Parameter: Water_column_feature

Dataset: 
GP16 Particulate Iron Speciation
Parameter: 
site description
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 site_descrip
Short Description:
 site description
Official Name:
 site_descrip
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

Description or characteristics of a sampling site

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
Water_column_feature
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
Descriptive terms for where sample was collected relative to the non-buoyant hydrothermal plume. Options include: "Above plume background" = in the water column above the well-defined non-buoyant plume; "Fluff" = the unconsolidated sediment layer suspended in seawater above sediment cores; "Near bottom background" = in the water column below the well-defined non-buoyant plume; "Plume-bottom" = within the well-defined non-buoyant plume; "Plume-middle" = within the well-defined non-buoyant plume; "Plume-top" = within the well-defined non-buoyant plume.