Parameter: decimalLongitude

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

longitude, in decimal degrees, East is positive, negative denotes West; Reported in some datsets as degrees, minutes

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

The geographic longitude in decimal degrees of the sampling near the locality. Positive values are east of the Greenwich Meridian, negative values are west of it. Darwin Core term http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/decimalLongitude

Dataset parameter types [rank]
Primary longitude variable