instrument

The instrument table contains ancillary calibration information. It holds nominal one frequency calibration factors for each instrument and pointers to nominal frequency-depen­dent calibration for an instrument. This table also holds pointers to the exact calibrations obtained by direct measurement on a particular instrument (see sensor).


FIELD

COLUMN

STORAGE

EXTERNAL

CHARACTER

DESCRIPTION

NUMBER

TYPE

FORMAT

POSITION

1

inid

number(8)

i8

1-8

instrument identifier

2

insname

varchar2(50)

a50

10-59

instrument name

3

instype

varchar2(6)

a6

61-66

instrument type

4

band

varchar2(1)

a1

68-68

frequency band

5

digital

varchar2( 1 )

a1

70-70

data type, digital (d) or analog (a)

6

samprate

f1oat(24)

f11.7

72-82

sampling rate in samples/sec

7

ncalib

f1oat(24)

f16.6

84-99

nominal calibration (nanometers/digital count)

8

nealper

f1oat(24)

f16.6

101-116

nominal calibration period (seconds)

9

dir

varchar2(64)

a64

118-181

directory

10

dfile

varchar2(32)

a32

183-214

data file

11

rsptype

varchar2(6)

a6

216-221

response type

12

Iddate

date

a19

223-241

load date



Keys:

Primary

inid




Data:

Descriptive

insname, instype, band, digital, dir, dfile, rsptype

 

Measurement

samprate, ncalib, ncalper

 

Administrative

lddate