
                  Standardized SeaBASS Fieldnames and Units

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Below is a table  of the standard fieldnames and associated units for use in
submitting data to the  SeaBASS archive. Many of the fields listed below are
wavelength specific . For these fields, the wavelength of the measurement is
to  be  appended to  the  fieldname  . For  example, downwelling  irradiance
measured  at 412.3  nm  would have  a  fieldname of  'Ed412.3', and  aerosol
optical thickness  measured at 1020  nm would have the  fieldname 'AOT1020'.
The fieldnames are NOT  case sensitive. Parameters not listed here are still
acceptable for submission.

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                  Last Updated: Fri Dec 8 17:00:44 2000 GMT
           Fieldname       Units               Description

         a             1/m           Total absorption coefficient
                                     (including water absorption)

         a*ph          m^2/mg        Chl a-specific aph

         aaer          1/m           Absorption coefficient of
                                     atmospheric aerosols

         ad            1/m           Absorption coefficient of
                                     detrius

         adg           1/m           Absorption coefficient of
                                     detrital+gelbstoff

         ag            1/m           Absorption coefficient of CDOM
                                     (gelbstoff)

                                     Absorption coefficient of
         agp           1/m           gelbstoff+particles (total -
                                     water)

         Allo          mg/m^3        HPLC Alloxanthin

         altitude      m             Altitude (above sea level)

         am            unitless      Airmass (calculable from
                                     time/position)

         angstrom      unitless      Angstrom exponent

         Anth          mg/m^3        HPLC Antheraxanthin

         AOT           unitless      Aerosol optical thickness

         ap            1/m           Absorption coefficient of
                                     particles

         aph           1/m           Absorption coefficient of
                                     phytoplankton

         Asta          mg/m^3        HPLC Astaxanthin

         At            degreesC      Air temperature

         b             1/m           Total scattering coefficient

         bb            1/m           Backscatter coefficient

         beta-beta-Car mg/m^3        HPLC Beta,beta-Carotene

         beta-eta-Car  mg/m^3        HPLC Beta,eta-Carotene

         beta-psi-Car  mg/m^3        HPLC Beta,psi-Carotene

         bincount      none          Number of records averaged
                                     into a bin

         bp            1/m           Particle scattering
                                     coefficient

         But-fuco      mg/m^3        HPLC
                                     19'-Butaonoyloxyfucoxanthin

         c             1/m           Beam attenuation coefficient

         Cantha        mg/m^3        HPLC Canthaxanthin

         CHL           mg/m^3        Fluoresence/spectrophotometric
                                     derived chlorophyll a

         Chl_a         mg/m^3        HPLC Chlorophyll a

         Chl_a_allom   mg/m^3        HPLC Chlorophyll a allomers

         Chl_a_prime   mg/m^3        HPLC Chlorophyll a epimer

         Chl_b         mg/m^3        HPLC Chlorophyll b

         Chl_c         mg/m^3        HPLC Chlorophyll c

         Chl_c1c2      mg/m^3        HPLC Chlorophyll c1, c2

         Chl_c3        mg/m^3        HPLC Chlorophyll c3

         Chlide_a      mg/m^3        HPLC Chlorophyllide a

         Chlide_b      mg/m^3        HPLC Chlorophyllide b

         cloud         %             Percent cloud cover

         cond          mmho/cm       Conductivity

         Croco         mg/m^3        HPLC Crocoxanthin

         date          yyyymmdd      Sample date

         day           dd            Sample Day

         depth         m             Depth of measurement

         Diadchr       mg/m^3        HPLC Diadinochrome

         Diadino       mg/m^3        HPLC Diadinoxanthin

         Diato         mg/m^3        HPLC Diatoxanthin

         Dino          mg/m^3        HPLC Dinoxanthin

         DV_Chl_a      mg/m^3        HPLC Divinyl Chorophyll a

         DV_Chl_b      mg/m^3        HPLC Divinyl Chorophyll b

         Echin         mg/m^3        HPLC Echinenone

         Ed            uW/cm^2/nm    Downwelling irradiance

         EdGND         volts         Dark current values for Ed
                                     sensor

         Epar          uE/cm^2/s     Profiled Photosynthetic
                                     Available Radiation

         Es            uW/cm^2/nm    Downwelling irradiance above
                                     the surface

         EsGND         volts         Dark current values for Es
                                     sensor

         Et-8-carot    mg/m^3        HPLC Ethyl-apo-8'-carotene

         Et-chlide_a   mg/m^3        HPLC Ethyl Chlorophyllide a

         Et-chlide_b   mg/m^3        HPLC Ethyl Chlorophyllide b

         eta-eta-Car   mg/m^3        HPLC Eta-eta-Carotene

         Eu            uW/cm^2/nm    Upwelling irradiance

         EuGND         volts         Dark current values for Eu
                                     sensor

         F0            uW/cm^2/nm    Extraterrestrial Solar
                                     irradiance

         Fuco          mg/m^3        HPLC Fucoxanthin

         Hex-fuco      mg/m^3        HPLC
                                     19'-Hexanoyloxyfucoxanthin

         hour          hh            Sample Hour

         It            degreesC      Instrument temperature

         jd            jjj           Sample Julian Day (Day of
                                     Year)

