Notes on software, hardware, methods, and technical metadata.
After discussing some missing data, it became apparent some documentation of how data are added to casts.csv was needed. This guide outlines all 63 columns: col #, col width, format, and the original source of the data ie what program/process adds or updates data to the file. Some metadata columns are still under development. All columns are generated & some columns populated by CESL after samples are taken at-sea but updated during the different phases of the data process. DECODR keeps process logs and backup versions of the data files for all processes/updates applied to either casts.csv or sta.csvs.