Pacific Region Ocean Sciences Data

Moorings Data Inventory

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Use this form to search the IOS/Ocean Sciences Data Inventory for data from moored instrumentation your study area. This application will search our on-line INVENTORY of moored instrument data and return information about the data records that meet the search criteria but WILL NOT return the actual data. At the present time, the moored instrument data is not available on-line to external users.

Internal users may use this application to generate list of profiles that are accessible by the DFO local and wide area networks to authorized users.
External users are welcome to search the inventory. If you find data that are of interest , have questions about the data or encounter problems with the application please contact the Senior analyst at I.O.S.

Search Tips

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STEP 1: SELECT the AREA of Interest:
Option 1a - Enter the Coordinates of your Search Area below input format is DDD MM.M H (e.g. 123 37.5 W)
Users may alter any part of the default values. The latitude and longitude range you select will be preserved for your session. If you return here to revise your search, REFRESH this page (using your web browser) to see you most recent selection criteria.

		North Latitude
	Longitude		Longitude
West				East
		South Latitude

Option 1b - Select from our list of NAMED AREAS:

Select NAMED GEOGRAPHIC AREAS code from the box: ==>

Saanich Inlet Alberni Inlet Muchalat Inlet Quatsino-Neroutsos Rupert-Holberg Burrard-Indian Howe Sound Sechelt Jervis Inlet Toba Inlet Bute Inlet Knight_Inlet Seymour-Belize Dean Channel Burke Channel Gardner Canal Douglas Channel South Coast Offshore South Coast Inshore South Coast Gyre North Coast Offshore Hecate Strait- Inside Dixon Entrance Q. CHARLOTTE SOUND E-INSIDE North Georgia Strait South Georgia Strait Puget Sound Juan de Fuca West Juan de Fuca East Gulf Islands Portland System QCS_East - Johnson St Broughton Is. Group

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STEP 2: Select the DATE RANGE for which you would like data:

from:

(yyyy/mm/dd)

/ / to / /

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STEP 3: Select PARAMETERS which MUST BE included in each profile:if none are selected, ALL records with ANY parameters are returned.

depth/press

temperature

salinity

transmiss.

oxygen

currents

air pressure

waves

wind

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STEP 4: Select Specific DATA CATEGORIES: Select any data categories that must be included - if no categories are selected, ALL categories are returned.

Current Meters

Thermistor Chains

Tide Gauges

Met. stations

Lighthouse Temperature & salinity

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STEP 5: Select the preferred RESULTS format:

Summary Table - Comma-separated value (CSV) summary containing: Cruise, Station name, Project, Scientist, Time/Date, Latitude, Longitude, Filename etc. Select the output, then CUT and PASTE this into a text file.  The resulting text file can then be imported into EXCEL (or application of your choice), skipping over the "header" lines.

List of File Names (with path) for all files that meet your search criteria. Select the output, then  CUT and PASTE this into a text file. The resulting file can be used as input to IOSSHELL programs. Internal IOS Users should enter the appropriate drive letter designator for the DATA_LIB (don't worry if you didn't understand that last part!)
Enter the drive letter designator for the DATA_LIBRARY:   

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STEP 6: [Optional] - Enter a short description of your search.

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STEP 7: No more questions-just press SUBMIT to GO!

For further information about the RESULTS...
If you encounter ERRORS...

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Search Tips

1. To control the position of elements on the page, use HTML table to "hold" objects. For example, the boxes (and supporting text) for the search area coordinates appeared differently ( and quite STRANGELY) until I embedded these in a 5 column by 5 row HTML table (no table borders showing). For example the three text boxes for NORTH LATITUDE (degrees, minutes and hemisphere are in one cell of the HTML table. This cured the problems of variable display of this component, depending on the browser.

2. Storing the user-specified Latitude and Longitude ranges was a challenge. The current version uses SESSION VARIABLES to store the Latitude and Longitude information, so that a user can run a query, see the results, then return to the input form page (using the browser's BACK button) and be presented with the previous latitude and longitude selection. The Date Range Selection information is preserved, but the settings for the RADIO BUTTONS and CHECK BOXES are reset to default values each time.

3. As a result of the use of SESSION VARIABLES, users will retain their latitude and longitude settings for a SESSION, but the values will be reset to default values when the web server detects a new session, even if it is from the same user. The definition of a 'session' (and the length of time that the user specifications 'persist' can be set in the application. No specific time period is set in this application, so it will default to 20 minutes. This means that if you return to the input page within 20 minutes of having submitted a query, your previous latitude and longitude selections should be presented to you. It may be necessary to 'REFRESH' the input page using the web browser's 'REFRESH' button.

These pages were created for viewing with Microsoft Internet Explorer v 5.5 (they may not appear as intended under other viewers).

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