Data Object Description
Identifier:knb-lter-gce.23.4
Name:INV-GCEM-0210a_1_1.TXT
Additional Info:
Data Anomalies: Sample plot changes: GCE #4 Zone 1: 7,5,6,8; GCE #4, Zone 2: 4,5,6,8
Physical Structure Description:
Object Name:INV-GCEM-0210a_1_1.TXT
Size:81 rows
Character Encoding:ASCII
Text Format:
Number of Header Lines:1
Number of Footer Lines:0
Record Delimiter:\t
Line Number For One Record:1
Attribute Orientation:column
Simple Delimited:
Field Delimeter:\t
Online Distribution Info:
 http://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/lter/asp/db/send_file.asp?name=metacat-user&email=none&affiliation=LNO&accession=INV-GCEM-0210a&filename=INV-GCEM-0210a_1_1.TXT
Method Description:
Step by Step Procedures
Step 1:  
Description:
Data file post-processing in the GCE-LTER Information Management Office
Software:
Implementation Info:
Distribution:
Online Distribution Info:
 http://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/lter/research/tools/toolbox_download.htm
Operating System: Linux
Operating System: Windows NT4
Operating System: Windows 2000
Operating System: Windows XP
Operating System: Sun Solaris
Operating System: Mac OS X
Programming Language: MATLAB
Version Number:1.9x
Substep 1  
Description:
11/01/2002: new GCE Data Structure 1.1 created ('newstruct')
Substep 2  
Description:
11/01/2002: 80 rows imported from ASCII data file 'INV-GCEM-0210a.TXT' ('imp_ascii')
Substep 3  
Description:
11/01/2002: 10 metadata fields in file header parsed ('parse_header')
Substep 4  
Description:
11/01/2002: data structure validated ('gce_valid')
Substep 5  
Description:
11/01/2002: Q/C flagging criteria applied, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag')
Substep 6  
Description:
11/01/2002: imported Data, Dataset, Project, Site, Study, Status, Supplement metadata descriptors from the GCE Metabase ('imp_gcemetadata')
Substep 7  
Description:
11/01/2002: Q/C flagging criteria applied, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag')
Substep 8  
Description:
10/29/2003: imported Data, Dataset, Project, Site, Study, Status, Supplement metadata descriptors from the GCE Metabase ('imp_gcemetadata')
Substep 9  
Description:
10/29/2003: Q/C flagging criteria applied, 'flags' field updated ('dataflag')
Substep 10  
Description:
10/29/2003: updated 4 metadata fields ('addmeta')
Substep 11  
Description:
10/29/2003: updated 15 metadata fields in the Status, Data sections ('updatecols')
Quality Control Step 1:  
Description:
QA/QC flags are generated automatically according to domain criteria specified for each data column. A flag column is generated and appended to the data table if any flags are assigned to any value, listing the flags for each column on each row.
Software:
Implementation Info:
Distribution:
Online Distribution Info:
 http://gce-lter.marsci.uga.edu/lter/research/tools/toolbox_download.htm
Operating System: Linux
Operating System: Windows NT4
Operating System: Windows 2000
Operating System: Windows XP
Operating System: Sun Solaris
Operating System: Mac OS X
Programming Language: MATLAB
Version Number:1.9x
Attribute(s) Info:
NameColumn LabelDefinitionType of ValueMeasurement TypeMeasurement DomainMissing Value CodeAccuracy ReportAccuracy AssessmentCoverageMethod
Year  
Calendar year of observationinteger  
datetime
FormatYYYY
Precision1
CodeNaN
Explvalue not recorded or invalid
       
Month  
Calendar month of observationinteger  
datetime
FormatMM
Precision1
CodeNaN
Explvalue not recorded or invalid
       
Day  
Calendar day of observationinteger  
datetime
FormatDD
Precision1
CodeNaN
Explvalue not recorded or invalid
       
Site  
GCE-LTER sampling site numberinteger  
ordinal
Domain Info
CodeNaN
Explvalue not recorded or invalid
       
Zone  
Marsh zone code (1=Creekbank, 2=Mid-marsh)integer  
ordinal
Domain Info
CodeNaN
Explvalue not recorded or invalid
       
Plot  
GCE-LTER permanent plot numberinteger  
nominal
DefGCE-LTER permanent plot number
CodeNaN
Explvalue not recorded or invalid
       
Hole_Count  
Number of crab holes recorded in 625 cm^2 quadratinteger  
interval
Unitnumber
Precision1
Typeinteger
Min
Max
CodeNaN
Explvalue not recorded or invalid
       
Hole_Density  
Calculated number of crab holes per meter squaredfloat  
ratio
UnitnumberPerMeterSquared
Precision1
Typereal
Min
Max
CodeNaN
Explvalue not recorded or invalid
      Method Info