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Marine Pigments, Productivity, and Associated Chemistry Data Dictionary Release 4.0 from North American Coastline-South from 1965-01-01 to 1992-12-31 (NCEI Accession 9300056)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: October 04, 2025 | Last Modified: 2025-04-19T00:00:00.000+00:00
This dataset consists of Marine Data Dictionary, Release 4.0, including phytoplankton pigments, primary productivity, and associated marine chemistry data collected worldwide from 1,860 stations between January 1965 and December 1992 was submitted by Dr. William Balch, Rosenstiel School of Marine Science, University of Miami in association with the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS). The data contained 52 files and 6,589 records. The data format written by Dr. Balch was designed to archive phytoplankton pigment and productivity data. A hardcopy of the README.TXT file was submitted in with other documentation; it includes a file list, data parameters, record layout, field descriptions, and descriptions of the parameter codes.

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9300056 AMMONIUM (NH4) CARBON ASSIMILATION CHLOROPHYLL A CHLOROPHYLL C LIGHT TRANSMISSION NITRATE NITRITE NITROGEN - PARTICULATE PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON PHAEOPIGMENTS PHOSPHATE - TOTAL PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY SALINITY silicate UREA WATER TEMPERATURE fluorometer laboratory analysis visual analysis biological ACONA AL JO ALAMINOS ALASKAN MAIL ALEXANDER AGASSIZ AMERICAN MAIL ANTARES ARGO ATLANTIS II BEAVER BROWN BEAR CAJUN SPECIAL CANADA MAIL CAPT. BRADY J CASCO CCGS Quadra CGS/CCGS St. Catharines CHALLENGER CIROLANA COMMANDO COMMONWEALTH CRAWFORD DIXIE ISLE II DROGUE EASTWARD ELLEN B. SCRIPPS F/V G. B. Reed GULF MERCHANT GYRE Hakuho Maru (HAKUHO-MARU) HONG KONG MAIL HORIZON HUGH M. SMITH HYDAH INDIAN MAIL JAPAN MAIL KOREAN MAIL LYNCH NEW HORIZON NOAA Ship David Starr Jordan NOAA Ship Discoverer NOAA Ship George B. Kelez NOAA Ship McArthur NOAA Ship Mt. Mitchell OCEANUS OREGON MAIL OSHAWA Oshoro Maru PANULIRUS PARAGON PEARL PHILIPPINE MAIL PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT R/V Knorr R/V NOI I KAI R/V THOMAS G. THOMPSON RABELAIS RORQUAL RRS Charles Darwin RRS Frederick Russell RV Alpha Helix SNOW GOOSE SUN COASTER SW RESEARCHER TEXAS STAR TIOGA USC&GS Pioneer USCGC BEAR USCGC Glacier USCGC NORTHWIND USCGC Polar Sea USCGC Staten Island USNS BARTLETT USNS CHAIN USNS ELTANIN USS Albatross USS Venture VANCOUVER VITYAZ WASHINGTON MAIL XIANG YANG HONG University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science JOINT GLOBAL OCEAN FLUX STUDY (JGOFS) Andaman Sea or Burma Sea Arabian Sea Arctic Ocean Bay of Bengal Bay of Biscay (Golfe de Gascogne) Beaufort Sea Bering Sea Caribbean Sea Chukchi Sea Coastal Waters of Gulf of America Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia English Channel (La Manche) Gulf of Aden Gulf of Alaska Gulf of America Gulf of Guinea Indian Ocean Laccadive Sea Malacca Straits Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin New York Bight North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean North Sea Norwegian Sea Philippine Sea Red Sea Ross Sea Sea of Okhotsk South Atlantic Ocean South China Sea (Nan Hai) South Pacific Ocean Southern Ocean oceanography DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce U-MIAMI/RSMAS > Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami JGOFS > Joint Global Ocean Flux Study, IGBP EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > PRIMARY PRODUCTION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > AMMONIA EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CARBON EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CHLOROPHYLL 