Accession Number:

AD0838755

Title:

A GUIDE TO THE FORMATTING OF OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA.

Descriptive Note:

Informal rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE NSTL STATION MS

Personal Author(s):

• Yergen, Walter E.

Report Date:

1968-04-04

Pagination or Media Count:

16.0

Abstract:

A guide to the effective formatting of oceanographic data variables is submitted. Data recording is conceived as a process of counting discrete confidence measure intervals over the range of measures used to describe a data variable. Formulae are provided defining the minimum count of intervals required to divide the range, and for calculating the minimum size of a binary number field chosen to contain the interval counter. Author

Descriptors:

• *DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS)
• (*OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
• THIN FILM STORAGE DEVICES
• BINARY ARITHMETIC
• PUNCHED CARDS
• ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
• STATISTICAL FUNCTIONS
• EQUATIONS
• TRANSFORMATIONS
• DIGITAL SYSTEMS

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
• Computer Hardware

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE