A
CSV (Comma Separated Value) sample file:
Site,DateTime,Depth,Temp,pH,EC25,DO,DOSat,Turb
,MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss,meters,° C,,uS/cm,mg/L,@temp,NTU
LkIndep,04/06/1998 11:40:00,1.0,6.3,7.8,317.0,9.83,82.4,2.4
LkIndep,04/06/1998 11:43:00,2.0,6.2,7.8,317.0,9.84,82.3,
LkIndep,04/06/1998 11:46:00,3.0,6.0,7.8,316.0,9.76,81.2,
LkIndep,04/06/1998 11:49:00,4.0,6.0,7.8,317.0,9.48,78.8,2.3
[etc...]
The
first line contains the headings for each column entry.
The second line describes the units.
Each subsequent line contains the results obtained by the
RUSS unit at the indicated depth and time.
The values are separated by commas (hence the name of the
format).
Lines end with carriage return/linefeed characters.
Description
of the entries (Note -- Different sites can have different entries):
Site
An abbreviation of the site name.
DateTime
Date
Format: MM/DD/YYYY HH:mm:ss
The date and time of the reading.
Depth
The depth of the
reading.
The temperature.
The pH value.
The specific conductivity
(electrical conductivity in microSiemens/cm corrected to
25 degrees C).
Dissolved oxygen in mg/L.
Dissolved oxygen % saturation at temperature.
The turbidity.
Chlor
The chlorophyll reading
in ug/L.