                                     Diffuse attenuation
         Kd            1/m           coefficient for downwelling
                                     irradiance

                                     Diffuse attenuation
         Kl            1/m           coefficient for upwelling
                                     radiance

                                     Diffuse attenuation
         Knf           1/m           coefficient for natural
                                     fluorescence of chl a

         Kpar          1/m           Diffuse attenuation
                                     coefficient for PAR

                                     Diffuse attenuation
         Ku            1/m           coefficient for upwelling
                                     irradiance

         lat           degrees       Sample Latitude

         lon           degrees       Sample Longitude

         Lsky          uW/cm^2/nm/sr Sky radiance

         Lt            uW/cm^2/nm/sr Total water radiance

         Lu            uW/cm^2/nm/sr Upwelling radiance

         LuGND         volts         Dark current values for Lu
                                     sensor

         Lut           mg/m^3        HPLC Lutein

         Lw            uW/cm^2/nm/sr Water leaving radiance

         Lwn           uW/cm^2/nm/sr Normalized water leaving
                                     radiance (Nlw=Lw * Fo/Es)

         Lyco          mg/m^3        HPLC Lycopene

         Me-chlide_a   mg/m^3        HPLC Methyl Chlorophyllide a

         Me-chlide_b   mg/m^3        HPLC Methyl Chlorophyllide b

                                     HPLC Mg 2,4 divinyl
         Mg_DVP        mg/m^3        pheoporphyrin a5 monomethyl
                                     ester

         minute        mn            Sample Minute

         Monado        mg/m^3        HPLC Monadoxanthin

         month         mo            Sample Month

         natf          nE/m^2/sr/s   natural fluorescence of chl a

         Neo           mg/m^3        HPLC Neoxanthin

         Oz            dobson        Column Ozone

         P-457         mg/m^3        HPLC P-457

                                     Photosynthetic Available
         PAR           uE/cm^2/s     Radiation measured at the sea
                                     surface

         Perid         mg/m^3        HPLC Peridinin

         PHAEO         mg/m^3        Pheaopigment

         Phide_a       mg/m^3        HPLC Pheophorbide a

         Phide_b       mg/m^3        HPLC Pheophorbide b

         Phide_c       mg/m^3        HPLC Pheophorbide c

         Phythl-chl_c  mg/m^3        HPLC Phytylated Chlorophyll c

         Phytin_a      mg/m^3        HPLC Pheophytin a

         Phytin_b      mg/m^3        HPLC Pheophytin b

         Phytin_c      mg/m^3        HPLC Pheophytin c

         pitch         degrees       Instrument pitch

         PP            mgC/mgchla/hr Primary Productivity

         Pras          mg/m^3        HPLC Prasinoxanthin

         pressure      dbar          Water Pressure

         pressure_atm  mbar          Atmospheric pressure

         Pyrophytin_a  mg/m^3        HPLC Pyropheophytin a

         Pyrophytin_b  mg/m^3        HPLC Pyropheophytin b

         Pyrophytin_c  mg/m^3        HPLC Pyropheophytin c

         Q             sr            Eu/Lu (equal to Pi in diffuse
                                     water)

         quality       none          Data quality flag...arbitrary
                                     analyst specific value

         R             unitless      Irradiance reflectance
                                     (Re=Eu/Ed)

                                     Sensor azimuth angle, relative
         RelAz         degrees       to the solar plane (for above
                                     water radiometers)

         Rl            1/sr          Radiance reflectance
                                     (Rl=Lu/Ed)

         roll          degrees       Instrument roll

         Rpi           unitless      Radiance reflectance with PI

         Rrs           1/sr          Remote sensing reflectance
                                     (Rrs=Lw/Ed)

         sal           PSU           Salinity

         sample        none          Sample Number

         second        ss            Sample Second

         SenZ          degrees       Sensor zenith angle (for above
                                     water radiometers)

         sigma_theta   kg/m3         Potential Density - 1000kg/m3

         sigmaT        kg/m3         Density - 1000kg/m3

         Siphn         mg/m^3        HPLC Siphonein

         Siphx         mg/m^3        HPLC Siphonaxanthin

         SN            none          Instrument serial number -
                                     should be in documents...

         SPM           g/L           Total Suspended Particulate
                                     Material

         SST           degreesC      Sea Surface Temperature

         station       none          Sample Station

         stimf         volts         Stimulated fluorescence of chl
                                     a

         SZ            m             Secchi disk depth

         SZA           degrees       Solar zenith angle (calculable
                                     from time/position)

         tilt          degrees       Instrument tilt

         time          hh:mm:ss      Sample time

         Tpg           mg/m^3        Total (sum of all) pigments

         trans         %             Precent transmission

         Vauch         mg/m^3        HPLC Vaucheriaxanthin-ester

         Viola         mg/m^3        HPLC Violaxanthin

         volfilt       L             Volume Filtered

         waveheight    m             Wave Height

         wavelength    nm            Wavelength of measurement

         windspeed     m/s           Wind Speed

         Wt            degreesC      Water temperature

         Wvp           cm            Water vapor

         year          yyyy          Sample Year

         Zea           mg/m^3        HPLC Zeaxanthin

