Screening of GLOBEC Georges Bank on-line event logs

Version 24 Feb 2005
g.heimerdinger


On-line event logs (GLOBEC Georges Bank Project) were screened for inconsistencies in the date, time, and positional parameters. Suspect parameters where altered/flagged based on a comparison of the event logs in the published Cruise Reports, alternate sources of information, or judgment calls on my part. Cosmetic changes were also addressed as needed. gfh


The following is a list of issues addressed on a cruise-by-cruise basis:

General comment:

Inconsistencies in the reporting of event numbers abound. There is a high rate of missing "end" event numbers. Dicky suggested that an end event number should be added if date, time, sta, cast, inst, etc parameters were reported for a missing event number. Initially the start event number appended with a (b) was adopted as the corresponding end event number. Many event logs were changed based on this approach. However, Bob suggested that I stop adding (b) until this concept was addressed in greater detail.

ALBATROSS IV CRUISES

AL9403I
1..event AL13194.007 change month from 01 to 11.

AL9403II
1..Time unknown (local or GMT?)

AL9404
1..event AL15694.011 change lat from 42.8867 to 42 deg 05.2'.
2..event AL15494.004 change long from -67 to -66 degrees.
3..Event numbers in cruise report do not agree with the numbers in the eventlog. The yearday subcomponent of the event number is off by one day.
• Change event numbers in the event log to agree w/cruise report, also add missing end event numbers (b)
4..Start and End times for most of Greene Bomber observations are out of descending time order.
•Place all event records in descending date/time order

AL9410
1..Event AL31394.3 change long from -69 to -68.
2..Event AL31294.1 change lat from 40 to 41.
3..Event AL31494.10 times questionable. Believe times are local and not GMT. Checked MOC1_CTD file for possible correction, no MOC1 data on line for this cruise.
•No changes made, note placed in header indicating suspect times.
4..Change inst. MK5 to MkVCTD
5..Only MOC1 and MOC1O have end event records, however they are missing an event number, s/e flag missing all records.
•NO ACTION TAKEN

AL9505
1..Cleanup header info and hide DMO notes.

AL9506
NO ACTION TAKEN

AL9508
1..AL19595.15 and 16 place in proper date/time sequence.

AL9513
NO ACTIONS TAKEN

AL9605
1..Event AL13496.7 long from -66 to -65.
2..Event AL13596.15 place in proper time order.

AL9607
1..Event AL0960.27 long from -65 to -68.
2..Event AL0960.22 lat from 41 to 40.
3..Event numbers are not unique NO ACTION TAKEN

AL9612
1..Major problems with event log when compared to what is reported in Cruise report. Can't resolve. (GFH)
NO ACTION TAKEN

AL9701
1..Event AL01497.010 place in proper time order.

AL9705
1..Remove (r) attribute

AL9707
NO CORRECTIONS MADE

AL9712
NO CORRECTIONS MADE
Strictly a mooring deployment recovery cruise, no location plot made.

AL9801
1..event AL01898.32 and 33 long. from -66 to -68.

AL9805
1..Remove (r) attribute from end of records.

AL9806
1..Change event AL13998.52 time from 2108 to 2208, typo.
2..Remove (r) attribute from end of records.

AL9808
1..Remove (r) attribute
2..Change inst SBCal to SBcal to agree with thesaurus.

AL9901
1..Remove (r) attribute

AL9904
1..Remove (r) attribute
2..Change inst. from SBCAL to SBcal per thesaurus.

AL9906
1..Remove (r) attribute
2..Change inst. from SBCal to SBcal per thesaurus.

ENDEAVOR CRUISES

EN246
1..Enhance ship/cruise/Sci header info
2..Change s/e flag from upper to lower case.
3..Remove (r) attribute

EN256
1..Change s/e flag from upper to lower case.
2..Enhance ship/cruise/Sci header info
3..Event 40 time in question, can't resolve, note the time as suspect in header info.
4..Event 40 change long. from 6735.5 to 67.29.4 per cruise report.
5..Event 41 change long. from 6735.5 to 67.29.4 per cruise report.
6..Event 15 change lat from 4113.34 to 4131.34 looks like a typo, change removes spike.

