Wave (F182)
FILE TYPE 182 - WAVE DATA FORMAT 5/28/82 VERSION A NEW FORMAT - WAVE DATA FORMAT HAS BEEN DESIGNED FOR NOS ANALYZED WAVE DATA ORIGINATING FROM THE NOS COASTAL WAVE PROGRAM. THE FORMAT CONSISTS OF 3 RECORD TYPES, RECORD TYPE A DESCRIBES THE BASIC ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION TO UNDERSTAND THE DATA RECORD TYPES B AND C ARE USED TO REPORT WAVE ENERGY SPECTRAL VALUES AND WAVERIDER DATA RESPECTIVELY. ALL RECORDS ARE 128 CHARACTERS LONG. SORTING BY STATION AND SEQUENCE NUMBER WILL OBTAIN PROPER SEQUENCE OF RECORDS. THE FIRST NINE COLUMNS FOR ALL RECORDS ARE TO BE USED FOR FILE TYPE (COLUMNS 1-3) AND FILE IDENTIFIER (COLUMNS 4-9). THE FILE IDENTIFIER, TO BE ASSIGNED BY THE ORIGNATOR, IS A UNIQUE ORIGINATOR ID FOR EACH DATA SUBMISSION. AFTER SUBMISSION, THE NODC REASSIGNS TO THIS FIELD A UNIQUE NODC IDENTIFIER FOR INTERNAL USE. ADDED FIELDS IN BYTES 111 - 117 IN RECORD TYPE A 8/20/84 *****NOTE***** 8/17/84 - ADDED DATA QUALITY INDEX CODE FOR SPECTRA, ELAPSED HOURS SINCE DEPLOYMENT, AND CALIBRATION CORRECTION CODE TO RECORD TYPE 'A' ****4/1/85 RECORD 'A' - ADDED STATION IDENTIFIER**** 182/PAGE 2 VALUES RECORD HEADER RECORD ALWAYS 'A' 10 STATION NUMBER FIVE-CHARACTER FIELD IDENTIFIER 11 DATE YYMMDD 16 TIME(GMT) XXXXXX - HOURS, MINUTES, AND SECONDS 22 WMO STATION FIVE-CHARACTER FIELD IDENTIFIER 28 LATITUDE DDMMMMM PLUS 'N' OR 'S' FOR HEMISPHERE MINUTES TO THOUSANDTHS 33 LONGITUDE DDDMMMMM PLUS 'E' OR 'W' FOR HEMISPHERE MINUTES TO THOUSANDTHS 41 TYPE OF INSTRUMENT TWO-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0386 50 MEAN SEA LEVEL XXXX - ABOVE BOTTOM, METERS TO TENTHS 52 GAUGE HEIGHT OFF BOTTOM XXXX - ABOVE GAUGE BOTTOM, METERS TO TENTHS 56 LENGTH OF DATA SAMPLE XXXXX - SAMPLE LENGTH IN SECONDS 60 SAMPLING RATE XXX - HERTZ TO TENTHS 65 CONVERSION FACTORS 14-CHARACTER FIELD. LINEAR CONVERSION USED TO CONVERT GAUGE VOLTAGE OUTPUT TO PHYSICAL UNITS. X=GAUGE VOLTAGE AX+B, A+B TO THOUSANDTHS. MINUS SIGN IF NECESSARY. 68 RESPONSE TIME XXXXX - INSTRUMENT RESPONSE TIME IN THOUSANDTHS OF A SECOND 82 INSTITUTE CODE XX - CODE OF INSTITUTE COLLECTING DATA 87 COUNTRY CODE XX - CODE TO IDENTIFY THE COUNTRY COLLECTING DATA 89 STATIONARITY INDEX CODE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0400 91 DATA QUALITY INDEX CODE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0401 92 WIDTH OF SPECTRAL BANDS IN NUMBER OF HARMONICS XX - NUMBER OF ADJACENT HARMONICS OF THE SPECTRAL COMPUTATION USED IN SUMMARIZING SPECTRUM 93 TOTAL VARIANCE XXXXXXXX - TOTAL VARIANCE OF THE WAVE RECORD TO TEN THOUSANDTHS OF A SQUARED METER 95 PERIOD OF MAXIMUM ENERGY XXX - THE PERIOD TO TENTHS OF SECONDS CORRESPONDING TO THE CENTER OF THE BAND WITH MAXIMUM ENERGY 103 TOTAL 'B' RECORDS X - WHOLE NUMBER 106 TOTAL 'C' RECORDS XXXX - WHOLE NUMBERS 107 DATA QUALITY INDEX CODE FOR SPECTRA ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0404 111 ELAPSED HOURS SINCE DEPLOYMENT XXXXX - WHOLE NUMBER 112 CALIBRATION CORRECTION CODE ONE-CHARACTER CODE - USE CODE 0405 117 STATION IDENTIFIER 7-CHARACTER ORIGINATOR STATION IDENTIFIER 118 SEQUENCE NUMBER 1 XXXX - USED TO ORDER RECORDS 82/PAGE 3 125 WAVE