Marine Organisms Data File Format

Type-1 Record (Station information & sampling method etc. , 1 Record/Station)

Field	Name	Descriptions
001-014	JODC Ref. No.
001-002	Country Code	Originator's nationality code
003-004	Year	Last 2 digits of the year
005-006	Inst. Code	Institution code
007-008	Consec. Cruise No.	JODC consecutive cruise number
009-012	Station No.	JODC consecutive station number (Position)
013-014	Depth No.	JODC consecutive station number (Depth)
015-024	Square Key
015-017	10 Deg.	Marsden square number
018	5 Deg.	5 degrees square number
019-020	1 Deg.	1 degree square number
021	30 Min.	30 minutes square number
022	15 Min.	15 minutes square number
023-024	6 Min.	6 minutes square number
025-031	Seq. No.	Sequential number
032	Rec. Type	Always "1"
033-034	Ship Code	Originator's ship code
035-036	Project Code	Project name code
037-043	Station No.	Originator's station number
044-049	Latitude	Degrees, minutes of latitude or tenths, "N" or "S"
050-056	Longitude	Degrees, minutes of longitude or tenths, "E" or "W"
057-066	Observation Date (GMT)
057	Filler	Blank
058-059	Year	Last 2 digits of the year
060-061	Month	Month
062-063	Day	Day
064-066	Hour	Hours to tenths
067-071	Sea Depth	Depth to bottom in meters
072-087	Sampling Method
072	Gear	Sampling gear code
073-074	Net	Net type code, only when sampling gear code is "N"
075-078	Mesh number - Symbol	" XXX", "NXXX", " XX", " NXX", " GG", " NGG" or "ASTM"
079-082	Mesh number - Value	Value of mesh number
083-087	Mesh Size	Mesh size in micron
088-107	Towing Conditions Period
088	Method	Towing method code
089-092	Sampling Depth	Sampling (Towing lower) depth in meters
093-096	Towing Upper	Towing upper depth in meters
097-100	Towing Dist.	Horizontal towing length in meters
101-102	Hour	Hours
103-105	Min.	Minutes to tenths
106-107	Speed	Towing speed in m/sec
108-110	Organism
108	Fixation	Fixation code
109	Counting	Counting method code
110	Unit	Unit code 1 : /m² 2 : /m³ 3 : /haul
111-126	Name of ID	Name of identity
127-128	Filler	Blank

Type-2 Record (Every kinds of weight and meteorological data, 1 Record/Station)

Field	Name	Descriptions
001-014	JODC Ref. No.	Same as Type-1 Record
015-024	Square Key	Same as Type-1 Record
025-031	Seq. No.	Sequential number
032	Rec. Type	Always "2"
033-040	Water Filtered Volume
033	Unit	Unit code - "1" (ml/m²)
034-038	Value	Value (mantissa) to ten thousands
039	Exponent	Exponent, see Appendix 1
040	Inequality	Sign of inequality, 1 : ">", 2 : "<"
041-048	Settled Volume
041	Unit	Unit code 1 : ml/m² 2 : ml/haul
042-046	Settled Vol.	Value (mantissa) to ten thousands
047	Exponent	Exponent, see Appendix 1
048	Inequality	Sign of inequality, 1 : ">", 2 : "<"
049-056	Water Displacement
049	Unit	Unit code 1 : ml/m² 2 : ml/haul
050-054	W. Displace	Value (mantissa) to ten thousands
055	Exponent	Exponent, see Appendix 1
056	Inequality	Sign of inequality, 1 : ">", 2 : "<"
057-065	Wet Weight
057	Processing	Processing code
058	Unit	Unit code 1 : mg/m² 2 : mg/haul
059-063	Wet Weight	Value (mantissa) to ten thousands
064	Exponent	Exponent, see Appendix 1
065	Inequality	Sign of inequality, 1 : ">", 2 : "<"
066-074	Dry Weight
066	Processing	Processing code
067	Unit	Unit code 1 : mg/m² 2 : mg/haul
068-072	Dry Weight	Value (mantissa) to ten thousands
073	Exponent	Exponent, see Appendix 1
074	Inequality	Sign of inequality, 1 : ">", 2 : "<"
075-076	Water Color	Water color in Forel-Ule Scales
077-078	Water Trans.	Water transparency in meters
079-083	Wave
079-080	Direction	Wave direction in 36 points, 00 : Calm , 99 : Variable
081	H/A	H : Wave height , A : Sea state
082	H/A Code	Column 81 is "H" : Wave height in WMO code 1555 Column 81 is "A" : Sea state in WMO code 3700
083	Period	Wave period in WMO code 3155
084-088	Wind
084-085	Direction	Wind direction in 36 points , 00 : Calm, 99 : Variable
086	S/F	S : Wind speed, F : Wind force
087-088	Speed	Column 86 is "S" : Wind speed in knots Column 86 is "F" : Wind force in Beaufort scale
089-091	Air Pressure	Air pressure in hPa, tens to tenths only
092-095	Air Temp. Dry	Dry-bulb temperature, sign indicator and value(deg-C) to tenths
096-099	Air Temp. Wet	Wet-bulb temperature, sign indicator and value(deg-C) to tenths
100-101	Weather	Weather in WMO code 4501 or WMO code 4677
102	Cloud type	Cloud type in WMO code 0500
103	Cloud amount	Cloud amount in WMO code 2700
104	Visibility	Visibility in WMO code 4300
105-128	Filler	Blank

