dataRetrieval (version 2.5.1)

pCodeToName: Data to convert USGS parameter code to characteristic names

Description

Data pulled from Water Quality Portal on November 25, 2014. The data was pulled from http://www.waterqualitydata.us/public_srsnames?mimeType=json.

Value

pCodeToName data frame with information about USGS parameters and how they relate to characteristic names (useful for WQP requests).

Name	Type
Description	parm_cd
character	5-digit USGS parameter code
description	character
Parameter description	characteristicname
character	Characteristic Name
measureunitcode	character
Parameter units	resultsamplefraction
character	Result sample fraction text
resulttemperaturebasis	character
Temperature basis information	resultstatisticalbasis
character	Statistical basis
resulttimebasis	character
Time basis	resultweightbasis
character	Weight basis
resultparticlesizebasis	character
Particle size basis	last_rev_dt
character	Latest revision of information

Examples

head(pCodeToName[,1:2])