Basis

The Basis table includes platforms (e.g. a ship) or institutions (e.g. research stations) from which campaigns were carried out or which were used to take samples (e.g. raft, helicopter, ice floe). Basis is an attribute of the campaign table. The entry of the Basis table appears in the metaheader of a data set after the campaign label.

To define a new Basis click on the table, click on new and fill out the field accordingly:
 * Name: Name of ship, station, platform etc.
 * Abbreviation: no use
 * Institute: relational to the institution table, may be used, if a basis is operated by a certain institute