GEOTRACES station number; ranges from 1 through 12 for KN199-04 and 1 through 24 for KN204-01. Stations 7 and 9 were skipped on KN204-01. Originally submitted as 'station', this parameter name has been changed to conform to BCO-DMO's GEOTRACES naming conventions.
Identifier for a segment of a cruise leg, where a leg may have been broken into parts
Cast identifier numbered consecutively within a station. Originally submitted as 'cast_no'; this parameter name has been changed to conform to BCO-DMO's GEOTRACES naming conventions.
Unique identifying number for US GEOTRACES sampling events; ranges from 2001 to 2225 for KN199-04 events and from 3001 to 3282 for KN204-01 events. Originally submitted as 'gt_event'; this parameter name has been changed to conform to BCO-DMO's GEOTRACES naming conventions.
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Cast/Instrument Type
Date
Time
Latitude (South is negative)
Longitude (West is negative)
Date/Time formatted to ISO 8601 standard. T indicates start of time string; Z indicates UTC. Calculated using 'date' and 'time' parameters as input.