diff --git a/@netcdf_native/tsgqc_netcdf.csv b/@netcdf_native/tsgqc_netcdf.csv
index 57a7c721c29ac2b53ee7ca51c2b3345d7e3a74b7..d1ac7f84426015f7796fba3ef5d4e4fe0f667d21 100644
--- a/@netcdf_native/tsgqc_netcdf.csv
+++ b/@netcdf_native/tsgqc_netcdf.csv
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ $VARIABLES$
 #;REFERENCE_DATE_TIME;'STRING14';char;ORIGIN OF TIME;;;yyyymmddHHMMSS;;;;;;;;Reference date for julian days origin. The recommended reference date time is "19500101000000": January 1st 1950 00:00:00;;;#
 #;DATE;'DAYD','STRING14';char;DATE OF MAIN INSTRUMENT MEASUREMENT;;;yyyymmddHHMMSS;;;;;;;;This is the original data describing the date, it must not be lost;;DAYD;#
 #;DATE_EXT;'DAYD_EXT','STRING14';char;DATE OF EACH EXTERNAL DATA MEASUREMENT;;;yyyymmddHHMMSS;;;;;;;;This is the original data describing the date, it must not be lost;;DAYD_EXT;#
-#;DAYD;'DAYD';double;DECIMAL JULIAN DAY (UTC) OF EACH MEASUREMENT;time;days since REFERENCE_DATE_TIME;Relative julian days with decimal part (as parts of the day);0;36600;%11.5f;99999;601;T;;Julian day of the measurement since REFERENCE_DATE_TIME;;DAYD;#
-#;DAYD_EXT;'DAYD_EXT';double;DECIMAL JULIAN DAY (UTC) OF EXTERNAL DATA MEASUREMENT;time;days since REFERENCE_DATE_TIME;Relative julian days with decimal part (as parts of the day);0;36600;%11.5f;99999;601;T;;Julian day of the measurement since REFERENCE_DATE_TIME. The integer part represents the day, the decimal part represents he time of the measurement. Date and time are in universal time coordinate. Example : 18833.80140 : July 25 2001 19:14:00;;DAYD_EXT;#
+#;DAYD;'DAYD';double;DECIMAL JULIAN DAY (UTC) OF EACH MEASUREMENT;time;days since REFERENCE_DATE_TIME;Relative julian days with decimal part (as parts of the day);0;36600;%11.5f;99999;601;T;;Julian day of the measurement since REFERENCE_DATE_TIME. The integer part represents the day, the decimal part represents the time of the measurement. Date and time are in universal time coordinate.;;DAYD;#
+#;DAYD_EXT;'DAYD_EXT';double;DECIMAL JULIAN DAY (UTC) OF EXTERNAL DATA MEASUREMENT;time;days since REFERENCE_DATE_TIME;Relative julian days with decimal part (as parts of the day);0;36600;%11.5f;99999;601;T;;Julian day of the measurement since REFERENCE_DATE_TIME. The integer part represents the day, the decimal part represents the time of the measurement. Date and time are in universal time coordinate.;;DAYD_EXT;#
 #;LATX;'DAYD';float;LATITUDE OF EACH MEASUREMENT;latitude;degree_north;;-90;90;%+8.4f;99999;500;Y;;Latitude of the measurement (decimal);;DAYD;#
 #;LATX_EXT;'DAYD_EXT';float;LATITUDE OF EACH EXTERNAL DATA MEASUREMENT;latitude;degree_north;;-90;90;%+8.4f;99999;500;Y;;Latitude of the measurement (decimal);;DAYD_EXT;#
 #;LONX;'DAYD';float;LONGITUDE OF EACH MEASUREMENT;longitude;degree_east;;-180;180;%+9.4f;99999;501;X;;Longitude of the measurement (decimal);;DAYD;#
 #;LONX_EXT;'DAYD_EXT';float;LONGITUDE OF EACH EXTERNAL DATA MEASUREMENT;longitude;degree_east;;-180;180;%+9.4f;99999;501;X;;Longitude of the measurement (decimal);;DAYD_EXT;#
