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WOCE-Met Data Center: Definitions

Country:

The country codes were provided by Chuck Corry at the WOCE Hydrographic project office. The codes currently in use are the ISO abbreviations:

ISO     Country                 IOC     ISO
Number  Name                    Co.Code Abbr.   Comments
------  -------------------     -----   -----   ------------            
4       AFGHANISTAN                     AF
8       ALBANIA                 72      AL
12      ALGERIA                 AL      DZ
16      AMERICAN SAMOA                  AS
20      ANDORRA                         AD
24      ANGOLA                  AO      AO      Change proposed
660     ANGUILLA                        AI
10      ANTARCTICA                      AQ
28      ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA             AG
32      ARGENTINA               08      AR
51      ARMENIA                         AM
533     ARUBA                           AW
36      AUSTRALIA               09      AU
40      AUSTRIA                 10      AT
31      AZERBAIJAN                      AZ
44      BAHAMAS                 BH      BS
48      BAHRAIN                         BH
50      BANGLADESH              BG      BD
52      BARBADOS                BA      BB
112     BELARUS                         BY
56      BELGIUM                 11      BE
84      BELIZE                          BZ
204     BENIN                   DA      BJ
60      BERMUDA                 BM      BM
64      BHUTAN                          BT
68      BOLIVIA                 13      BO
70      BOSNIA AND HERZEGOWINA          BA
72      BOTSWANA                        BW
74      BOUVET ISLAND                   BV
76      BRAZIL                  14      BR
86      BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY  IO
96      BRUNEI DARUSSALAM               BN
100     BULGARIA                15      BG
854     BURKINA FASO                    BF
108     BURUNDI                         BI
116     CAMBODIA                        KH
120     CAMEROON                17      CM
124     CANADA                  18      CA
132     CAPE VERDE              CV      CV
136     CAYMAN ISLANDS          CI      KY
140     CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC        CF
148     CHAD                            TD
152     CHILE                   20      CL
156     CHINA                   76      CN
162     CHRISTMAS ISLAND                CX
166     COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS         CC
170     COLOMBIA                22      CO
174     COMOROS                         KM
178     CONGO                   RC      CG
184     COOK ISLANDS                    CK
188     COSTA RICA              CR      CR
384     COTE D'IVOIRE           IC      CI      Ivory Coast
191     CROATIA (LOCAL NAME: HRVATSKA)  HR
192     CUBA                    CU      CU
196     CYPRUS                  CY      CY
203     CZECH REPUBLIC                  CZ
208     DENMARK                 26      DK
262     DJIBOUTI                        DJ
212     DOMINICA                        DM
214     DOMINICAN REPUBLIC      70      DO
626     EAST TIMOR                      TP
218     ECUADOR                 28      EC
818     EGYPT                   27      EG
222     EL SALVADOR             75      SV
226     EQUATORIAL GUINEA               GQ
232     ERITREA                         ER
233     ESTONIA                 ES      EE
231     ETHIOPIA                ET      ET
238     FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)     FK
234     FAROE ISLANDS                   FO
242     FIJI                    FJ      FJ
246     FINLAND                 34      FI
250     FRANCE                  35      FR
249     FRANCE, METROPOLITAN            FX
254     FRENCH GUIANA                   GF
258     FRENCH POLYNESIA                PF
260     FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES     TF
266     GABON                   GA      GA
270     GAMBIA                  GM      GM
268     GEORGIA                         GE
276     GERMANY                 06      DE
1276    GERMANY                 07      DE
288     GHANA                   GH      GH
292     GIBRALTAR                       GI
300     GREECE                  36      GR
304     GREENLAND                       GL
308     GRENADA                 GR      GD
312     GUADELOUPE                      GP
316     GUAM                            GU
320     GUATEMALA               37      GT
324     GUINEA                  GU      GN
624     GUINEA-BISSAU           GN      GW
328     GUYANA                  GY      GY
332     HAITI                   38      HT
334     HEARD AND MC DONALD ISLANDS     HM
340     HONDURAS                HO      HN
344     HONG KONG                       HK
348     HUNGARY                         HU
352     ICELAND                 46      IS
356     INDIA                   41      IN
360     INDONESIA               42      ID
1001    INTERNATIONAL           IN      II
364     IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC) 44      IR   Name shortened to fit
368     IRAQ                    43      IQ
372     IRELAND                 45      IE
376     ISRAEL                  47      IL
380     ITALY                   48      IT
388     JAMAICA                 JA      JM
392     JAPAN                   49      JP
400     JORDAN                  50      JO
398     KAZAKHSTAN                      KZ
404     KENYA                   KE      KE
296     KIRIBATI                KI      KI
408     KOREA, (north)          KR      KP   Name shortened to fit
410     KOREA, REPUBLIC OF      24      KR
414     KUWAIT                  KU      KW
417     KYRGYZSTAN                      KG
418     LAO PDR                         LA   Name shortened to fit
428     LATVIA                  LA      LV
422     LEBANON                 52      LB
426     LESOTHO                         LS
