[{"dataset_parameter_nid":"15957","supplied_name":"Cruise_ID","supplied_units":"text","value_format":null,"description":"\u003Cp\u003EVERTIGO cruise name\u003C\/p\u003E\n","no_data_value":null,"conversion_necessary":"no","conversion_utility":null,"parameter_nid":"1102","parameter_description":"\u003Cp\u003Ecruise designation; name\u003C\/p\u003E\n","parameter_max_value":null,"parameter_min_value":null,"parameter_nd_value":"nd","parameter_official_name":"cruise_id","parameter_external_identifier":null,"parameter_short_description":"Cruise identifier","parameter_short_name":"cruise_id","parameter_units":"dimensionless","parameter_units_external_identifier":null,"order":null},{"dataset_parameter_nid":"15958","supplied_name":"event","supplied_units":"dimensionless","value_format":null,"description":"\u003Cp\u003Eunique sampling event\u003C\/p\u003E\n","no_data_value":null,"conversion_necessary":"no","conversion_utility":null,"parameter_nid":"829","parameter_description":"\u003Cp\u003EEvent or operation identifier; event or operation number; often derived from date\/time (MMDDHHmm) of sampling and when combined with year (YYYY) is a unique sampling identifier\/data processing key. Date\/time is not necessarily in GMT.\u003C\/p\u003E\n","parameter_max_value":null,"parameter_min_value":null,"parameter_nd_value":"nd","parameter_official_name":"event ","parameter_external_identifier":"http:\/\/vocab.nerc.ac.uk\/collection\/P01\/current\/EVTAGFL\/","parameter_short_description":"event ","parameter_short_name":"event","parameter_units":"dimensionless","parameter_units_external_identifier":null,"order":null},{"dataset_parameter_nid":"15959","supplied_name":"date_begin","supplied_units":"unitless","value_format":null,"description":"\u003Cp\u003Edate at start of tow (UTC) in the format\u00a0YYYYMMDD\u003C\/p\u003E\n","no_data_value":null,"conversion_necessary":"no","conversion_utility":null,"parameter_nid":"1109","parameter_description":"\u003Cp\u003Edate sampling begins such as YYYYMMDD\u003C\/p\u003E\n","parameter_max_value":null,"parameter_min_value":null,"parameter_nd_value":"nd","parameter_official_name":"date_begin","parameter_external_identifier":null,"parameter_short_description":"date begin","parameter_short_name":"date_begin","parameter_units":"dimensionless","parameter_units_external_identifier":null,"order":null},{"dataset_parameter_nid":"15960","supplied_name":"time_begin","supplied_units":"unitless","value_format":null,"description":"\u003Cp\u003Etime at start of tow (UTC) in the format\u00a0HHMM\u003C\/p\u003E\n","no_data_value":"nd","conversion_necessary":"no","conversion_utility":null,"parameter_nid":"1117","parameter_description":"\u003Cp\u003Etime at start of measurement (GMT)\u003C\/p\u003E\n","parameter_max_value":null,"parameter_min_value":null,"parameter_nd_value":"nd","parameter_official_name":"time_begin","parameter_external_identifier":null,"parameter_short_description":"time begin","parameter_short_name":"time_begin","parameter_units":"various","parameter_units_external_identifier":null,"order":null},{"dataset_parameter_nid":"15961","supplied_name":"depth_end","supplied_units":"meters","value_format":null,"description":"\u003Cp\u003Edepth at end of tow\u003C\/p\u003E\n","no_data_value":"nd","conversion_necessary":"no","conversion_utility":null,"parameter_nid":"1137","parameter_description":"\u003Cp\u003Edepth end; generally used in conjunction with depth begin\u003C\/p\u003E\n","parameter_max_value":null,"parameter_min_value":null,"parameter_nd_value":"nd","parameter_official_name":"depth_end","parameter_external_identifier":null,"parameter_short_description":"depth end","parameter_short_name":"depth_end","parameter_units":"various","parameter_units_external_identifier":null,"order":null},{"dataset_parameter_nid":"15962","supplied_name":"depth_begin","supplied_units":"meters","value_format":null,"description":"\u003Cp\u003Edepth at start of tow\u003C\/p\u003E\n","no_data_value":null,"conversion_necessary":"no","conversion_utility":null,"parameter_nid":"1135","parameter_description":"\u003Cp\u003Edepth begin; generally used in conjunction with depth end\u003C\/p\u003E\n","parameter_max_value":null,"parameter_min_value":null,"parameter_nd_value":"nd","parameter_official_name":"depth_begin","parameter_external_identifier":null,"parameter_short_description":"depth begin","parameter_short_name":"depth_begin","parameter_units":"various","parameter_units_external_identifier":null,"order":null,"types":[{"type":"Primary depth