EN259
1..Change inst. from NB CTD to NBCTD per table in header info and thesaurus.
2..Add (b)to end event numbers, where needed add sta, cast, inst, etc.
3..Times are reported as local but are reported as GMT. Fixed by DMA.
4..Enhance ship/cruise/Sci header info.
5..Change DFT to Drifter.

EN260
1..Enhance ship/cruise/Sci header info.

EN261
1..Enhance ship/cruise/Sci header info.

EN262
1..Add (b)to end event numbers, where needed add sta, cast, inst, etc.
2..Change inst. DFT to Drifter and NB-CTD to NBCTD.
3..Inst. UV missing from inventory?

EN263
1..Enhance ship/cruise/Sci header info.
2..Event 49 remove 9 from the s/e flag field.
3..Event 49 change time from 0101 to 1019.
4..Add (b)to end event numbers, where needed add sta, cast, inst, etc.
5..Event numbers jump from 80 to 90 (81-89 missing) appears this way in the cruise report?
6..Change s/e flag from upper to lower case.
7..Remove (r) attribute.
8..Event 74 change long from -66 to -67.
9..Changed inst. Bongo to BongoSB. Mountains on-line CTD files confirms that a CTD was on these Bongo tows.
10..Related issue. It was noted that in the Mountain version of the MkVCTD data, the times were ~1 hour greater then those reported in the event log. Contacted M. Taylor and she reports that she serves a decimal yearday and not time. We calculate time. Is the problem here?

EN264
1..Add (b) to end event numbers, where needed add sta, cast, inst, etc.
2..Change inst. DFT to Drifter and NB-CTD to NBCTD.
3..Enhance ship/cruise/Sci header info.
4..Event EN09095.003b change long from -6716.63 to -6733.63.
5..Event EN09095.007 change long from -6738.55 to -6730.55.
6..UV missing from inventory?

EN265
1..Enhance ship/cruise/Sci header info.
2..Event EN11095.13 end record, change lat from 41 to 40.
3..Event EN10795.02 move record into proper time order.
4..Change DRIFTER to Drifter and PUMP to Pump per thesaurus.
5..Change Inventory, add on-line link for the MkVCTD files.
6..Comment, the event numbers that appear in the MkVCTD and BongoSB on-line CTD files have no relationship to what appears in the event log!

EN266
1..Add (b)to end event numbers, where needed add sta, cast, inst, etc.
2..Change inst. DFT to Drifter and NB-CTD to NBCTD.

EN267 leg 1
1..All long positions are positive change to negative. Done by DMA.
2..Add (b) to end event numbers, where needed add sta, cast, inst, etc.
3..Change width of event number to incorporate the end value(b). Change width file.
4..Enhance ship/cruise/Sci header info.
5..Change inst. NB-CTD to NBCTD.

EN267 leg 2
1..All long positions are positive change to negative. Done by DMA.
2..Add (b) to end event numbers, where needed add sta, cast, inst, etc.
3..Change width of event number to incorporate the end value(b). Change width file.
4..Enhance ship/cruise/Sci header info.
5..Change inst. NB-CTD to NBCTD and DFT to Drifter.

EN268
1..Event 2 end record, change lat degrees from 41 to 40.
2..Enhance ship/cruise/Sci header info.
3..Change inst(s), MOC 1 and MOC 10 to MOC1 and MOC10.
4..Change inst. MOC Q to MOC.25.
5..Change inst. CTD MK3 to MkIIICTD.
6..end event numbers need to be upgraded.
7..Attempted to change Bottom G to Bottom_grab, system kept braking even after changing widths file. This is a VanVeen grab per cruise report.

EN269
1..Remove (r) attribute
2..inventory needs updating, CTD date listed under Limeburner process/ctd_rl

EN271
1..Enhance ship/cruise/Sci header info.
2..CTD data of poor quality, a statement to this effect placed in header info, per cruise report.

EN274
1..Remove (r) attribute.
2..Events 29, 30, 31 change day and month from 30/09 to 01/10 per cruise report.
3..Several small positional spikes, can't justify making any changes (see plots).
4..End events appear only on the MOC tows.