430     LIBERIA                 54      LR
434     LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA  53      LY
438     LIECHTENSTEIN                   LI
440     LITHUANIA               LT      LT
442     LUXEMBOURG                      LU
446     MACAU                           MO
807     MACEDONIA, FORMER YUGOSLAVIA    MK   Name shortened to fit
450     MADAGASCAR              55      MG
454     MALAWI                          MW
458     MALAYSIA                MS      MY
462     MALDIVES                        MV
466     MALI                            ML
470     MALTA                   ML      MT
584     MARSHALL ISLANDS                MH
474     MARTINIQUE                      MQ
478     MAURITANIA              MU      MR
480     MAURITIUS               MA      MU
175     MAYOTTE                         YT
484     MEXICO                  57      MX
583     MICRONESIA, FED. STATES OF      FM   Name shortened to fit
498     MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF            MD
492     MONACO                  MO      MC
496     MONGOLIA                        MN
500     MONTSERRAT                      MS
504     MOROCCO                 56      MA
508     MOZAMBIQUE              MZ      MZ
104     MYANMAR                 12      MM
516     NAMIBIA                         NA
520     NAURU                           NR
524     NEPAL                           NP
528     NETHERLANDS             64      NL
530     NETHERLANDS ANTILLES    AN      AN
540     NEW CALEDONIA           59      NC
554     NEW ZEALAND             61      NZ
558     NICARAGUA               NC      NI
562     NIGER                           NE
566     NIGERIA                 NI      NG
570     NIUE                            NU
574     NORFOLK ISLAND                  NF
580     NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS        MP
578     NORWAY                  58      NO
512     OMAN                    OM      OM
586     PAKISTAN                62      PK
585     PALAU                           PW
591     PANAMA                  PA      PA
598     PAPUA NEW GUINEA                PG
600     PARAGUAY                        PY
604     PERU                    65      PE
608     PHILIPPINES             66      PH
612     PITCAIRN                        PN
616     POLAND                  67      PL
620     PORTUGAL                68      PT
630     PUERTO RICO                     PR
634     QATAR                   QA      QA
638     REUNION                         RE
642     ROMANIA                 73      RO
643     RUSSIAN FEDERATION      RU      RU
646     RWANDA                          RW
659     SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS           KN
662     SAINT LUCIA                     LC
670     SAINT VINCENT AND GRENADINES    VC   Name shortened to fit
882     SAMOA                   WS      WS
674     SAN MARINO                      SM
678     SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE           ST
682     SAUDI ARABIA            SA      SA
686     SENEGAL                 SE      SN
690     SEYCHELLES              SC      SC
694     SIERRA LEONE            SL      SL
702     SINGAPORE               SI      SG
703     SLOVAKIA (SLOVAK REPUBLIC)      SK
705     SLOVENIA                        SI
90      SOLOMON ISLANDS         SO      SB
706     SOMALIA                 SM      SO
710     SOUTH AFRICA            91      ZA
239     SOUTH GEORGIA-SOUTH SANDWICH    GS   Name shortened to fit
724     SPAIN                   29      ES
144     SRI LANKA               19      LK
654     ST. HELENA                      SH
666     ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON         PM
736     SUDAN                   SU      SD
740     SURINAME                79      SR
744     SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN ISLANDS  SJ
748     SWAZILAND                       SZ
752     SWEDEN                  77      SE
756     SWITZERLAND             78      CH
760     SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC    80      SY
158     TAIWAN, PROV. OF CHINA  21      TW   Name shortened to fit
762     TAJIKISTAN                      TJ
834     TANZANIA, UNITED REPUB. ZA      TZ   Name shortened to fit
764     THAILAND                86      TH
768     TOGO                    87      TG
772     TOKELAU                         TK
776     TONGA                   TN      TO
780     TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO     TT      TT
788     TUNISIA                 88      TN
792     TURKEY                  89      TR
795     TURKMENISTAN                    TM
796     TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS        TC
798     TUVALU                          TV
800     UGANDA                          UG
804     UKRAINE                 UR      UA
784     UNITED ARAB EMIRATES    UA      AE
826     UNITED KINGDOM          74      GB
840     UNITED STATES           31      US
1840    UNITED STATES           32      US
2840    UNITED STATES           33      US
581     UNITED STATES MINOR ISLANDS     UM   Name shortened to fit
1       UNKNOWN                 99      UN   Invented ISO number
858     URUGUAY                 92      UY
1003    USSR                    90      SU
860     UZBEKISTAN                      UZ
548     VANUATU                         VU
336     VATICAN CITY STATE (HOLY SEE)   VA
862     VENEZUELA               93      VE
704     VIET NAM                94      VN
92      VIRGIN ISLANDS(BRITISH) VG      VG
850     VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)   VI      VI
876     WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS       WF
732     WESTERN SAHARA                  EH
887     YEMEN                   YM      YE
891     YUGOSLAVIA              95      YU
180     ZAIRE                           ZR
894     ZAMBIA                          ZM
716     ZIMBABWE                        ZW
Cruise Dates:

