Longitude Start

Longitude of the location where the sampling event started, e.g. each CTD cast, net tow, or bucket collection is a distinct event. Format: ###.####, Decimal degrees; East= +, West= -; Use WGS 84 for GPS data. Example: -096.1012.

MIxS term

This term is part of the Minimum Information about any Sequence (MIxS) standard.

Identifier: https://w3id.org/mixs/0000009_lon

Syntax	Example
{number}.?[0-9]*	6.408977

Used in packages

Level	Package	Requirement
Sample	ENA Micro B3	mandatory
Sample	ENA Tara Oceans	mandatory
Sample	ENA Shellfish Checklist	mandatory