SHORT-FORM Format
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Each row in the NMFS-COPEPOD "Short Form" data format is an individual observation set.   An observation set can be a single-depth biomass tow, one depth of a multiple-depth biomass tow, or a single taxa (out of many)counted in a tow.   Within each row, each column contains multiple comma-separated data fields. Below are the column headings and contents of each data field: SHP-CRUISE   -   NODC ship code and NMFS-COPEPOD cruise identifier YEAR   -   year of the tow or sample MONTH   -   month of the observatin/measurement DAY   -   day of the tow or sample TIMEloc   -   LOCAL time of the tow or sample (decimal hours) LATITUDE   -   latitude of the tow or sample (+ = North, - = South) LONGITDE   -   longitude of the tow or sample (+ = East, - = West) UPPER_Z   -   upper depth (range) of the tow or sample LOWER_Z   -   lower depth (range) of the tow or sample MESH   -   net mesh size (micrometers - um) used ITIS_TSN   -   ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN) (if < 0, then NMFS-COPEPOD-SN) GPDB-BGC   -   NMFS-COPEPOD Biological Grouping Code for the observation BSC   -   NMFS-COPEPOD Biological Staging Code for the observation (coming soon) T   -   Type of measurement in the Count/Biomass Field B = Biomass C = Count, L = Biomass (where large plankter (e.g. jellyfish) were NOT removed before measurement) COUNT/BIOMASS   -   count or biomass measurement of the observation UNITS   -   Units of the count or biomass measurement QF   -   NMFS-COPEPOD Quality-Flag for the observation SCIENTIFIC NAME -[ modifiers ]-   -   full description of the observation RECORD-ID   -   NMFS-COPEPOD unique record identifier DATASET-ID   -   NMFS-COPEPOD data set identifier

NMFS-COPEPOD http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/plankton Web v3.0   [ 2006-Apr]