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Table 1 Data fields for MetaSUB mobile data collection

From: The Metagenomics and Metadesign of the Subways and Urban Biomes (MetaSUB) International Consortium inaugural meeting report

Category

# of fields

Fields, with input from OSBSS metadata

MetaSUB data type

15

Soil, Superfund site, waterway, land/sea/air interface, subway, marine wild-life, synthetic ecologies, cockroach, bedbug, pigeon, rat, worm, lab mice, NYC homes, sewage

Surface composition

9

Metal, wood, plastic, ceramic, leather, concrete, glass, other

Surface type

8

Kiosk, turnstile, bench, railing, handrail, garbage can, payphone, other

Surface porosity

3

Hermetically sealed, porous, absorbent

Cleaning frequency

1

Frequency per day

Cleaning type

1

Text for detergent or methods used

Human activity

3

Video, IR, and observational estimates of # of people

Air vents

3

Number of input and output vents

Subway lines

22

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, A, C, E, B, D, F, M, G, J, Z, L, S, N, Q R

Subway stations

468

Auto-complete from form

Subway car position

3

First car, N + l car, last car

Train ID

1

Train# 4673

Temperature

1

Range from −50°F to 15 CTF

Humidity

1

Range from 0 to 100 %

Park surfaces

9

Bench, handrailing, water fountain, slide, monkey bars, swings, trash can, lamp post, other

Audio

3

Record, play, delete

Geotag and time

1

GPS-coordinates (longitude and latitude) and time-stamp

Photograph

1

iOSor android-based