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      <title>Table: HYDRO_EVENT</title>
      <short-name>HYDRO_EVENT</short-name>
      <catalog-item-type>Entity</catalog-item-type>
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      <parent-title>Oceanography Branch Hydrographic Database</parent-title>
      <parent-catalog-item-type>Data Set</parent-catalog-item-type>
      <status>Completed</status>
      <abstract>The Hydrographic event table.  Each cast/station covered on a cruise is considered an event.</abstract>
      <notes>Loaded by batch 9028, 07-18-2016 21:14</notes>
   </item-identification>
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      <entity-type>Data Table</entity-type>
      <active-version>Yes</active-version>
      <schema>OCDBS</schema>
      <description>The Hydrographic event table.  Each cast/station covered on a cruise is considered an event.</description>
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         <max-length>9</max-length>
         <required>Yes</required>
         <primary-key>Yes</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Cruise name used to identify the survey or cruise (and as listed in /ftp/pub/hydro).</description>
         <general-data-type>VARCHAR2</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
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         <seq-order>2</seq-order>
         <name>GEAR_TYPE</name>
         <data-storage-type>VARCHAR2</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>15</max-length>
         <required>Yes</required>
         <primary-key>Yes</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>The type of CTD used on the cast, or "bottle" if hydrographic stations were completed using Niskin bottles for discrete depth sampling.</description>
         <general-data-type>VARCHAR2</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="332918">
         <seq-order>3</seq-order>
         <name>CAST</name>
         <data-storage-type>VARCHAR2</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>4</max-length>
         <required>Yes</required>
         <primary-key>Yes</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>The consecutive cast number completed on the cruise.</description>
         <general-data-type>VARCHAR2</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="332919">
         <seq-order>4</seq-order>
         <name>GEAR_SN</name>
         <data-storage-type>VARCHAR2</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>6</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>The serial number of the instrument (typically the CTD).</description>
         <general-data-type>VARCHAR2</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="332920">
         <seq-order>5</seq-order>
         <name>OP_CODE</name>
         <data-storage-type>VARCHAR2</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>1</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>The operation code for the station, typicall V,B or W representing a Vertical profile, a CTD deployed with a bongo net attached below, or a Water cast to collect a calibration sample for the CTD conductivity sensor.</description>
         <general-data-type>VARCHAR2</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="332921">
         <seq-order>6</seq-order>
         <name>LAT_DD</name>
         <data-storage-type>NUMBER</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>22</max-length>
         <required>Yes</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <precision>6</precision>
         <scale>4</scale>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>The latitude of the station express as decimal degrees so that 40 degrees north, 30 minutes = 40.5</description>
         <general-data-type>NUMBER</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="332922">
         <seq-order>7</seq-order>
         <name>LON_DD</name>
         <data-storage-type>NUMBER</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>22</max-length>
         <required>Yes</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <precision>6</precision>
         <scale>4</scale>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>The longitude of the station expressed as decimal degrees so that 70 degrees, 30 minutes = 70.5</description>
         <general-data-type>NUMBER</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="332923">
         <seq-order>8</seq-order>
         <name>GMT_DATE</name>
         <data-storage-type>DATE</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>7</max-length>
         <required>Yes</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>The cast date using the Greenwich mean time.</description>
         <general-data-type>DATE</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="332924">
         <seq-order>9</seq-order>
         <name>GMT_TIME</name>
         <data-storage-type>NUMBER</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>22</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <precision>4</precision>
         <scale>2</scale>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>The GMT time with minutes expressed as decimal hours.</description>
         <general-data-type>NUMBER</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="332907">
         <seq-order>10</seq-order>
         <name>GMT_YDAY1</name>
         <data-storage-type>NUMBER</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>22</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <precision>7</precision>
         <scale>4</scale>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>The calendar year day using GMT_DATE and GMT_TIME.  The time is expressed as a decimal day.  The conventions is that January 1st, 12:00 noon = 1.5</description>
         <general-data-type>NUMBER</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="332908">
