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Measurement Units Standards for Marine Data

Contents 1 Background 2 Standards Recommendation 3 Decisions 4 Additional Resources 5 Subsections of this Article 6 Information about this article 7 Contact

Background

In January, 2008, the IOC and JCOMM convened a workshop entitled the IODE/JCOMM Forum on Oceanographic Data Management and Exchange Standards (IOC Workshop Rept. 206), to consider selected principal issues on establishing marine data standards, with the goal of furthering marine data interoperability. In particular the aim of the workshop was to get broad agreement and commitment to adopt a number of standards related to ocean data management and exchange, thereby assembling not only the agreed conditions by which we operate, but in fact enact these agreements in the participants' respective rganizations. The issue of measurement units for marine sciences was originally scheduled to be discussed at the workshop, but due to time considerations was postponed for future work. The materials identified for discussion are provided here for study.

• British Oceanographic Data Centre Data Storage Units - The most comprehensive list available, for marine sciences
• Marine Environmental Data Service (MEDS) Canada units of measure

Standards Recommendation

Not at this time.

Decisions

Not at this time.

Additional Resources

• Wikipedia: ISO 31 Quantities and Units - Omnibus article with links to sub-topics; however several have been replaced by ISO/IEC 80000 (see below)
• The International System of Units in Oceanography, 1985; UNESCO Technical Papers in Oceanography No. 45; IAPSO Publication Scientifique No. 32 - The first part of the report is devoted to physical quantities, units and symbols, SI units and basic rules, and specific recommendations for the field of physical sciences of the ocean. The second part consists of tables of the quantities that are used in physical oceanography (fundamental quantities of seawater, physical properties of pure and seawater, dynamical oceanography, optical oceanography, marine geophysics, marine geochemistry, and chemical oceanography).
• The International System of Units (SI)(U.S.A. NIST Publication 330 - Overview brochure for the SI
• ISO 1000, SI Units and Recommendations for the Use of their Multiples and of Certain Other Units - The official SI publication
• Unified Codes for Units of Measure (UCUM)
• Wikipedia: International System of Units
• Wikipedia: ISO/IEC 80000; also known as the International System of Quantities - Style guide for writing units associated with numerical data
• Marine Metadata Interoperability list of units resources

Subsections of this Article

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Information about this article

Short title: Measurement Units

Description: none

Expertise level: beginner

Author: Murray.Brown

Approval status: approved

Approved by: Murray.Brown

Last change: 2010-3-31

Subsection of: Marine Data Standards

Contact

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