Parameter: Time_Zone

Dataset: 
Field Physiochemical Parameters and Nitrogen Specific Uptake Rates
Parameter: 
time_zone
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 time_zone
Short Description:
 time_zone
Official Name:
 time_zone
No Data Value:
Description:
 

A geographic region throughout which the same standard time is used; may be denoted as the time offset from UTC/GMT or by the name or abbreviation of the time zone (e.g. EST/EDT, PST/PDT, etc.)

The GLOBEC research program denoted time zone in the Western Hemisphere as the number of hours added to local time to convert to GMT.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
Time_Zone
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
Description: 
Respective local time zone where AKDT is Alaska Daylight Time, EST is Eastern Standard Time, and EDT is Eastern Daylight Time