# Presentation: 491179

## Current Issues with Updating NCDC Metadata Records

- Creating Detailed Entity and Attribute from Overviews
- Creating Platform and Instrument Names under New <plainsid>

- Philip Jones & Chris Fenimore
- May 18, 2006
- Archive Branch Metadata
- Update Meeting

## Integrated Surface Hourly Database (DSI-3505) Text Data 

**Integrated Surface Hourly Database (DSI-3505) Text Data **

## Integrated Surface Hourly Database (DSI-3505) Text Data 

**Integrated Surface Hourly Database (DSI-3505) Text Data **

- Control Data
- Section (POS #)

## Integrated Surface Hourly Database (DSI-3505) Text Data 

**Integrated Surface Hourly Database (DSI-3505) Text Data **

- Control Data
- Section (POS #)

- Remarks Data
- Section
- (FLD LEN)

## Integrated Surface Hourly Database (DSI-3505) Text Data 

**Integrated Surface Hourly Database (DSI-3505) Text Data **

- Control Data
- Section (POS #)

- Remarks Data
- Section
- (FLD LEN)

- Additional Data
- Section
- (FLD LEN)

## Label each

**Label each**
**Data Section **
**an **
**“****Entity Type”**

**Label each**
**POSITION **
**NUMBER as**
**an **
**“****Attribute”**

**Label each**
**FIELD **
**LENGTH **
**As an **
**“****Attribute”**
**And FIELD**
**LENGTHS **
**may include **
**an Attribute **
**of an**
**“****Attribute”**

## Detailed Entity and Attribute XML Example using DSI-3505

**Detailed Entity and Attribute XML Example using DSI-3505**

**Detailed section (everything under <detailed>) repeats for every entity (<enttyp>), or for every Data Section in ISH 3505.**
**Position Numbers in a Data Section (the Entity) are attributes with labels, definitions, domains, etc. **
**Field Length values (Not shown in example at right) in a Data Section (the Entity) are attributes with labels, definitions, domains, etc., and some are an attribute of a Field Length (attribute).**

## Remote Sensing Products

**Satellites **
**GOES**
**POES**
**Radar**
**NEXRAD**
**Profilers**
**RASS (Radio Acoustic Sounding System)**
**Lightning**
**NLDN**
**Combination Datasets (Networks and Mesonets with ****R.S. and Non-R.S.)**
**AWIPS (Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System****)**
**RWIS (Road Weather Information Systems)**
**CRN**

## GCMD Sensors vs. GCMD  Platforms

| DRIFTING BUOYS  | OCEAN WEATHER STATIONS  |
| --- | --- |
| RADIOSONDES  | RADIOSONDES  |
| GOES I-M SOUNDER  | SATELLITES  |
| PYRHELIOMETERS | SOLAR RADIATION STATIONS  |
| ROCKETSONDES  | SOUNDING ROCKETS  |
| AWS > Automated Weather System  | WEATHER STATIONS  |
| ANEMOMETERS  | WIND  |
| DRIFTING BUOYS  | BUOYS  |
| THERMOMETERS  | GROUND STATIONS  |
| VISUAL OBSERVATIONS  | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS  |

## DATSAV3-an example of non-RS (buoy) and RS (profiler)-and an example of similar platform (wind) with different instruments

**<plainsid>**
**  ****<platflnm>****WIND****</platflnm>**
**  ****<instflnm>****WIND**** ****PROFILERS****</instflnm>**
**  ****<instshnm></instshnm>**
**  ****</plainsid>**
**- <plainsid>**
**  ****<platflnm>****BUOYS****</platflnm>**
**  ****<instflnm>****DRIFTING**** ****BUOYS****</instflnm>**
**  ****<instshnm></instshnm>**
**  ****</plainsid>**
**- <plainsid>**
**  ****<platflnm>****WIND****</platflnm>**
**  ****<instflnm>****ANEMOMETERS****</instflnm>**
**  ****<instshnm></instshnm>**
**  ****</plainsid>**
**- <plainsid>**
**  ****<platflnm>****WEATHER STATIONS****</platflnm>**
**  ****<instflnm>****AUTOMATED**** ****WEATHER SYSTEM****</instflnm>**
**  ****<instshnm>****AWS****</instshnm>**
**  ****</plainsid>**