Form 5a - ICP Forests

Column Description Format Ref_Tab Item #
22 – 32 Species code (Ground Vegetation Suvey) C 11 X (82)
34 – 37 Height of species [cm] F 4
39 – 78 Other observations (text) C 40 (84)
4.8.5 XX2009GB.LQA
Ground Vegetation Biomass – Laboratory QA/QC information
Each data file has to start with a comment line. This line starts with an exclamation
mark:
!Sequence, country, plot, date_start, date_end, parameter, pretreatment, determination,
quantification_limit, control_chart_mean, control_chart_std, ring_test_participation,
ring_test_number, Laboratory_ID, percentage_within, requalification,
percentage_within_requal, other_observations
Column Description Format Ref_Tab Item #
01 – 04 Sequence number (1 to 9999) I 4
06 – 07 Country code (France = 01, Belgium = 02, etc.) I 2 X (1)
09 – 12 Observation Plot number (maximum 9999) I 4 (2)
14 – 19 start date Date (117)
21 – 26 end date Date (117)
28 – 29 Parameter Code* (N, S, Ca etc.) C 2 X (108)
31 – 34 Pretreatment method (see reference list) F 4 X (105)
36 – 39 Determination method (see reference list) F 4 X (106)
41 – 46 Quantification limit (unit of parameter) F 6 (107)
48 – 53 Mean of control chart F 6 (107)
55 – 57 Standard deviation [% of mean] =>
F 3 (107)
coefficient of variation
59 Participated at ring Test (yes = 1, no = 0) I 1 (107)
61 – 63
ICP Forests Ring Test Number (Needle/Leaf
Interlaboratory Test)
C 3 (107)
65 – 67 ID of laboratory (e.g. H45, B78, etc.) C 3 (107)
69 – 71
Percentage [%] of the results of the ring tests
within tolerable limits for each ring test
I 3 (107)
73 Requalification information (yes = 1, no = 0) I 1 (107)
75 – 77
Percentage [%] of the results of the ring tests
within tolerable limits for each ring test in
requalification
I 3 (107)
79 – 118 Other observations (freetext) C 40 (84)
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