-#;POSITION_QC;'DAYD';byte;QUALITY FLAG OF POSITION;;;;0;9;%1d;;;;;Quality flag applied on position;0;DAYD;#
+#;POSITION_QC;'DAYD';byte;QUALITY FLAG OF POSITION;;;;0;9;%1d;;;;;Quality flag applied on the position of the measurement.;0;DAYD;#
 #;SPDC;'DAYD';float;SHIP SPEED COMPUTED FROM NAVIGATION;;knots;;0;50;%6.1f;99999;;;0.1;Ship speed from GPS (SOG - Speed Over Ground). If SOG not available, derived from last position;;DAYD;#
 #;PRES;'DAYD';float;SEA PRESSURE IN TSG;sea_water_pressure;decibar=10000 pascals;;0;10;%6.1f;99999;;;0.1;Pressure inside TSG, this is an indication that pump is working properly;;DAYD;#
 #;FLOW;'DAYD';float;MEASURING FLOW IN THE TSG INLET;;l/min;;0;100;%6.1f;99999;;;0.1;Water pump discharge measurement in the TSG inlet, this is an indication that pump is working properly;;DAYD;#
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ $VARIABLES$
 #;CNDC_CALCOEF_CONV;'NCOEF_CAL','STRING8';char;CONDUCTIVITY CALIBRATION COEFFICIENTS CONVENTION;;;;;;;;;;;Calibration coefficient convention is an enumeration of coefficients name, ex: 'date','a','b','c','d','m','cpcor' or 'date','g','h','i','j','cpcor','ctcor';;;#
 #;CNDC_LINCOEF;'NCOEF_LIN';double;CONDUCTIVITY LINEAR DRIFT CORRECTION COEFFICIENTS;;;;;;;99999;;;;Calibration coefficients are real value, date is in julian day from REFERENCE_DATE_TIME;;;#
 #;CNDC_LINCOEF_CONV;'NCOEF_LIN','STRING8';char;CONDUCTIVITY LINEAR DRIFT CORRECTION COEFFICIENTS CONVENTION;;;;;;;;;;;Calibration coefficient convention is an enumeration of coefficients name, ex: 'date','slope','offset';;;#
-#;SSJT;'DAYD';float;WATER JACKET TEMPERATURE;;degree_Celsius;;-1.5;38;%6.3f;99999;;;0.001;Temperature within TSG or water jacket temperature. Warning, this is not ocean SST temperature. Is is used for salinity computation. The reduction applied is the same as for conductivity. Temperature is ITS-90;;DAYD;#
+#;SSJT;'DAYD';float;WATER JACKET TEMPERATURE;;degree_Celsius;;-1.5;38;%6.3f;99999;;;0.001;Temperature within TSG or water jacket temperature. Warning, this is not ocean SST temperature. It is used for salinity computation. The reduction applied is the same as for conductivity. Temperature is ITS-90;;DAYD;#
 #;SSJT_QC;'DAYD';byte;WATER JACKET TEMPERATURE QUALITY FLAG;;;;0;9;%1d;;;;;Quality flag applied on water jacket temperature values;0;DAYD;#
 #;SSJT_STD;'DAYD';float;WATER JACKET TEMPERATURE STANDARD DEVIATION;;degree_Celsius;;-1.5;38;%6.3f;99999;;;0.001;Water jacket temperature standard deviation for data wich have been reduced (with a mean or median);;DAYD;#
 #;SSJT_CAL;'DAYD';float;WATER JACKET TEMPERATURE CALIBRATED;;degree_Celsius;;-1.5;38;%6.3f;99999;;;0.001;Water jacket temperature calibrated using linearization coefficients;;DAYD;#
@@ -49,27 +49,27 @@ $VARIABLES$
 #;SSJT_LINCOEF;'NCOEF_LIN';double;TEMPERATURE LINEAR DRIFT CORRECTION COEFFICIENTS;;;;;;;99999;;;;Calibration coefficients are real value, date is in julian day from REFERENCE_DATE_TIME;;;#
