The Australian National Groundwater Data Transfer Standard

FREQUENCY

Domain for FREQUENCY attribute of EVENT entity              
References              
ASTM D5410-93 1993, Standard guide for set of data elements to describe a ground-water site; Part Three- usage descriptors. American Society for Testing and Materials              
AWRC 1976, Standards for Interchange of Water Resources Data on Computer Media, Hydrological Series No. 10, Australian Water Resources Council              
Mathey, S.B. (ed.) 1997, Users Manual for the National Water Information System of the US Geological Survey, Chapter 1 Groundwater Site Inventory System. USGS Open File Report 97/633, United States Geological Survey, 172 p. http://www-tampa.er.usgs.gov/nwisdoc
Qualifier 1:              
Qualifier 2:              
Note:              
Attribute Code Parent Category Synonyms Description Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2
frequency SEC   second   data nominally collected every second    
frequency MIN   minute   data nominally collected every minute    
frequency HR   hour   data nominally collected every hour    
frequency DAY   day   data nominally collected every day    
frequency WKDY   weekday   data nominally collected every day excluding weekends    
frequency WEEK   week   data nominally collected every week    
frequency FRT   fortnight   data nominally collected every fortnight (2 weeks)    
frequency MON   month   data nominally collected every month    
frequency QTR   quarter   data nominally collected every quarter (3 months)    
frequency HFYR   half year   data nominally collected every six months    
frequency YR   year   data nominally collected every year    
frequency 2YR   biannual   data nominally collected every two years    
frequency 3YR   triennial   data nominally collected every three years    
frequency 5YR   half decade five yearly data nominally collected every five years    
frequency DEC   decade   data nominally collected every ten years    
frequency IRR   irregular   data collected on irregular basis    
frequency LOG   logarithmic   logarithmic collection frequency eg initially seconds and finally hours    
frequency TRIG   trigger   data collection triggered by event eg rainfall    
frequency ONE   one single data collected on single occasion    
frequency UNK   unknown   time frequency of data collection is unknown    

 

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