Parameter: lat

Dataset: 
Underway Data - Filtered - AN10
Parameter: 
latitude
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 lat
Short Description:
 latitude
Official Name:
 latitude
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

latitude, in decimal degrees, North is positive, negative denotes South; Reported in some datasets as degrees, minutes

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
lat
Supplied Units: 
decimal degrees
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

Decimal Latitude (Dec_Lat); Format: +/-xx.xxxx (S = "-"); Latitude value in degrees obtained from the GPS NMEA $GPRMC data sentence. The RMC sentence is obtained from the switched GPS receiver (C-Nav; GP1850; GP-90D).