks: see the complete descriptions of methods and
formats in the supplied file MHI_data.txt.
Completed by: L. Galkovskaya (MHI, Ukraine).
Date:20.06.1999.
Source of data: MHI, Ukraine
File (worksheet table) with the stations information
This file must contain the following information in Excel tables (for each
cruise or data set):
station name (1-10 characters, numbers or/and letters);
latitude (in degrees);
longitude (in degrees);
date (preferable format DD/MM/YYYY);
time (optional);
sea depth (optional);
flag/cast columns for each measured variable (0 means
– no measurements of this variables, 1- one cast, 2 – two casts, etc.). Only 0
& 1 can be used with meaning – there are measurements of this variable at this
station or not.
| Name of
station |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Date |
Time |
Bottom
depth |
TEMP |
SALIN |
H2S |
O2 |
Next1 |
| 123 |
41.345 |
50.125 |
21/12/1978 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 124test |
43 |
51.35 |
22/12/1978 |
12:23 |
200 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| 125 |
45 |
52 |
23/12/1978 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| 126a |
46.5624 |
53.7677 |
24/12/1978 |
07:30 |
133 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 126b |
46.5 |
53.5 |
24/12/1978 |
07:40 |
133 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Station37a |
46.456 |
55.756 |
28/12/1978 |
|
456 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2. A brief Inventory and description of the near shore meteorological
data in the Caspian Sea region.
Free description with the table of the station
locations in the same format as for the oceanographic stations.
3. A brief Inventory and description of the ship meteorological data
for the Caspian Sea region.
Free text format with description of the statistical
distribution of measurements in space and time.
4. An inventory and description of the currents
measurements data (moorings, etc.) for the Caspian Sea region
The same format as for the oceanographic stations with different table:
| Name of
station |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Starting
Date |
Starting
Time |
Bottom
depth |
End Date |
End Time |
Number of
depth levels |
Depth
levels |
| 123 |
41.345 |
50.125 |
21/12/1978 |
|
|
24/12/1978 |
|
3 |
5, 20, 100 |
| 124 |
43 |
51.35 |
22/12/1978 |
12:23 |
300 |
26/12/1978 |
12:20 |
5 |
5, 20, 50, 100, 200 |
| 125 |
45 |
52 |
23/12/1978 |
|
|
27/12/1978 |
|
4 |
5, 20, 100, 200 |
| 126a |
46.5624 |
53.7677 |
24/12/1978 |
07:30 |
133 |
25/12/1978 |
07:00 |
2 |
5, 20, |
| 126b |
46.5 |
53.5 |
24/12/1978 |
07:40 |
433 |
29/12/1978 |
07:00 |
8 |
5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 150, 200
250 |
| Station3 |
46.456 |
55.756 |
28/12/1978 |
|
456 |
31/12/1978 |
|
2 |
100, 200 |
|
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