bottle_number

Properties

dimensions:

N_PROF, N_LEVELS

dtype:

str32

Default Attributes

Attribute	Value
whp_name	BTLNBR

Description

The bottle identification number. This is intended to be a permanent, unique serial number fixed to the sampling device. It may also be the an identifier fixed for the duration of a single expedition. Allowed characters are U+0030 to U+0039, U+0041 to U+005A, U+0061 to U+007A, and U+005F (0-9, a-z, A-Z, and _)

Warning

Despite the name, the value IS NOT numeric, ensure that any software reading the file can handle UTF-8 data of the specified allowed code points. The CF/netCDF files force the data type to be char, but for historic reasons, the variable name is maintained as bottle_number.