EN276
1..Enhance ship/cruise/Sci header info.
2..Change event 98 time from 0214 2136 and s/e flag from e to s per Mountain MkVCTD on-line data.
3..Change event 197 lat from nd to 42 10.08 per Mountain on-line BongoSB files.
4..Change inventory, add on-line link for the MkVCTD data.

EN278
1..Enhance ship/cruise/Sci header info.
2..Event EN05396.007 and .008, can't resolve positional spike no changes made.
3..Change inventory, add on-line link for the MkVCTD data.

EN282
1..Enhance ship/cruise/Sci header info.
2..Change inst. MKV -CTD to MkVCTD
3..Events EN11096.13-.16 and .27-.30, part of cast number is listed in the inst. field. Increase cast width field from 2 to 3.
4..Event EN10696.13 change lat from 41 29.2 to 41 49.2, per GFH reflects position 9 minutes earlier.

EN288
1..Add (b) to end event numbers, where needed add sta, cast, inst, etc.
2..Event 14b change time from ?? to nd.
3..No published cruise report available?

EN290
1..Enhance ship/cruise/Sci header info.
2..Remove (r) attribute.
3..Change event 4 lat from 38 to 39 degrees.
4..Since Start and End info was available added the s/e flag for each record.

EN292
1..All records s/e flag, change start to s and end to e.
2..Add (b) to end event numbers, where needed add sta, cast, inst, etc.
3..Increase event field from 11 to 12 positions, changed width file.
4..All records placed in proper date/time order.
5..Event EN01497.005 change lat from 41.09333 to 41.9333, typo.

EN296
1..Change inst events en6797.16 and .17 from Seabird CTD to SeabirdCTD.
2..Remove (r) attribute.
3..Inst. Cod Drifter 2 word instrument name, inventory reports this as Cod_drifter. Did not change event log.

EN298
1..Inst. Reeve net two word instrument name, inventory and thesaurus list this as Reeve. Did not change event log.

EN301
1..Remove (r) attribute.
2..Inst. Light cast two word instrument name, does not appear in Inventory. Did not change event log.
3..What is inst Vertical?
4..Missing from Inventory Light cast, Vertical, MOC10.

EN302
1..Inst. s/e flag, words start and end changed to s and e.
2..Remove (r) attribute.
3..Comments use both start and end records to complete the text. Edit to a single entry.
4..Add Ring Net to thesaurus and point to ZPN
5..No end event number also missing is inst, cast, sta.
6..Times are not in descending order, must address end event issue before this can be corrected.
7..Inst. Ring net two word instrument name. Inventory and thesaurus lists as ZPN.

EN303
1..No s/e flag. Comment field contains deploy and recovery info so s/e could be added. Data file is not structured to add s/e data, field is missing.

EN307
1..Inst change spelling (where needed) BiomapperII to BiomaperII.

EN308
1..Remove (r) attribute.
2..s/e flag changed from upper case to lower case.
3..Event 26 change time from 0529AM to 0329PM per Chief Sci cruise log page 36 published cruise report.
4..No event number for end record. All the other needed parameters are reported.

EN319
1..Remove (r) attribute.

EN320
1..Event en08099.60 change time from 2155 to 2255, place event in proper time sequence per my call.
2..Remove (r) attribute.
3..Inst GreeneB is listed in event log and is the accepted term in the thesaurus, however in the Inventory it is listed as Greene Bomber. Also a two word term?

EN321


1..no cruise report?
2..XBT and PSNETdata missing from inventory?


3..What is a PSNet instrument not in thesaurus?

EN322
1..Remove (r) attribute.
2..Edit header text records so the wrap and appear on the screen.
3..Event en18899.028 time is incorrect can't resolve. Per Bob and George change time from 1207 to 1227.

EN323 EN323/EN324 and EN324


Confusion reigns, can't deal with this now! Must move on. i.e. EN323 cast 7 is labeled as a VPR and the comment field calls it a CTD cast?

EN325
1..Remove (r) attribute.
2..no cruise report
3..What is a LAPIS

EN330
1..Remove (r) attribute.
2..Cruise report and event log two different items. Event log looks to be cobbled together from several sources.
3..Possible spelling/typo error in header text records (n18ames)?

