While the DBCP metadata is focused on realtime stations, the intercomparison metadata
describes the static datasets used to generate the products available on this site. For instance,
the 'End date' for any dataset does not indicate whether or not a station is still active;
instead it tells the end date of the dataset used for this project.
| Category | ODAS abbrev | Description | N Numeric / A Alphanumeric | Core | Notes |
| Metadata details | create | Metadata record creation date | A (date) | C | YYYYMMDD |
| Metadata details | msd | Metadata validity start date | A (date) | C | YYYYMMDD |
| Metadata details | med | Metadata validity end date | A (date) | C | YYYYMMDD or 'valid' |
| Station details | WMOn | WMO number | N | O | Compulsory if on the GTS |
| Station details | stn | Station name | A | O | If given |
| Station details | ts | Type of station | A | C | = MB for moored buoy, = WB for Wave Buoy |
| Station details | ind | Start date | A (date) | O | YYYYMMDD |
| Station details | oed | End date | A (date) | O | YYYYMMDD if ceased |
| Station details | cnty | Country of ownership | A | C | |
| Station details | ragy | Operating agency/institute | A | C | |
| Station details | Lat | Latitude (of deployment) | N | C | Up to 3 decimal places |
| Station details | Lon | Longitude (of deployment) | N | C | Up to 3 decimal places |
| Station details | WC | Watch circle (m) | N | O | |
| Station details | Hult | Hull type | A | C | As ODAS format descriptor |
| Station details | HulMS | Hull manufacturer/model | A | O | If appropriate |
| Station details | HulMat | Hull material | A | O | e.g. aluminium, plastic, foam etc. |
| Station details | lngth | Length (m) | N | O | If rectangular/boat shaped, to tenth of a m |
| Station details | Brth | Breadth/width (m) | N | O | |
| Station details | Diam | Diameter (m) | N | O | If circular, to tenth of a m |
| Station details | wdpth | Water depth (m) | N | O | |
| Station details | Cmsy | Primary data transmission system | A | O | Include Iridium |
| Station details | AIn | Any other ID | A | O | e.g. Argos or GOES number |
| Station details | WebA | Web address | A | O | For additional information |
| Waves | wavMS | Primary wave sensor model | A | C | Manufacturer/model (wasp in ODAS format) including if Heave or Slope |
| Waves | lwav | Location of wave sensor | A | O | Descriptive text |
| Waves | fowo | Wave observation frequency (hrs) | N | C | |
| Waves | spst | Sampling period start | N | O | Minutes before (-) or after (+) top of hour |
| Waves | sfWAV | Primary sensor sampling freq (Hz) | N | C | c.f. SfWAS in ODAS format |
| Waves | apWAV | Primary sensor sampling period (mins)(n) | N | C | Length of sample, c.f. apWAS in ODAS format |
| Waves | fbWAV | No of frequency bins | N | C | =1 if integrated |
| Waves | fmin | Minimum freq of sensor range (Hz) | N | O | |
| Waves | fmax | Maximum freq of sensor range (Hz) | N | O | |
| Waves | drWAV | Directional resolution (deg) | N | C | =360 if omni-directional |
| Waves | wtilt | Waves corrected for buoy tilt | A | O | yes/no |
| Waves | wproc | Wave analysis technique | A | O | e.g. Spectral analysis method, c.f. spAT in ODAS format |
| WaveEvalTool | null | Sensor serial number | A | O | Unique identifier for wave sensor |
| WaveEvalTool | null | comment | A | O | Details from sensor comparison as performed at CDIP |