Parameter: decimalLatitude

Dataset: 
Deep-sea larvae for microbiome study
Parameter: 
latitude
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 lat
Short Description:
 latitude
Official Name:
 latitude
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

latitude, in decimal degrees, North is positive, negative denotes South; Reported in some datasets as degrees, minutes

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
decimalLatitude
Supplied Units: 
degrees
Datatype: 
Float
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

The geographic latitude in decimal degrees of the sampling near the locality. Positive values are north of the Equator, negative values are south of it. Darwin Core term http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/decimalLatitude

Dataset parameter types [rank]
Primary latitude variable