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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
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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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AIR TEMPERATURE
AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB
AIR TEMPERATURE - WET BULB
AMMONIA (NH3)
AMMONIUM (NH4)
BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
biological data
BIOMASS
BIOMASS - PLANKTON
CARBON - CARBON 14 ASSIMILATION
CARBON - TOTAL ORGANIC
CARBON ASSIMILATION
CARBON ASSIMILATION - INTEGRATED
CHLOROPHYLL
CHLOROPHYLL A
CHLOROPHYLL A - INTEGRATED
CHLOROPHYLL C
cloud amount/frequency
cloud type
CONDUCTIVITY
DEPTH - BOTTOM
DEPTH - OBSERVATION
DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON
DISSOLVED OXYGEN
DYNAMIC DEPTH ANOMALY
FISH CENSUS
FISH SPECIES
FISHERY SURVEY
FLUORESCENCE
HYDROCARBONS - TOTAL RESOLVED
HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE
INCUBATION - TIME
LIGHT TRANSMISSION
NITRATE
NITRITE
NITROGEN - PARTICULATE
OXYGEN
PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON
pH
PHAEOPHYTIN
PHAEOPIGMENT CONCENTRATION
PHAEOPIGMENTS
phosphate
PHOSPHATE - TOTAL
PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVE RADIATION (PAR)
PHYTOPLANKTON
PHYTOPLANKTON - DRY WEIGHT
PHYTOPLANKTON - WET WEIGHT
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
SALINITY
SEA STATE
SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
Secchi depth
SIGMA-T
silicate
SOLAR RADIATION - ATMOSPHERIC
SOUND VELOCITY
suspended solids
TIDE HEIGHT
TIDE STAGE
total alkalinity
TOTAL CARBON
TOTAL DISPLACEMENT VOLUME
TOTAL PHOSPHORUS
TRANSMISSIVITY
turbidity
UREA
VISIBILITY
WATER COLOR
WATER DENSITY
water depth
WATER TEMPERATURE
WAVE DATA
WAVE DIRECTION
WAVE HEIGHT
WAVE PERIOD
WEATHER
WIND DIRECTION
WIND FORCE
WIND SPEED
ZOOPLANKTON
ZOOPLANKTON ABUNDANCE
ZOOPLANKTON BIOMASS
ADCP
aerovane
barometer
bathythermograph - BT
bathythermograph - MBT
bathythermograph - XBT
bottle
compass
CTD
CUFES
current meter
echo sounder
fluorometer
GPS
humidity sensor
laboratory analysis
meteorological sensor
net
net - plankton net
net - zooplankton net
pump casts
Secchi disk
temperature probe
thermosalinograph
visual analysis
biological
chemical
in situ
laboratory analyses
meteorological
physical
plankton
profile
time series
tows
tows - oblique tows
tows - plankton tows
underway
ALASKA
ALBA
ALEXANDER AGASSIZ
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT
ARGO
BLACK DOUGLAS
CREST
E. 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
Complete Metadata
| describedByType | application/octet-steam |
|---|---|
| identifier | gov.noaa.nodc:CalCOFI |
| issued | 2001-04-16T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| landingPage | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact |
| language | [] |
| references |
[ "https://calcofi.org/", "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/8000006" ] |
| rights | otherRestrictions |
| spatial | 77.68667,-34.716667,-179.82167,56.95 |
| temporal | 1938-02-15T00:00:00+00:00/2017-07-26T00:00:00+00:00 |