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Summary

Abstract

Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the entities CHEM2005.csv to CHEM2015 for this dataset.

Description

Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entities for this data set

Entity Information

Entity Type
Data Table

Data Attribute / Type Description
Original Variable Name
Character
The original variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the original_data.csv file
Revised Variable Name
Character
This is the normalized corrected variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the data table renamed_data_table.csv file (if the data table is instead renamed_data_sheet.csv it will correspond to columns in that table.
Data Description
Character
The descriptor/Column definition of the corresponding column
Data Type
Character
Indicates the data type (generally character or numeric ) of the corresponding data column
Data Length
Numeric
The length of the corresponding field in question
Number of Decimal Places
Numeric
Indicates the number of data places (for a numeric column) of the corresponding column in question. This will be blank if the corresponding column in question
Required?
Character
Indicates If it is required that this column be populated in the corresponding data table

Distribution Information

  • CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)

    Meta data table table giving column definition for all columns in CHEM2005.csv to CheM2015.csv

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No Child Items for this record.

Contact Information

Point of Contact
Tim J Baumer
tim.baumer@noaa.gov
409-766-3784

Metadata Contact
Benjamin Higgins
ben.higgins@noaa.gov
409-766-3670

Item Identification

Title: Chem_Metadata.csv
Status: Completed
Abstract:

Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the entities CHEM2005.csv to CHEM2015 for this dataset.

Purpose:

To define the columns of the data tables.

Entity Information

Entity Type: Data Table
Active Version?: Yes
Alias: Column Definitions
Description:

Meta Table which provides definitions for the columns in the data entities for this data set

Data Attributes

Attribute Summary

Rubric Score Primary Key? Name Type Description
100
Original Variable Name Character The original variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the original_data.csv file
100
Revised Variable Name Character This is the normalized corrected variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the data table renamed_data_table.csv file (if the data table is instead renamed_data_sheet.csv it will correspond to columns in that table.
100
Data Description Character The descriptor/Column definition of the corresponding column
100
Data Type Character Indicates the data type (generally character or numeric ) of the corresponding data column
100
Data Length Numeric The length of the corresponding field in question
100
Number of Decimal Places Numeric Indicates the number of data places (for a numeric column) of the corresponding column in question. This will be blank if the corresponding column in question
100
Required? Character Indicates If it is required that this column be populated in the corresponding data table

Attribute Details

Original Variable Name

CC ID: 767271
Seq. Order: 20
Data Storage Type: Character
Max Length: 40
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The original variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the original_data.csv file

Revised Variable Name

CC ID: 767273
Seq. Order: 30
Data Storage Type: Character
Max Length: 40
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

This is the normalized corrected variable name for which the data is supplied. This is the column name in the data table renamed_data_table.csv file (if the data table is instead renamed_data_sheet.csv it will correspond to columns in that table.

Data Description

CC ID: 767267
Seq. Order: 40
Data Storage Type: Character
Max Length: 150
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

The descriptor/Column definition of the corresponding column

Data Type

CC ID: 767269
Seq. Order: 50
Data Storage Type: Character
Max Length: 12
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Indicates the data type (generally character or numeric ) of the corresponding data column

Allowed Values: Character Number

Data Length

CC ID: 767268
Seq. Order: 60
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Max Length: 4
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Scale: 0
Status: Active
Description:

The length of the corresponding field in question

Number of Decimal Places

CC ID: 767270
Seq. Order: 70
Data Storage Type: Numeric
Max Length: 2
Required: No
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Indicates the number of data places (for a numeric column) of the corresponding column in question. This will be blank if the corresponding column in question

Null Value Meaning:

I

Required?

CC ID: 767272
Seq. Order: 100
Data Storage Type: Character
Max Length: 7
Required: Yes
Primary Key: No
Status: Active
Description:

Indicates If it is required that this column be populated in the corresponding data table

Allowed Values: Yes No

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 767274
Date Effective From: 2017
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Higgins, Benjamin
Address: 4700 Avenue U
Galveston, TX 77551
Email Address: ben.higgins@noaa.gov
Phone: 409-766-3670
Contact Instructions:

Contact by email preferred.

Distributor

CC ID: 767275
Date Effective From: 2016-12
Date Effective To:
Contact (Organization): NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Email Address: ncei.info@noaa.gov
URL: NCEI Contact Information
Contact Instructions:

Contact by email preferred.

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 767276
Date Effective From: 2017
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Higgins, Benjamin
Address: 4700 Avenue U
Galveston, TX 77551
Email Address: ben.higgins@noaa.gov
Phone: 409-766-3670
Contact Instructions:

Contact by email preferred.

Point of Contact

CC ID: 767277
Date Effective From: 2016
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Baumer, Tim J
Address: 4700 Avenue U
Galveston, TX 77551
Email Address: tim.baumer@noaa.gov
Phone: 409-766-3784
Contact Instructions:

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Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 767278
Start Date: 2017
End Date: Present
Download URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/0156869/2.2/data/0-data/26906/CSV/CHEM_Metadata_Table.csv
Distributor: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) (2016-12 - Present)
File Name: CHEM_Metadata_table.csv
Description:

Meta data table table giving column definition for all columns in CHEM2005.csv to CheM2015.csv

File Type (Deprecated): csv (comma-separated values)
Distribution Format: CSV - Comma Separated Values (Text)
Compression: Uncompressed
Review Status: Chked Viruses Inapp Content

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 53286
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:53286
Metadata Record Created By: Lee M Weinberger
Metadata Record Created: 2018-08-07 11:50+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2024-10-03 18:16+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2021-04-29
Owner Org: SEFSC
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2021-04-29
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2022-04-29