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Chemical, physical, and other data collected in the coastal waters of California as part of the California Cooperative Fisheries Investigation (CalCOFI) project since 1949

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: October 13, 2025 | Last Modified: 2025-05-29T00:00:00.000+00:00
This collection includes data collected from multiple platforms in the coastal waters of California over many years, as part of the California Cooperative Fisheries Investigation (CalCOFI) project. CalCOFI has been observing the California Current since 1949 to understand and predict the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems. This collection includes physical measurements and observations of temperature, conductivity, pressure, salinity, density, sound velocity, sigma-t, depth, humidity, photosynthetic active radiation (PAR), light transmission, turbidity, solids, water color, tide, current, sea, swell, wave, weather, wind, cloud, chemical measurements and observations of alkalinity, ammonia (NH3), ammonium (NH4), nitrate, nitrite, nitrogen, carbon, oxygen, pH, phosphate, phosphorus, polychlorinated biphenyls, silicate, urea, biological measurements and observations of chlorophyll, productivity, fluorescence, phaeophytin, phaeopigment, phytoplankton, zooplankton, as well as fishery surveys and other data.

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W. SCRIPPS EKVATOR ELLEN B. SCRIPPS HORIZON HUGH M. SMITH M/V Frosti MAKO MYS BABUSHKINA N. B. SCOFIELD NEW HORIZON NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada NOAA Ship David Starr Jordan NOAA Ship Discoverer NOAA Ship McArthur NOAA Ship McArthur II NOAA Ship Miller Freeman NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker NOAA Ship Townsend Cromwell OCEAN STARR OCEANUS ORCA PAOLINA-T POINT SUR POSEYDON R/V Alejandro De Humboldt R/V DAVID PHILLIP DOLPHIN R/V Roger Revelle R/V Sally Ride R/V WECOMA ROBERT GORDON SPROUL SHANA RAE SPENCER F. BAIRD STRANGER TAGE TIKHOOKEANSKIY UNKNOWN PLATFORMS OF UNITED STATES USCGC Minnetonka USS PROTEUS VANTUNA YELLOWFIN California State Department of Fish and Game Cornell University National Fisheries Institute Mexico NOAA Corps NOAA Fisheries NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center Scripps Institution of Oceanography Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station SWFSC/PFEL - Pacific Grove Lab University of California - Santa Cruz US Navy/Naval Postgraduate School National Fisheries Institute Mexico NOAA Corps NOAA Fisheries NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center Scripps Institution of Oceanography Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station University of California - Santa Cruz US Navy/Naval Postgraduate School California Cooperative Fisheries Investigation (CalCOFI) NOAA Shipboard Sensor Data Acquisition (NSSDAC) OCEAN WEATHER STATION Pacific Coast Ocean Observing System (PaCOOS) Caribbean Sea Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Coastal Waters of California Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia Coastal Waters of Western U.S. Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Gulf of Alaska Gulf of California Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Kaneohe Bay Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean Northeast Pacific Ocean (limit-180) Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument South Pacific Ocean oceanography CA/DFG > Department of Fish and Game, California DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NMFS > National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC > Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC/PFEL > Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/OAR/PMEL > Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/OMAO > NOAA's Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOD/USNAVY/NPS > Naval Postgraduate School, U.S. Navy, U.S. Department of Defense CALCOFI 0615 CALCOFI 7303 CALCOFI 7305 CALCOFI 7712 CALCOFI 7801 CALCOFI 7803 CALCOFI 7804 CALCOFI 7805 CALCOFI 7807 CALCOFI 7808 CALCOFI 8105 CALCOFI 8401 CALCOFI 8402-3 CALCOFI 8404 CALCOFI 8405 CALCOFI 8405-6 CALCOFI 8407 CALCOFI 8410 CALCOFI 8502 CALCOFI 8505 CALCOFI 8508 CALCOFI 8511 CALCOFI 8602 CALCOFI 8605 CALCOFI 8609 CALCOFI 8611 CALCOFI 8703 CALCOFI 8705 CALCOFI 8709 CALCOFI 8711 CALCOFI 8801 CALCOFI 8805 CALCOFI 8808 CALCOFI 8810 CALCOFI 8901 CALCOFI 8904 CALCOFI 8907 CALCOFI 8908 CALCOFI 8911 CALCOFI 9003 CALCOFI 9004 CALCOFI 9007 CALCOFI 9011 CALCOFI 9101 CALCOFI 9103 CALCOFI 9108 CALCOFI 9110 CALCOFI 9202 CALCOFI 9204 CALCOFI 9207 CALCOFI 9210 CALCOFI 9301 CALCOFI 9304 CALCOFI 9308 CRUISE 8301 CRUISE 8303 CRUISE 8304 CRUISE 8305 CRUISE 8306 CRUISE 8307 CRUISE 8308 CRUISE 8309 CRUISE 8310 CRUISE 8311 CRUISE 8312 CRUISE CW86 CRUISE SQ86 CRUISE SQ87 CalCOFI Cruise 0001 CalCOFI Cruise 0004 CalCOFI Cruise 0007 DS-02-01 DS-02-02 DS-02-03 DS-02-04 DS-02-05 DS-02-06 DS-02-07 DS-04-01 DS-04-02 DS-04-03 DS-04-04 DS-04-05 DS-04-06 FRONTS 88 SQ87 LEG I SQ87 