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 > PHOSPHATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > PIGMENTS > CHLOROPHYLL EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > SILICATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY FLUOROMETERS > FLUOROMETERS Ships A. AGASSIZ (ICES code: 31AX) ACONA (ICES code: 31AC) AL JO (ICES code: 32A0) ALAMINOS (ICES code: 31OS) ALASKAN MAIL (ICES code: 32AK) ALBATROSS (ICES code: 31AF) ALPHA HELIX (call sign: WSD7078, ICES code: 31HX, 1966-) AMERICAN MAIL (ICES code: 32AA) ANTARES (ICES code: 32A7) ARGO (ICES code: 31AR) ATLANTIS II (call sign: KADC, ICES code: 31AN) BARTLETT (ICES code: 314U) BEAR (ICES code: 31BE) BEAVER (ICES code: 32BV) BROWN BEAR (ICES code: 31BB) CAJUN SPECIAL (ICES code: 32C0) CANADA MAIL (ICES code: 314I) CAPT. BRADY J (ICES code: 32B0) CASCO (ICES code: 31CS) CHAIN (ICES code: 31CI) CHALLENGER (ICES code: 323H) CHARLES DARWIN (call sign: GDLS, ICES code: 74AB, 1985-2006) CIROLANA (call sign: GNAM, ICES code: 74CZ, 1970-2003) COMMANDO (ICES code: 31CU) COMMONWEALTH (ICES code: 319H) CRAWFORD (ICES code: 31CF) DAVID STARR JORDAN (call sign: WTDK, ICES code: 31JD, 1966-2010) DISCOVERER (ICES code: 31DS) DIXIE ISLE II (ICES code: 322I) DROGUE (ICES code: 3145) EASTWARD (ICES code: 31EZ) ELLEN B. SCRIPPS (ICES code: 31EB) ELTANIN (ICES code: 31ET, 1962-1975) FREDERICK RUSSELL (ICES code: 74GG) G. B. KELEZ (ICES code: 31KE) G. B. REED (call sign: CGBQ, ICES code: 18RB, 1963-1988) GLACIER (ICES code: 31GL) GULF MERCHANT (call sign: KGMK, ICES code: 318Q) GYRE (ICES code: 32GY) H. M. SMITH (ICES code: 31HS) HAKUHO MARU (call sign: JDSS, ICES code: 49HH, 1989-) HONG KONG MAIL (ICES code: 32HK) HORIZON (ICES code: 31HO) HYDAH (ICES code: 31H2) INDIAN MAIL (ICES code: 32IM) JAPAN MAIL (ICES code: 316Q) KNORR (call sign: KCEJ, ICES code: 316N, 1970-) KOREAN MAIL (ICES code: 32KM) LYNCH (ICES code: 31LY) MCARTHUR (ICES code: 31M4) MT. MITCHELL (call sign: WTEG, ICES code: 31M7, 1968-1995) NEW HORIZON (call sign: WKWB, ICES code: 32NM, 1978-2015) NORTHWIND (call sign: NRFJ, ICES code: 31NW, 1945-1989) OCEANUS (call sign: WXAQ, ICES code: 32OC, 1976-) OREGON MAIL (ICES code: 3148) OSHAWA (ICES code: 32OH) Oshoro Maru (call sign: 7JRM, ICES code: 49OX, 2014-) PANULIRUS (ICES code: 31PL) PARAGON (ICES code: 31PG) PEARL (ICES code: 32YR) PHILIPPINE MAIL (ICES code: 316P) PIONEER (ICES code: 31PI) POLAR SEA (call sign: NRUO, ICES code: 32L9, 1977-) PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT (ICES code: 32XF) QUADRA (call sign: VE0MP, ICES code: 18QA, -1982) RABELAIS (call sign: FNZO, ICES code: 35RF) RORQUAL (ICES code: 31RR) SNOW GOOSE (call sign: J8HD9, ICES code: 32GS) ST CATHARINES (call sign: CGGQ, ICES code: 18SC, 1950-1968) STATEN ISLAND (ICES code: 31SI) SUN COASTER (ICES code: 32WP) SW RESEARCHER (ICES code: 32YG) TEXAS STAR (ICES code: 32XS) THOMAS G. THOMPSON (call sign: KGWT, ICES code: 31TT) TIOGA (ICES code: 3313) VANCOUVER (ICES code: 32Y3) VENTURE (ICES code: 312X) VITYAZ (ICES code: 90VI) WASHINGTON MAIL (ICES code: 32WM) XIANG YANG HONG (ICES code: 76X5) OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > BEAUFORT SEA OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN > CHUKCHI SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORWEGIAN SEA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > ARABIAN SEA OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > BAY OF BENGAL OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > RED SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > SEA OF OKHOTSK OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > SOUTH CHINA SEA OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > ROSS SEA

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