“Happy Holidays! BCO-DMO will be on break from 23 December to 2 January 2025. Submissions and questions will still be accepted, however our responses may be delayed during this time.”

Parameter: LATITUDE

Dataset: 
2019 BAIT Dissolved Iron Speciation
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: 
LATITUDE
Supplied Units: 
lat
Datatype: 
Float
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

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

Dataset parameter types [rank]
Primary latitude variable