station

Station identifier for ocean sampling locations. Format evolved over time: - Pre-2024: Cruise-based (C####-#), grid coordinates, or A-series - 2024+: USWind convention (U[Letter]-##)

Comments

  • MOB-developed naming convention for turbine sites; not reported after 2022-08-03 cruise
  • A/B/C - buildout zone
  • first number: column from east to west
  • second number: row from north to south
  • Changed on 2022-08-15 after learning of USWind convention
  • Changed in 2024 season after new USW convention
  • Switched from using underscores to dashes after 2022-09-01, as the GPS does not read underscores

Details

Property Value
Range string (xsd:string)
Required No
Multivalued No
Pattern ^(U[A-Z]-\d{2}|C\d{4}[-_]\d(-\d)?|[A-Z]\d{1,2}|A-\d-\d)$

Annotations

Tag Value
transformation_type direct
transformation_note Station identifier becomes both eventID and locationID

Examples

  • UM-15
  • C2411-2
  • L12

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