 #;SSJT_LINCOEF_CONV;'NCOEF_LIN','STRING8';char;TEMPERATURE LINEAR DRIFT CORRECTION COEFFICIENTS CONVENTION;;;;;;;;;;;Calibration coefficient convention is an enumeration of coefficients name, ex: 'date','slope','offset';;;#
 #;SSJT_ADJUSTED;'DAYD';float;WATER JACKET TEMPERATURE ADJUSTED;;degree_Celsius;;-1.5;38;%6.3f;99999;;;0.001;Adjusted water jacket temperature with external data (ARGO,CTD,XBT,...);;DAYD;#
-#;SSJT_ADJUSTED_ERROR;'DAYD';float;ERROR ON ADJUSTED WATER JACKET TEMPERATURE;;degree_Celsius;;-1.5;38;%6.3f;99999;;;0.001;Error on adjusted water jacket temperature with external data (ARGO,CTD, XBT,…);;DAYD;#
+#;SSJT_ADJUSTED_ERROR;'DAYD';float;ERROR ON ADJUSTED WATER JACKET TEMPERATURE;;degree_Celsius;;-1.5;38;%6.3f;99999;;;0.001;Error on adjusted water jacket temperature with external data;;DAYD;#
 #;SSJT_ADJUSTED_QC;'DAYD';byte;WATER JACKET TEMPERATURE QUALITY FLAG;;;;0;9;%1d;;;;;Quality flag applied on adjusted water jacket temperature values;0;DAYD;#
 #;SSJT_ADJUSTED_HIST;'STRING256';char;WATER JACKET TEMPERATURE ADJUSTED PROCESSING HISTORY;;;;;;;;;;;Water jacket temperature inside TSG adjusted processing history;;;#
 #;SSPS;'DAYD';float;SEA SURFACE SALINITY;sea_surface_salinity;;;0;40;%6.3f;99999;;;0.001;Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) deduced from conductivity and water jacket temperature. This is the Ocean surface salinity. units = PSS.78 (Practical Salinity Scale);;DAYD;#
 #;SSPS_QC;'DAYD';byte;SEA SURFACE SALINITY QUALITY FLAG;;;;0;9;%1d;;;;;Quality flag applied on sea surface salinity values;0;DAYD;#
 #;SSPS_STD;'DAYD';float;SEA SURFACE SALINITY STANDARD DEVIATION;;;;0;40;%6.3f;99999;;;0.001;Standard deviation of sea surface salinity measured by TSG in case when CNDC_STD not available;;DAYD;#
-#;SSPS_CAL;'DAYD';float;SEA SURFACE SALINITY CALIBRATED;sea_surface_salinity;;;0;40;%6.3f;99999;;;;Sea surface calibrated salinity deduced from conductivity and water jacket temperature;;DAYD;#
+#;SSPS_CAL;'DAYD';float;SEA SURFACE SALINITY CALIBRATED;sea_surface_salinity;;;0;40;%6.3f;99999;;;;Sea surface salinity calibrated deduced from conductivity and water jacket temperature;;DAYD;#
 #;SSPS_ADJUSTED;'DAYD';float;SEA SURFACE SALINITY ADJUSTED;sea_surface_salinity;;;0;40;%6.3f;99999;;;0.001;Sea surface salinity adjusted with external data (ARGO,CTD,XBT,...);;DAYD;#
-#;SSPS_ADJUSTED_ERROR;'DAYD';float;ERROR ON SEA SURFACE SALINITY ADJUSTED;;;;0;40;%6.3f;99999;;;;Error on sea surface salinity adjusted with external data (ARGO,CTD,XBT,...);;DAYD;#
+#;SSPS_ADJUSTED_ERROR;'DAYD';float;ERROR ON SEA SURFACE SALINITY ADJUSTED;;;;0;40;%6.3f;99999;;;;Error on sea surface salinity adjusted with external data;;DAYD;#
 #;SSPS_ADJUSTED_QC;'DAYD';byte;SEA SURFACE SALINITY ADJUSTED QUALITY FLAG;;;;0;9;%1d;;;;;Quality flag applied on adjusted  sea surface salinity;0;DAYD;#
 #;SSPS_ADJUSTED_HIST;'STRING256';char;SEA SURFACE SALINITY ADJUSTED PROCESSING HISTORY;;;;;;;;;;;Sea surface salinity adjusted processing history;;;#