EN331
1..Remove (r) attribute.
2..Events 33 and 34 change day from 9 to 8 and yearday from 343 to 342 per table page 9 published Cruise report tow m-01-006.
3..Events 10 and 11 change cast number from x to nd, this CTD cast aborted.

R/V Oceanus

OC275
1..Event oc7696.17 change lon from 67 to 66, GFH call.
2..Change inst Biomapper to Biomaper.
3..Change inst all versions surf water sampling to SurfSample.

OC276
1..Add (b) to end event numbers, where needed add sta, cast, inst, etc.
2..Change inst from CTD to CTD_FSI per cruise report.
3..Per above item 1, might be better to add .1 to the event number instead of "b".

OC291
1..Add (b)to end event numbers, where needed add sta, cast, inst, etc.
2..Edit header records so they wrap and are displayed on screen.
3..Change s/e flag from upper to lower case.
4..Remove trailing (r) attribute.
5..Irish only reports CTD casts 7-34 in his on-line data set for this cruise, miss are casts 36-41?

OC296
1..All cases, change inst SeabirdCT to SeabirdCTD.

OC298
1..Event oc04595.04 change time from 139 to 149
2..Event oc05097.03 and .04 oc05197.9 and .10 times are suspect, noted as such in header records. I believe these times are reported in GMT but can't prove.
3..Event oc04797.21 change lon from -64 to -66 degrees.
4..Event oc05297.22 change lat from 40 to 41 degrees.
5..Event oc04397.33 change long -66 to -68 degrees.
6..Inst(s) change BONGOSB to BongoSB, DRIFTER to Drifter and PUMP to Pump per thesaurus.
7..s/e flag from upper case to lower case.
8..Add SFCBTL to thesaurus.

OC299
1..Add s/e flag based on info in comment field.
2..remove the (r) attribute
3..event 5 long from -66 to -67. Time difference between event 5 and 6 is approx 1 hour, distance too great for time allowed. My call.
4..Event log cruise plot a very poor representation of the track taken by on this cruise.

OC300
1..Change inst(s) BONGOSB to BongoSB, DRIFTER to Drifter, PUMP to Pump, BONBOSB to BongoSB, Greene Bomber to GreeneB per thesaurus.
2..s/e flag from upper to lower case.
3..remove (r) attribute from record ends.
4..Change inst Light Cast to LiCor (LiCor underwater spherical quantum sensor), add to thesaurus)
5..Inventory needs to be changed GreeneBomber to GreeneB.

OC301
1..Event oc100097.5 change s/e flag from e to s and oc10097.6 s/e flag from s to e.
2..Change inst MOC1/4 to MOC.25 to agree with thesaurus and inventory.
3..Cruise report at the oc100 series event # not enough space allowed to carry the numbering system to .00 places, all values beyond the first decimal place are lost.

OC302
1..All inst changed to agree with thesaurus and inventory.
2..s/e flag changed to lower case
3..Remove (r) attribute from record ends.
4..Event numbers missing the last digit of the number changed to agree with event log in cruise report.
4a..Event numbers oc12097.16 - .27 have a truncated yearday. changed to agree with cruise report.

OC303
1..Change event number oc14197.2 to oc14297.2 and day from 21 to 22. (file changed oc303new.dat)
2..Event numbers are not unique (.1 should be .01)
3..MOC1/4 should be changed to MOC.25 per inventory and thesaurus.
4..What is inst SB-CTD? Cast numbering system implys that that these are really BongoSB casts.
5..The inventory list inst. CTD and SeabirdCTD. The CTD inst was also a SeaBird unit (Seabird 9/11 unit). We need to distinguish between these units.
6..Do we have the CTD data from the bongo tows. Can't Find them on the system. The CTD data from the inst pump/CTD is being served by Manning under: process/nmfs ctdsb

OC311
1..Event oc23397.1 change lat to 41 degrees per comment field in port.
2..Remove (r) attribute where needed.