ENERGY SPECTRAL ALWAYS 'B' 10 STATION NUMBER SEE RECORD A 11 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - FREQUENCY SPECTRAL VALUES IN PERCENT TO HUNDREDTHS OF TOTAL VARIANCE 16 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - SEE ABOVE 20 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - SEE ABOVE 24 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - SEE ABOVE 28 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - SEE ABOVE 32 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - SEE ABOVE 36 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - SEE ABOVE 40 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - SEE ABOVE 44 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - SEE ABOVE 48 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - SEE ABOVE 52 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - SEE ABOVE 56 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - SEE ABOVE 60 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - SEE ABOVE 64 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - SEE ABOVE 68 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - SEE ABOVE 72 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - SEE ABOVE 76 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - SEE ABOVE 80 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - SEE ABOVE 84 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - SEE ABOVE 88 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - SEE ABOVE 92 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - SEE ABOVE 96 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - SEE ABOVE 100 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - SEE ABOVE 104 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - SEE ABOVE 108 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - SEE ABOVE 112 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - SEE ABOVE 116 SPECTRAL VALUE XXXX - SEE ABOVE 120 BLANKS 124 SEQUENCE NUMBER 1 XXXX - SEE RECORD A 82/PAGE 4 125 WAVERIDER RECORD ALWAYS 'C' 10 STATION NUMBER SEE RECORD A 11 ZERO BIAS XXXX - BIAS AT OUTPUT FROM BUOY ZERO POSITION IN METERS TO HUNDREDTHS. ENTER ' - ' WHEN BIAS IS NEGATIVE 16 WAVE DISPLACEMENT XXXXX - TIME SERIES MEASUREMENT OF WAVERIDER BUOY EXCURSION FROM STILL POSITION IN METERS TO HUNDREDTHS. ENTER ' - ' WHEN EXCURSION IS NEGATIVE 20 WAVE DISPLACEMENT XXXXX - SEE ABOVE 25 WAVE DISPLACEMENT XXXXX - SEE ABOVE 30 WAVE DISPLACEMENT XXXXX - SEE ABOVE 35 WAVE DISPLACEMENT XXXXX - SEE ABOVE 40 WAVE DISPLACEMENT XXXXX - SEE ABOVE 45 WAVE DISPLACEMENT XXXXX - SEE ABOVE 50 WAVE DISPLACEMENT XXXXX - SEE ABOVE 55 WAVE DISPLACEMENT XXXXX - SEE ABOVE 60 WAVE DISPLACEMENT XXXXX - SEE ABOVE 65 WAVE DISPLACEMENT XXXXX - SEE ABOVE 70 WAVE DISPLACEMENT XXXXX - SEE ABOVE 75 WAVE DISPLACEMENT XXXXX - SEE ABOVE 80 WAVE DISPLACEMENT XXXXX - SEE ABOVE 85 WAVE DISPLACEMENT XXXXX - SEE ABOVE 90 WAVE DISPLACEMENT XXXXX - SEE ABOVE 95 WAVE DISPLACEMENT XXXXX - SEE ABOVE 100 WAVE DISPLACEMENT XXXXX - SEE ABOVE 105 WAVE DISPLACEMENT XXXXX - SEE ABOVE 110 WAVE DISPLACEMENT XXXXX - SEE ABOVE 115 WAVE DISPLACEMENT XXXXX - SEE ABOVE 120 SEQUENCE NUMBER XXXX - SEE RECORD A 125