This column lists the planned cruise dates until the data are released to the public (last column). When a release date is present, the dates listed may differ from the planned WOCE cruise and may contain dates for data collected before and after the vessel was on the WOCE line.

Cruise Track Code:

The cruise track code is a nine character string based on the WOCE line code and a time sequential cruise number. The code has the format BRS##D/## where:

B=basin (P - Pacific, A - Atlantic, I - Indian, and S - Southern)

R=repeat cruise ( if not a repeat, an '_' or 'S' will occur here)

S=time series cruise ( if not a time series site, an '_' will occur here)

##=line number

D=portion of cruise line (E - east, N - north, W - west, S - south, C - central) where applicable (if not used, an '_' will occur)

/##=repeat cruise number (all repeat and time series cruises will have a number starting from 01. All one time cruises are labeled 00, unless a one time cruise line is completed in several legs, then cruise numbers starting at 01 are given) - in all cases the numbers are sequential based on the date the cruise became known to the DAC, with the smallest number being the oldest data.

For example, the code PRS14E/17 represents the 17th cruise on the Eastern portion of the Pacific Repeat time Series line number 14. As another example, the code S__22W/02 represents the second leg, in this case the western portion, of the Southern ocean one time cruise line number 22.

Time Resolution:

Time resolution represents the number of minutes between observations.

ExpoCode:

Provided by the WHPO. When complete these are unique identifiers for a specific port to port cruise. These codes can be used to matcch oceanographic data afrom other DAC's to the meteorology data. Any of the codes listed here with four or less characters are incomplete and awaiting and update. A cruise under a single ExpoCode may cover more that one cruise line segment.

Date Processed Data Released by WOCE-met:

Date of completion of all quality control for the meteorology data on a cruise. Accessing this hyperlink will provide the user with a method to download the quality controlled data(ASCII or NetCDF format), a cruise map, all quality control reports for the the data, and additional documentation.