Parameter: LONGITUDE

Dataset: 
2019 BAIT Dissolved Iron Speciation
Parameter: 
longitude
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 lon
Short Description:
 longitude
Official Name:
 longitude
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

longitude, in decimal degrees, East is positive, negative denotes West; Reported in some datsets as degrees, minutes

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
LONGITUDE
Supplied Units: 
lon
Datatype: 
Float
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

position when sampling cast was started in decimal ?E (2 m sample = underway sample collected typically on approach to station).

Dataset parameter types [rank]
Primary longitude variable