OC317
1..Event oc04798.45 change end time from 2111 to 2011, my call looks like a typo.
2..Change inst SBCal to SBcal per thesaurus (not listed in inventory) a non data producer.
3..Remove (r) attribute
4..Event oc04298.04 and .05 change depth from 800+ to 875 per prefile data cruise report
5..Event oc04298.09 and .10 change depth from 800+ to 875 per SBCTD on-line.
6..Event oc04298.07-.8,.11-.14 depth = 800+
7..Inventory does not have a on-line link to the BongoSB and MkVCTD data sets

OC319
1..Change inst SBCal to SBcal, Gbomber to GreeneB per thesaurus, inventory has this as Greene_Bomber?
2..Remove (r) attribute at record ends.
3..Inventory does not show on-line links to CTD data sets.

OC321
1..Event log time reported as local when in fact it is GMT per cruise report daily log. Changed by MDA 01/05/05
2..Add (b)to end event numbers, where needed add sta, cast, inst, etc.

OC322
1..Change inst SBCal to SBcal and SB Cal to SBcal
2..Remove (r) attribute at record ends.

OC331
1..Times are reported as local but are GMT, Dicky fixed 01/04/05.
2..Add (b)to end event numbers, where needed add sta, cast, inst, etc.

OC332
1..Event 54 change day from 26 to 27.
2..What is light Trap?

OC333
1..Remove (r) attribute from record ends.
2..s/e flag from upper to lower case.
3..no end event number.

OC334
1..Time unknown?

OC336
1..Event OC05099.2 change lon fro -69. to -65. degrees.
2..Event OC04899.3 change lat from 43. to 42. degrees.
3..Event OC04399.21 change lat from 41.2317 to 40.5317.
4..Events OC4499.21 and .22 change lat from 41 to 40 degrees.
5..Remove (r) attributes.
6..Change SBCal to SBcal.
7..Add Nisken to thesaurus.
8..Bongo and Seabird CTD data are linked in the inventory.

OC337 and OC338 mooring cruises

OC339
1..Change lon positions to negative. Dicky 01/30/05

OC340
1..Place records in time order. Dicky
2..Add (b)to end event numbers, where needed add sta, cast, inst, etc.

OC341
1..Remove (r) attribute from record ends.

OC342
Trash for an event log. Can't waste my time dealing with this mess, moved on!

OC343
1..Times are reported in cruise report as UTC. However, the times have been converted as if local in the event log. Fixed by MDA.
2..Change 12b time to 0212.
3..Change event 19 long from -67 to -66.
4..Change event 21b lat from 40 to 41.

OC344
1..Based on CTD times (from the chief scientist's daily log, cruise report) the event log times are GMT but reported as local.

OC345
1..Change event 22 lat from 42 to 41 degrees.
2..Time is unknown (local or GMT?).
3..Can't find a published cruise report.

OC346
1..missing end event numbers and supporting parameters.
2..Time is unknown (local or GMT?)

OC347
1..Longitude reported as positive. fixed

Seward Johnson

SJ9503
1..Event SJ7995.9 change lon from -69 to -66.

SJ9504
1..Delete 1st record of event log. Gives deployment date of guard buoy 6 months earlier.
2..Add (b)to end event numbers, where needed add sta, cast, inst, etc.
3..s/e flag from upper to lower case.

SJ9505
1..Remove events SJ10295.8 and .9 duplicates.
2..Only towed observations have an end record/event number.
3..Page of event log out of order cruise report.

SJ9506
1..Change inst from MKIII/W CTD to MkIIICTD.
2..s/e flag from upper case to lower case.

SJ9507
1..Events SJ14295.2-.7, .22-.25 s/e flag from 1 to s.
2..Event SJ14195.14 time from 1443 to 1302 per cruise report.
3..Events SJ14195.13-.16 in time order.
4..Event SJ14195.25-.26 s/e flag from e to s and s to e.
5..Event SJ14295.17 lon from -67 to -68.
6..Event SJ14295.25 lon from -68 to -69.

SJ9508
1..Inst MK III/W CTD to MkIIICTD
2..s/e flag from upper to lower case.
3..Event 64 lat and lon minutes (lat from 41.000 to 41.13 and lon from -67.000 to -67.75) per on-line CTD files.
4..Event 54 add missing lat and lon from on-line CTD files.