Data to convert USGS parameter code to characteristic names
Data pulled from Water Quality Portal on October 13, 2020. The data was pulled from https://www.waterqualitydata.us/public_srsnames?mimeType=json.
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 |
head(pCodeToName[,1:2])
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