         <seq-order>11</seq-order>
         <name>STA_BTM_DEPTH</name>
         <data-storage-type>NUMBER</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>22</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <precision>4</precision>
         <scale>0</scale>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>The bottom depth where the hydrographic data was collected for a given station.</description>
         <general-data-type>NUMBER</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="332909">
         <seq-order>12</seq-order>
         <name>STA</name>
         <data-storage-type>VARCHAR2</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>4</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>The consecutive station occupied on the cruise.</description>
         <general-data-type>VARCHAR2</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="332910">
         <seq-order>13</seq-order>
         <name>STA_STD</name>
         <data-storage-type>VARCHAR2</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>4</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>The standard station occupied on the cruise; typically applicable to MARMAP and GLOBEC cruises.</description>
         <general-data-type>VARCHAR2</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="332911">
         <seq-order>14</seq-order>
         <name>VESSEL_NUM</name>
         <data-storage-type>VARCHAR2</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>3</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>The consecutive cruise number for each ship by either calendar year (typical of NOAA vessels) or for the life of the ship (typical of UNOLS vessels).</description>
         <general-data-type>VARCHAR2</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="332912">
         <seq-order>15</seq-order>
         <name>DOE</name>
         <data-storage-type>DATE</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>7</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>The date of the last entry</description>
         <general-data-type>DATE</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="332913">
         <seq-order>16</seq-order>
         <name>DOC</name>
         <data-storage-type>DATE</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>7</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>The date of the last change to the table</description>
         <general-data-type>DATE</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="332914">
         <seq-order>17</seq-order>
         <name>UOE</name>
         <data-storage-type>VARCHAR2</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>8</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Who made the last entry (identified by oracle username).</description>
         <general-data-type>VARCHAR2</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="332915">
         <seq-order>18</seq-order>
         <name>UOC</name>
         <data-storage-type>VARCHAR2</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>8</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Who made the last change to the table (identified by their oracle username).</description>
         <general-data-type>VARCHAR2</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
      <data-attribute cc-id="332916">
         <seq-order>19</seq-order>
         <name>SITE_ID</name>
         <data-storage-type>NUMBER</data-storage-type>
         <max-length>22</max-length>
         <required>No</required>
         <primary-key>No</primary-key>
         <precision>10</precision>
         <scale>0</scale>
         <status>Active</status>
         <description>Introduced with FSCS2.0, it is the pre-planned location of standard bottom trawl survey operations (defined as a three nautical mile circle around the pre-planned location where a bottom trawl will be towed.  All operations performed within the site are tied back to the site_id.</description>
         <general-data-type>NUMBER</general-data-type>
      </data-attribute>
   </data-attributes>
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      <metadata-record-created-by pers-id="13445">Patricia Jones</metadata-record-created-by>
      <metadata-record-created>2016-07-18T21:14:15</metadata-record-created>
      <metadata-record-last-modified-by pers-id="0">SysAdmin InPortAdmin</metadata-record-last-modified-by>
      <metadata-record-last-modified>2022-08-09T17:11:16</metadata-record-last-modified>
      <record-published>2016-07-27</record-published>
      <owner-organization>Northeast Fisheries Science Center</owner-organization>
      <owner-organization-acronym>NEFSC</owner-organization-acronym>
      <owner-organization-address>166 Water Street</owner-organization-address>
      <owner-organization-address-city>Woods Hole</owner-organization-address-city>
      <owner-organization-address-state>MA</owner-organization-address-state>
      <owner-organization-address-zip>02543-1026</owner-organization-address-zip>
      <owner-organization-address-country>USA</owner-organization-address-country>
      <owner-organization-phone>(508)495-2000</owner-organization-phone>
      <owner-organization-url>https://www.nefsc.noaa.gov</owner-organization-url>
      <owner-organization-business-hours>8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday</owner-organization-business-hours>
      <owner-organization-group-id>1001</owner-organization-group-id>
      <publication-status>Public</publication-status>
      <is-do-not-publish>No</is-do-not-publish>
      <metadata-last-review-date>2016-07-27</metadata-last-review-date>
      <metadata-review-frequency>1 Year</metadata-review-frequency>
      <metadata-next-review-date>2017-07-27</metadata-next-review-date>
   </catalog-details>
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