World Ocean Database
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Code Tables
Code tables necessary to use the World Ocean Database data
You may view an '.html' file or download a '.csv' version of the code tables.
| Primary investigator list | csv |
| Country list | csv |
| Depth dependent variables list | csv |
| Quality Control Flags | csv |
| WOD Datasets list | csv |
Code Table Key
Each file name starts with one of the letters, denoting the type of code table followed by the code table number within that type and a brief descriptive name for the code table.
- s - second header code table (meteorological, ocean state, metadata codes)
- v - variable specific codes (metadata specific to a measured variable)
- b - biological codes (biological metadata: instrumentation, methods etc.)
- t - taxa specific codes (metadata and descriptive codes for individual taxa from a tow)
| Second header code tables | Top |
|---|---|
| s_1_accession | csv |
| s_2_project | csv |
| s_3_platform | csv |
| s_4_institute | csv |
| s_5_cast/tow_number | n/a |
| s_6_station_number | n/a |
| s_7_orig_station_number | n/a |
| s_8_depth_precision | n/a |
| s_9_weather_station | csv |
| s_10_bottom_depth | n/a |
| s_11_cast_duration | n/a |
| s_12_cast_direction | csv |
| s_13_high_resolution_pairs | n/a |
| s_14_water_color | csv |
| s_15_water_transparency | n/a |
| s_16_wave_direction | csv |
| s_17_wave_height | csv |
| s_18_sea_state | csv |
| s_19_wind_force | csv |
| s_20_wave_period | csv |
| s_21_wind_direction | csv |
| s_22_wind_speed | n/a |
| s_23_barometric_pressure | n/a |
| s_24_dry_bulb_temperature | n/a |
| s_25_wet_bulb_temperature | n/a |
| s_26_weather_condition | csv |
| s_27_cloud_type | csv |
| s_28_cloud_cover | csv |
| s_29_probe_type | csv |
| s_30_calibration_depth | n/a |
| s_31_calibration_temperature | n/a |
| s_32_recorder | csv |
| s_33_depth_correction | n/a |
| s_34_bottom_hit | n/a |
| s_35_digitization_method | csv |
| s_36_digitization_interval | csv |
| s_37_data_storage | csv |
| s_38_trace_correction | n/a |
| s_39_temperature_correction | n/a |
| s_40_ref_instrument | csv |
| s_41_visibility | csv |
| s_45_absolute_humidity | n/a |
| s_46_reference/sea_surface_temperature | n/a |
| s_47_sea_surface_salinity | n/a |
| s_48_year_probe_was_manufactured | n/a |
| s_49_ship_speed_when_probe_was_dropped | n/a |
| s_54_needs_depth_fix | csv |
| s_71_real_time | n/a |
| s_74_ocean_vehicle | csv |
| s_77_xCO2_atmospheric | n/a |
| s_84_argos_fix | csv |
| s_85_argos_time_from_last_fix | n/a |
| s_86_argos_time_to_next_fix | n/a |
| s_87_height_xbt_launch | n/a |
| s_88_sea_surface_sensor_depth | n/a |
| s_91_database_id | csv |
| s_92_ukho_ref | csv |
| s_93_consecutive_prof_tow_segment | n/a |
| s_94_wmo_code_id | n/a |
| s_95_depth_unit | csv |
| s_96_origflagset | csv |
| s_97_sampler | csv |
| s_98_argos_id_number | n/a |
| s_99_time_stamp | n/a |
| Variable specific code tables | Top |
|---|---|
| v_1_accession | csv |
| v_2_project | csv |
| v_3_scale | csv |
| v_4_institute | csv |
| v_5_instrument | csv |
| v_6_methods | csv |
| v_8_orig_units | csv |
| v_10_equilibrator_type | csv |
| v_11_filter_type_and_size | csv |
| v_12_incubation_time | csv |
| v_13_co2_sea_warming | n/a |
| v_15_analysis_temperature | n/a |
| v_16_uncalibrated | n/a |
| v_17_contains_nitrite | n/a |
| v_18_normal_sea_water_batch | n/a |
| v_19_adjustment | n/a |
| v_23_prime_min_depth | n/a |
| Biological code tables | Top |
|---|---|
| b_1_water_volume_filtered | n/a |
| b_2_sampling_duration | n/a |
| b_3_mesh_size | n/a |
| b_4_type_tow | csv |
| b_5_large_removed_volume | n/a |
| b_6_large_removed | csv |
| b_7_gear_and_flowmeter | csv |
| b_8_sampler_volume | n/a |
| b_9_net_mouth_area | n/a |
| b_10_preservation_method | csv |
| b_11_weight_method | csv |
| b_12_large_removed_length | n/a |
| b_13_count_method | csv |
| b_14_tow_distance | n/a |
| b_15_average_tow_speed | n/a |
| b_16_sampling_start_time | n/a |
| b_18_flowmeter_type | n/a |
| b_19_flowmeter_calibration | csv |
| b_20_counting_institute | csv |
| b_21_voucher_institute | csv |
| b_22_wire_angle_start | n/a |
| b_23_wire_angle_end | n/a |
| b_24_depth_determined | csv |
| b_25_volume_method | csv |
| b_30_accession | csv |
| Taxa specific code tables | Top |
|---|---|
| t_1_taxa_list | csv |
| t_2_upper_depth | n/a |
| t_3_lower_depth | n/a |
| t_4_biomass_value | n/a |
| t_5_taxon_lifestage | csv |
| t_6_taxon_sex | csv |
| t_7_taxon_presence_abundance | csv |
| t_8_taxon_trophic_level | csv |
| t_9_taxon_realm | csv |
| t_10_taxon_count | n/a |
| t_11_sample_specific_volume | n/a |
| t_12_taxon_volume | n/a |
| t_13_taxon_wet_weight | n/a |
| t_14_taxon_dry_weight | n/a |
| t_15_taxon_ash_free_weight | n/a |
| t_16_taxon_feature | csv |
| t_17_taxon_modifier | csv |
| t_18_size_min | csv |
| t_19_size_max | csv |
| t_20_units | csv |
| t_21_taxon_radius | n/a |
| t_22_taxon_length | n/a |
| t_23_taxon_width | n/a |
| t_25_taxon_carbon_content | n/a |
| t_26_count_method | csv |
| t_27_cbv_value | csv |
| t_28_cbv_calculation_method | csv |
| t_30_biologial_group | csv |