variable","dataset_parameter_type_nid":"787706","type_rankable":"0","type_tid":"22"}]},{"dataset_parameter_nid":"15963","supplied_name":"vol_filt","supplied_units":"meters^3","value_format":null,"description":"\u003Cp\u003Evolume filtered by net\u003C\/p\u003E\n","no_data_value":null,"conversion_necessary":"no","conversion_utility":null,"parameter_nid":"1040","parameter_description":"\u003Cp\u003Evolume of water filtered; in this form generally applies to the volume of water filtered during plankton tows; however; this parameter name is also used for a variety of non plankton sampling and the units can vary, e.g. US JGOFS EqPac Bishop MULVFS sampler vol_filt is reported in liters.\u003C\/p\u003E\n","parameter_max_value":null,"parameter_min_value":null,"parameter_nd_value":null,"parameter_official_name":"vol_filt","parameter_external_identifier":null,"parameter_short_description":"volume of water filtered","parameter_short_name":"vol_filt","parameter_units":"variable","parameter_units_external_identifier":null,"order":null},{"dataset_parameter_nid":"15964","supplied_name":"taxon","supplied_units":"text","value_format":null,"description":"\u003Cp\u003Emajor taxonomic grouping\u003C\/p\u003E\n","no_data_value":null,"conversion_necessary":"no","conversion_utility":null,"parameter_nid":"994","parameter_description":"\u003Cp\u003Etaxonomic group or entity. This may be a family, class, genus, species, etc.; usually this parameter will contain a mixture of taxonomic entities.\u003C\/p\u003E\n","parameter_max_value":null,"parameter_min_value":null,"parameter_nd_value":null,"parameter_official_name":"taxon","parameter_external_identifier":null,"parameter_short_description":"taxon","parameter_short_name":"taxon","parameter_units":null,"parameter_units_external_identifier":null,"order":null,"types":[{"type":"list variable","rank":"1","dataset_parameter_type_nid":"38943","type_rankable":"0","type_tid":"17"}]},{"dataset_parameter_nid":"15965","supplied_name":"tax_dens","supplied_units":"#\/meters^3","value_format":null,"description":"\u003Cp\u003Etaxon density\u003C\/p\u003E\n","no_data_value":null,"conversion_necessary":"no","conversion_utility":null,"parameter_nid":"735","parameter_description":"\u003Cp\u003EAmount (number, mass, diversity\/species variation) of the specific taxa\/group counted per unit area or volume\u003C\/p\u003E\n","parameter_max_value":null,"parameter_min_value":null,"parameter_nd_value":"nd","parameter_official_name":"abundance","parameter_external_identifier":"http:\/\/vocab.nerc.ac.uk\/collection\/P03\/current\/B070\/","parameter_short_description":"abundance ","parameter_short_name":"abundance","parameter_units":"various","parameter_units_external_identifier":null,"order":null,"types":[{"type":"count variable","dataset_parameter_type_nid":"38944","type_rankable":"0","type_tid":"21"}]},{"dataset_parameter_nid":"15966","supplied_name":"lon","supplied_units":"decimal degrees","value_format":null,"description":"\u003Cp\u003Elongitude, negative denotes West\u003C\/p\u003E\n","no_data_value":"nd","conversion_necessary":"no","conversion_utility":null,"parameter_nid":"731","parameter_description":"\u003Cp\u003Elongitude, in decimal degrees, East is positive, negative denotes West; Reported in some datsets as degrees, minutes\u003C\/p\u003E\n","parameter_max_value":null,"parameter_min_value":null,"parameter_nd_value":"nd","parameter_official_name":"longitude","parameter_external_identifier":"http:\/\/vocab.nerc.ac.uk\/collection\/P09\/current\/LONX\/ ","parameter_short_description":"longitude","parameter_short_name":"lon","parameter_units":"decimal degrees","parameter_units_external_identifier":null,"order":null},{"dataset_parameter_nid":"15967","supplied_name":"lat","supplied_units":"decimal degrees","value_format":null,"description":"\u003Cp\u003Elatitude, negative denotes South\u003C\/p\u003E\n","no_data_value":"nd","conversion_necessary":"no","conversion_utility":null,"parameter_nid":"730","parameter_description":"\u003Cp\u003Elatitude, in decimal degrees, North is positive, negative denotes South; Reported in some datasets as degrees, minutes\u003C\/p\u003E\n","parameter_max_value":null,"parameter_min_value":null,"parameter_nd_value":"nd","parameter_official_name":"latitude","parameter_external_identifier":"http:\/\/vocab.nerc.ac.uk\/collection\/P09\/current\/LATX\/","parameter_short_description":"latitude","parameter_short_name":"lat","parameter_units":"decimal degrees","parameter_units_external_identifier":null,"order":null}]