 #;SSPS_DEPH;'N1';float;NOMINAL DEPTH OF WATER INTAKE FOR SALINITY MEASUREMENT;;meter;;0;100;%6.3f;99999;;;;;;;#
 #;SSPS_DEPH_MIN;'N1';float;MINIMUM DEPTH OF WATER INTAKE FOR SALINITY MEASUREMENT;;meter;;0;100;%6.3f;99999;;;;;;;#
 #;SSPS_DEPH_MAX;'N1';float;MAXIMUM DEPTH OF WATER INTAKE FOR SALINITY MEASUREMENT;;meter;;0;100;%6.3f;99999;;;;;;;#
-#;SSTP;'DAYD';float;SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;sea_surface_temperature;degree_Celsius;;-1.5;38;%6.3f;99999;;;0.001;Sea Surface Temperature (SST) measured at intake with external instrument (TINT_TYPE, TINT_NUMBER). This is Ocean Temperature;;DAYD;#
-#;SSTP_QC;'DAYD';byte;SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE QUALITY FLAG;;;;0;9;%1d;;;;;Quality flag applied on sea surface temperature temperature values;0;DAYD;#
+#;SSTP;'DAYD';float;SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;sea_surface_temperature;degree_Celsius;;-1.5;38;%6.3f;99999;;;0.001;Sea Surface Temperature (SST) measured at intake with external instrument (TINT_TYPE, TINT_NUMBER). This is ocean surface temperature;;DAYD;#
+#;SSTP_QC;'DAYD';byte;SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE QUALITY FLAG;;;;0;9;%1d;;;;;Quality flag applied on sea surface temperature values;0;DAYD;#
 #;SSTP_CAL;'DAYD';float;SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE CALIBRATED;sea_surface_temperature;degree_Celsius;;-1.5;38;%6.3f;99999;;;;Sea surface temperature calibrated;;DAYD;#
 #;SSTP_FREQ;'DAYD';float;SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE FREQUENCY;;hz;;0;20000;%9.3f;99999;;;0.001;Frequency of external temperature sensor, used for SST measurement;;DAYD;#
-#;SSTP_ADJUSTED;'DAYD';float;SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ADJUSTED;sea_surface_temperature;degree_Celsius;;-1.5;38;%6.3f;99999;;;;Sea surface adjusted temperature;;DAYD;#
-#;SSTP_ADJUSTED_ERROR;'DAYD';float;ERROR ON SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ADJUSTED;;degree_Celsius;;-1.5;38;%6.3f;99999;;;;Error on sea surface adjusted temperature;;DAYD;#
-#;SSTP_ADJUSTED_QC;'DAYD';byte;SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ADJUSTED QUALITY FLAG;;;;0;9;%1d;;;;;Quality flag applied on sea surface adjusted Ocean temperature;0;DAYD;#
+#;SSTP_ADJUSTED;'DAYD';float;SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ADJUSTED;sea_surface_temperature;degree_Celsius;;-1.5;38;%6.3f;99999;;;;Sea surface temperature adjusted;;DAYD;#
+#;SSTP_ADJUSTED_ERROR;'DAYD';float;ERROR ON SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ADJUSTED;;degree_Celsius;;-1.5;38;%6.3f;99999;;;;Error on sea surface temperature adjusted;;DAYD;#
+#;SSTP_ADJUSTED_QC;'DAYD';byte;SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ADJUSTED QUALITY FLAG;;;;0;9;%1d;;;;;Quality flag applied on sea surface temperature adjusted;0;DAYD;#
 #;SSTP_ADJUSTED_HIST;'STRING256';char;SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ADJUSTED PROCESSING HISTORY;;;;;;;;;;;Sea surface temperature adjusted processing history;;;#
