Parameter: sample_GEOTRC

Dataset: 
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 sample
Short Description:
 sample identification
Official Name:
 sample
No Data Value:
Description:
 

unique sample identification or number; any combination of alpha numeric characters; precise definition is file dependent

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
sample_GEOTRC
Supplied Units: 
dimensionless
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

Unique identifying number for US GEOTRACES samples; ranges from 5033 to 6078 for KN199-04 and from 6112 to 8148 for KN204-01. PI-supplied values were identical to those in the intermediate US GEOTRACES master file Originally submitted as 'sample'; this parameter name has been changed to conform to BCO-DMO's GEOTRACES naming conventions.

Sample numbers from station 1 were collected with WHOI's GEOTRACES pump and samples for stations > 1 were collected with NASA's surface peristaltic pump. Samples with a GEOTRACES sample number also had pigment samples collected, missing sample numbers (nd) did not.