Parameter: station_GEOTRC

Dataset: 
GT11 - Be-7 Aerosol
Parameter: 
station number (deprecated)
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 sta
Short Description:
 station number
Official Name:
 sta
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

station number; generally sequential; a unique number designating a general geographic location at which one or more sampling activities may occur.

This term has been deprecated and replaced by station.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
station_GEOTRC
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
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. Some GeoFish stations are denoted as X_to_Y indicating the tow occurred between stations X and Y. Values were added from the intermediate US GEOTRACES master file (see Processing Description).