 #;SSTP_DEPH;'N1';float;NOMINAL DEPTH OF WATER INTAKE FOR TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;;meter;;0;100;%6.3f;99999;;;;;;;#
 #;SSTP_DEPH_MIN;'N1';float;MINIMUM DEPTH OF WATER INTAKE FOR TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;;meter;;0;100;%6.3f;99999;;;;;;;#
@@ -80,12 +80,12 @@ $VARIABLES$
 #;SSTP_LINCOEF_CONV;'NCOEF_LIN','STRING8';char;TEMPERATURE LINEAR DRIFT CORRECTION COEFFICIENTS CONVENTION;;;;;;;;;;;Calibration coefficient convention is an enumeration of coefficients name, ex: 'date','slope','offset';;;#
 #;SSTP_EXT;'DAYD_EXT';float;SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE FROM EXTERNAL DATA;sea_surface_temperature;degree_Celsius;;-1.5;38;%6.3f;99999;;;0.001;Sea Surface Temperature (SST) from external data instrument (ARGO,CTD, XBT);;DAYD_EXT;#
 #;SSTP_EXT_QC;'DAYD_EXT';byte;SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE FROM EXTERNAL DATA QUALITY FLAG;;;;0;9;%1d;;;;;Quality flag applied on external sea surface temperature data values;0;DAYD_EXT;#
-#;SSTP_EXT_TYPE;'DAYD_EXT','STRING4';char;TYPE OF EXTERNAL SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE  DATA ORIGIN;;;;;;;;;;;ARGO,CTD,XBT,...;;DAYD_EXT;#
+#;SSTP_EXT_TYPE;'DAYD_EXT','STRING4';char;TYPE OF EXTERNAL SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE  DATA ORIGIN;;;;;;;;;;;Exemple: ARGO,CTD,XBT,...;;DAYD_EXT;#
 #;SSPS_EXT;'DAYD_EXT';float;SEA SURFACE SALINITY FROM EXTERNAL DATA;sea_surface_salinity;;;0;40;%6.3f;99999;;;0.001;Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) from external data instrument (WS,ARGO,CTD, XBT);;DAYD_EXT;#
-#;SSPS_EXT_QC;'DAYD_EXT';byte;SEA SURFACE SALINITY FROM EXTERNAL DATA QUALITY FLAG;;;;0;9;%1d;;;;;Quality flag applied on external sea surface salinity values data values. The flag scale is specified in reference  table 4. If  variable not exist, it is set at default_value during creation;0;DAYD_EXT;#
-#;SSPS_EXT_TYPE;'DAYD_EXT','STRING4';char;TYPE OF EXTERNAL SEA SURFACE SALINITY DATA ORIGIN;;;;;;;;;;;WS (Water Sample),ARGO,CTD,XBT,...;;DAYD_EXT;#
+#;SSPS_EXT_QC;'DAYD_EXT';byte;SEA SURFACE SALINITY FROM EXTERNAL DATA QUALITY FLAG;;;;0;9;%1d;;;;;Quality flag applied on external sea surface salinity data values ;0;DAYD_EXT;#
+#;SSPS_EXT_TYPE;'DAYD_EXT','STRING4';char;TYPE OF EXTERNAL SEA SURFACE SALINITY DATA ORIGIN;;;;;;;;;;;Exemple: WS (Water Sample),ARGO,CTD,XBT,...;;DAYD_EXT;#
 #;SSPS_EXT_ANALDATE;'DAYD_EXT','STRING14';char;DATE OF WATER SAMPLE SURFACE SALINITY ANALYSIS;;;yyyymmddHHMMSS;;;;;;;;Date of sea surface salinity water sample analysis;;DAYD_EXT;#
-#;SSPS_EXT_BOTTLE;'DAYD_EXT','STRING4';char;SEA SURFACE SALINITY BOTTLE NUMBER;;;;;;;;;;;Number of sea surface salinity water sample;;DAYD_EXT;#
+#;SSPS_EXT_BOTTLE;'DAYD_EXT','STRING4';char;SEA SURFACE SALINITY BOTTLES NUMBERS;;;;;;;;;;;The ID numbers of the sea surface salinity sampling bottles;;DAYD_EXT;#
 %
 $ATTRIBUTES$
 #;key__;name;conventions;uicontrolType;string;value;length;height;line;horizontalAlignment;comment;#
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