LEG II CALCOFI > California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations IOOS > Integrated Ocean Observing System PacIOOS > Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System CalCOFI-California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL AQUATIC SCIENCES > FISHERIES EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FREQUENCY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD TYPES EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PROTISTS > PLANKTON > PHYTOPLANKTON EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > PRIMARY PRODUCTION EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > PLANKTON > ZOOPLANKTON EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > BIOMASS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN ACOUSTICS > ACOUSTIC VELOCITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ALKALINITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > AMMONIA EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CARBON EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CHLOROPHYLL EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > HYDROCARBONS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITRITE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ORGANIC CARBON EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PHOSPHATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PIGMENTS > CHLOROPHYLL EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > SILICATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > SUSPENDED SOLIDS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > ATTENUATION/TRANSMISSION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > FLUORESCENCE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > OCEAN COLOR EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > SECCHI DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > TURBIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SEA STATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE PERIOD EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE SPEED/DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > DENSITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES > TIDAL HEIGHT CalCOFI DEPM - daily egg production method anchovy daily egg production hake jack mackerel sardine squid ADCP > Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler AEROVANES BAROMETERS > BAROMETERS BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS COMPASSES CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth CUFES > Continuous Underway Fish Egg Sampling System CURRENT METERS ECHO SOUNDERS > ECHO SOUNDERS FLUOROMETERS > FLUOROMETERS GPS RECEIVERS > GPS RECEIVERS HUMIDITY SENSORS > HUMIDITY SENSORS MBT > Mechanical Bathythermographs NETS > NETS PLANKTON NETS SECCHI DISKS > SECCHI DISKS TEMPERATURE PROBES > TEMPERATURE PROBES THERMOSALINOGRAPHS XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs CUFES Continuous underway fish-egg sampler Ships A. AGASSIZ (ICES code: 31AX) ALASKA (ICES code: 31AS) ALBA (ICES code: 90AB) ALEJANDRO DE HUMBOLDT (ICES code: 57VA, 1971-) ARGO (ICES code: 31AR) Alexander von Humboldt (call sign: DFAW, ICES code: 06AV, 1989-2011) BLACK DOUGLAS (ICES code: 31BD) Bell M. Shimada (call sign: WTED, ICES code: 3322, 2010-) CREST (ICES code: 31CR) DAVID STARR JORDAN (call sign: WTDK, ICES code: 31JD, 1966-2010) DISCOVERER (ICES code: 31DS) David Phillip Dolphin (ICES code: 33DP, 1973-1973) E. W. SCRIPPS (ICES code: 31ES) EKVATOR (ICES code: 90EK) ELLEN B. SCRIPPS (ICES code: 31EB) FROSTI (call sign: CFL3773, ICES code: 18DN) H. M. SMITH (ICES code: 31HS) HORIZON (ICES code: 31HO) MAKO (ICES code: 32QM) MCARTHUR (ICES code: 31M4) MILLER FREEMAN (call sign: WTDM, ICES code: 31FN, 1974-) MINNETONKA (ICES code: 31MN) MYSBABUSHKINA (call sign: UWFH, ICES code: 90MB) McArthur II (call sign: WTEJ, ICES code: 33MH, 2003-2014) N. B. SCOFIELD (ICES code: 31NS) NEW HORIZON (call sign: WKWB, ICES code: 32NM, 1978-2015) OCEAN STARR (call sign: WDG2073, ICES code: 32I1, 2010-) OCEANUS (call sign: WXAQ, ICES code: 32OC, 1976-) ORCA (ICES code: 31OR) OSCAR DYSON (call sign: WTEP, ICES code: 33OA, 2005-) PAOLINA-T (ICES code: 31PT) POINT SUR (call sign: WSC2276, ICES code: 32P0, 1980-) POSEYDON (ICES code: 90PN) PROTEUS (ICES code: 314T) REUBEN LASKER (call sign: WTEG, ICES code: 33UD, 2014-) ROBERT GORDON SPROUL (call sign: WSQ2674, ICES code: 32QU, 1981-) ROGER REVELLE (call sign: KAOU, ICES code: 33RR, 1996-) SALLY RIDE (call sign: WSAF, ICES code: 33P4, 2016-) SHANA RAE (ICES code: 32R0) SPENCER F. BAIRD (ICES code: 31SB) STRANGER (call sign: WYZ8670, ICES code: 31ST) TAGE (ICES code: 31TA) TIKHOOKEANSKIY (call sign: EUEM, ICES code: 90TK) TOWNSEND CROMWELL (ICES code: 31TC) VANTUNA (ICES code: 316A, 1969-2007) WECOMA (call sign: WSD7079, ICES code: 32WC, 1976-) YELLOWFIN (call sign: WSA3704, ICES code: 31YE) OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN > HAWAIIAN ISLANDS OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN 9MK2JU P36J4R

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