This file contains the EPA Chesapeake Bay Program measurements paramenter names and their units. The information is obtained from CBP_1993_WQ_monitoring_guide.pdf Parameter Title Parameter Name Units CBP SEGMENT DESIGNATION SEGMENT None CRUISE IDENTIFIER CRUISE None DATE OF SAMPLE COLLECTION DATE None SAMPLE LAYER LAYER None PERIOD OF SAMPLING PERIOD None PYCNOCLINE, LOWER DEPTH PDEPTHL Meters PYCNOCLINE, UPPER DEPTH PDEPTHU Meters REPLICATE NUMBER REP_NUM None SAMPLE DEPTH SDEPTH Meters TOTAL DEPTH TDEPTH Meters SAMPLING STATION IDENTIFIER STATION None SAMPLING TIME TIME HHMM DISSOLVED OXYGEN DISOXY mg/l DISSOLVED OXYGEN SATURATION DO_SAT mg/l PH PH Standard units SALINITY SALIN ppt SECCHI DISK DEPTH SECCHI Meters SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE COND WATER TEMPERATURE WTEMP degrees Celsius SPECIFIC GRAVITY SIG_T none TOTAL PHOSPHORUS TP mg/l as P TOTAL DISSOLVED PHOSPHORUS TDP mg/l as P PARTICULATE PHOSPHORUS PHOSP mg/l as P INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS PO4F and DIP mg/l as P DISSOLVED ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS DOP mg/l as P TOTAL NITROGEN TN mg/l as N TOTAL DISSOLVED NITROGEN TDN mg/l as N PARTICULATE NITROGEN PON mg/l as N TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGEN, WHOLE AND FILTERED TKNW and TKNF mg/l as N NITRITE, FILTERED NO2 mg/l as N AMMONIUM, FILTERED NH4 mg/l as N DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN DIN mg/l as N DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN DON mg/l as N TOTAL ORGANIC NITROGEN TON mg/l as N TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON TOC mg/l as C DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON DOC mg/l as C PARTICULATE CARBON POC mg/l as C SILICA, FILTERED SI mg/l as SI TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS TSS mg/l SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC CHLA and PHEA ug/l FLUOROMETRIC CHLAF and PHEAF ug/l