Sporadic
The phenomenon is sampled at a particular instant in time but with a frequency that is too coarse for interpreting the record as continuous. This would be the case when the spacing is significantly larger than the support and the time scale of fluctuation of the phenomenon, such as for example infrequent water quality samples.
Adapted from CUAHSI HIS DataTypeCV. See http://his.cuahsi.org/mastercvreg/edit_cv11.aspx?tbl=DataTy
ODM2 Aggregation Statistic Controlled Vocabulary
ODM2 Working Group
A vocabulary for describing the calculated statistic associated with recorded observations. The aggregation statistic is calculated over the time aggregation interval associated with the recorded observation.