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longitude  

Description

  • In-situ longitude of the instrument if reported otherwise launch geolocation
  • Mean longitude (+ for east; - for west)
  • Meas. geolocation; longitude (decimal degrees) along the line of sight of the measurement (+ for east; - for west)
  • The geolocation of the in-situ measurement; fixed for moored buoy;DATETIME for drifting buoy; generally positive for eastern longitudes
  • The longitude of the effective air mass at each altitude (+ for east; - for west)

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https://vocabulary.evdc.nilu.no/evdc_vocab/longitude

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