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Technical Documentation
The following documents are currently available:
Naming conventionsDescribes the format of the SAMOS-data filenames [pdf] [doc]
Quality Control Flaglist Contains a brief description of the quality control flags [pdf] [doc]
Quality Control Handbook Contains a quality control handbook with the procedures and methods for surface meteorology data [html]
Format document Specific information about the parameters inside the netCDF file [pdf]
User Metadata Tutorial Part 1 of the SAMOS Online Metadata System Walk-through tutorial. The document provides instruction on accessing cruise track maps, vessel and instrument metadata, data, and quality control statistics from the SAMOS web interface. [pdf]
Operator Metadata Tutorial Part 2 of the SAMOS Online Metadata System Walk-through tutorial. The document provides instruction for vessel operators recruited to SAMOS on how to upload/update vessel and instrument metadata via the SAMOS web interface. [pdf]