Type-3 Record (Removed organism data, Max. 3 Records/Station)

Field	Name	Descriptions
001-014	JODC Ref. No.	Same as Type-1 Record
015-024	Square Key	Same as Type-1 Record
025-031	Seq. No.	Sequential number
032	Rec. Type	Always "3"
033	No. of Organisms	Number of removed organisms in this record
034-054	Removed Organism(1)
034-038	Organism Code	Removed organism name code
039	Life code	Life history code
040	Sex code	Sex code
041-054	Taxonomic Code	Removed organism taxonomic code
055-075	Removed Organism(2)
055-059	Organism Code	Removed organism name code
060	Life code	Life history code
061	Sex code	Sex code
062-075	Taxonomic Code	Removed organism taxonomic code
076-096	Removed Organism(3)
076-080	Organism Code	Removed organism name code
081	Life code	Life history code
082	Sex code	Sex code
083-096	Taxonomic Code	Removed organism taxonomic code
097-117	Removed Organism(4)
097-101	Organism Code	Removed organism name code
102	Life code	Life history code
103	Sex code	Sex code
104-117	Taxonomic Code	Removed organism taxonomic code
118-128	Filler	Blank

Type-4 Record (Identified organism data)

Field	Name	Descriptions
001-014	JODC Ref. No.	Same as Type-1 Record
015-024	Square Key	Same as Type-1 Record
025-031	Seq. No.	Sequential number
032	Rec. Type	Always "4"
033	No. of Organisms	Number of identified organisms in this record
034-064	Identified Organism(1)
034-038	Organism Code	Identified organism name code
039	Life code	Life history code
040	Sex code	Sex code
041-054	Taxonomic Code	Identified organism taxonomic code
055	Comment	01 : Sign of inequality is ">" 02 : Sign of inequality is "<" 31 : Cell No. Value is "CC" 32 : Cell No. Value is "C" 33 : Cell No. Value is "++" 34 : Cell No. Value is "+" 35 : Cell No. Value is "R" 36 : Cell No. Value is "RR" 37 : Cell No. Value is "RRR" (31-37 : CR notation)
057-061	Cell No. Value	Value (mantissa) to ten thousands
062-064	Cell No. Exp.	Exponent, see Appendix 2
065-095	Identified Organism(2)
065-069	Organism Code	Identified organism name code
070	Life code	Life history code
071	Sex code	Sex code
072-085	Taxonomic Code	Identified organism taxonomic code
086-087	Comment	See Identified Organism(1)
088-092	Cell No. Value	Value (mantissa) to ten thousands
093-095	Cell No. Exp.	Exponent, see Appendix 2
096-126	Identified Organism(3)
096-100	Organism Code	Identified organism name code
101	Life code	Life history code
102	Sex code	Sex code
103-116	Taxonomic Code	Identified organism taxonomic code
117-118	Comment	See Identified Organism(1)
119-123	Cell No. Value	Value (mantissa) to ten thousands
124-126	Cell No. Exp.	Exponent, see Appendix 2
127-128	Filler	Blank

Appendix 1 :

Example of Water Filtered Volume, Settled Volume, Water Displacement, Wet Weight, Dry Weight

Example 1

Value (Mantissa) = 30000

Exp (Exponent) = 2

Data = Value * 10^Exp = 3 * 10² = 300

Example 2

Value (Mantissa) = 40000

Exp (Exponent) = 1

Inequality = 2 ("<")

Data = >(Value * 10^Exp) = >(4 * 10¹) = >40

(Be careful about a sign of inequality)

Appendix 2 :

Example of Cell No.

Example 1

Cell No. Value (mantissa) = 30000

Cell No. Exp = 2

Data = Value * 10^Exp = 3 * 10² = 300

Example 2

Cell No. Value (mantissa) = 40000

Cell No. Exp = 1

Comment = 01 (">")

Data = <(Value * 10^Exp) = <(4 * 10¹) = <40

(Be careful about a sign of inequality)

Last update : September 24, 1997