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Identifier	SampleDate
Short name	SampleDate
Dataset	WISE-BW2006/7/EC
Table	Monitoring results
Reference URL	http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/datasets/latest/BWQ_2006/tables/BWQD_2006_MonitoringResults/elements/SampleDate
Name	SampleDate
Definition	Date of sampling.
Methodology for obtaining data	This is a required, not null field. Format: YYYY-MM-DD (year-month -day); YYYY must be the same as attribute "Year_BW" Must be within bathing season (shortly before the start of the bathing season until last day). A practice of using a 10 day interval before the start of the bathing season has been endorsed for a pre-season sample. Further explanations or justifications should be provided just in case there is deviation from this interval. In case of the enlargement of the bathing season, new samples are needed if these new days amount up to more than one month from the last sample in the monitoring calendar. One or more samples per sampling date taken in different points of a (large) bathing water are possible, with the aim of ensuring the representativity of the samples. The similar number of samples per day should be taken in all sample dates. Sample dates for the previous bathing seasons can be reported in order to assess a bathing water according to Annex II of the Directive.
Datatype	date
Public or Internal	undefined
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