GB - Ground Vegetation Biomass and Nutrients Analyses

Form: PGB - Contents of reduced plot file to be used in combination with the survey of chemical content of ground vegetation

Form introduced: 2009

Last change: 2009

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!Sequence; country; plot; date_sampling; latitude; longitude; altitude; frame_area; frames; sampled_area; other_observations

POSITION FIELD DESCRIPTION
1 Sequence

Description: Continuous number to identify the line of the submitted file
Format: I
2 country
M

DB Column: code_country
Description: ID of the country
Format: I
Dictionary: d_country
3 plot
M

DB Column: code_plot
Description: Observation plot number
Remarks: A unique number (per country) given to the permanent plot during the selection or installation
Format: I
4 date_sampling (DDMMYY)
M K

Description: Date of sampling
Remarks: E.g. ‘9th October 2012’ = ‘091012’
Format: Date
5 latitude (+DDMMSS)
M

Description: Latitude in Degrees Minutes Seconds (WGS84)
Remarks: E.g. ‘+505852’ = 50 Degree, 58 Minutes, 52 Seconds
Format: C
Explanatory Item: 4
6 longitude (+/-DDMMSS)
M

Description: Longitude in Degrees Minutes Seconds (WGS84)
Remarks: E.g. ‘+035531’ = 3 Degree, 55 Minutes, 31 Seconds
Format: C
Explanatory Item: 4
7 altitude (m)
M

DB Column: code_altitude
Description: Altitude above sea level in 50 meter classes
Format: I
Dictionary: d_altitude
8 frame_area (m²)
M

Description: Area of sampling frame
Remarks: Code -9: modeled results (e.g. based on Phytocalc)
Format: F
9 frames
M

Description: Number of frames
Remarks: Code -9: modeled results (e.g. based on Phytocalc)
Format: I
10 sampled_area (m²)
M

DB Column: sample_area
Description: Total sampled area (sum of all frames)
Remarks: For modeled results (e.g. Phytocalc): area for which results apply
Format: F
11 other_observations (FREE TEXT)

DB Column: other_obs
Description: Supplementary comments
Format: C