Parameter: Type

Master parameters information
Short Name:
 sample_type
Short Description:
 sample type
Official Name:
 sample_type
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

text description of type of sample collected (rock, bio, fluid, etc)

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
Type
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
Description: 
Type of sample collection: surface = (collected from one of the two pumps - towfish or surface stationary), chl max = (collected at the chl maximum from one of the two CTDs, conventional or trace-metal clean), profile = (water column samples not collected at the chl max and classified as a different profile type called "other depth").