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Although we try to keep this list as updated and accurate as possible, it may not reflect all data sets added to the database.

• Gulf of Alaska Sep 1989 optics survey: K488, c490, angular backscatter (488 nm; 170 deg), temperature & salinity profiles [N = 27]

• loaded ~ 10,000 stations of World-wide multi-parameter NASA SeaBASS bio-optical profiles (26 parameters: a, b, c, bb, Ed, Eu, Lu, Kd, Ku, PO4, Sal, temperature, etc.)

• Loaded 23 Sept 1996 OSU Tow 64 SeaSoar profiles from AC9, relative fluorescence, & CTD data in the NY Bight south of Cape Cod

• Loaded July 1994 Gulf of Mexico optical backscatter (at 170 deg), diffuse attenuation coeff, absorption, and temperature profiles
• Loaded OSU Paravane data from NY Bight: a,b,c versus wavelength plus relative fluorescence & temperature for Tow 32 (Aug 1996)
• Loaded 45 July 2001 East China Sea profiles of c(660), K532, bb532, CHL_a, and CTD profiles of Temperature and Salinity

• Loaded 13 Sargasso Sea K490 & Temperature profiles from Sept 1987
• Loaded D. Siegel (UCSB) AC9, MER, Nutrient & CTD Data from multi-year Plumes & Blooms Program near Santa Barbara; Data profiles include Ed, Lu, Kd, a,c,bb versus wavelength, CHL_a, KPAR, PO4, Phaeophytin, rel. fluorescence, and CTD profiles of temperature and salinity

• Loaded Sept 2003 Ryukyu Ridge salinity, temperature, c532, K & bb from aBeta, Kd488, and Chl_a profiles [ N = 9]
• Loaded March 2008 Philippine Sea salinity, temperature, and K & bb532 (from aBeta) profiles [N = 3 ]

• Loaded Nova University Indian Ocean/ Arabian Sea bio-optical profiles reported in NOVA-89-1 Technical Report (27 CTD + pigment + Kpar profiles)

• Loaded "intelligently thinned" Rutgers April 2007 (RU6) US East Coast Slocum glider-based bio-optical data (e.g., 553 of bb532, bb660, CHL_a, CDOM, Temperature,Ê & Salinity profiles)
• Loaded "intelligently thinned" Rutgers March 2007 (RU16) US East Coast Slocum glider-based bio-optical data (e.g., 592 of bb470, bb532, bb660, bb880, CHL_a, CDOM, Temperature,Ê & Salinity profiles)

• Loaded all the NODC World Ocean Dataset 2005 bottle-sampled bio-optical data (e.g., 118,205 CHL_a profiles & 22,161 new Secchi disk values)

• Loaded all the NODC World Ocean Dataset 2005 CTD-based bio-optical data (e.g., 30,628 chlorophyll fluorometer profiles & 5,510 beam-c profiles)

• Loaded WHOI ASIAEX SeaSoar CTD & optics data from 4 Arabian Sea surveys( > 1600 profiles). Bio-optical profiles include c660, KPAR, Yellow Matter fluorescence, and chlorophyll fluorescence. CTD data includes Oxygen, Temperature, and Salinity

• Loaded 20 parameters of bio-optical, nutient, and temperature/salinity data (thousands of profiles) from MEDATLAS2002 (a European Compendium of Mediterranean & Black Sea data)

• Loaded WHOI ASIAEX SeaSoar CTD & optics data from the South China Sea ( > 800 profiles). Bio-optical profiles include c660, KPAR, and chlorophyll fluorescence.
• Loaded WHOI SeaSoar CTD & optics data from the northwest shore of Australia( 1,269 profiles). Bio-optical profiles include c660, Yellow Matter and chlorophyll fluorescence.

• Loaded H. Sosik (WHOI) SPMR & CTD Data from Gulf of Maine Cruise OC332; Data profiles include Ed, Lu, Kd, KL versus wavelength and CTD profiles of temperature and salinity
• Loaded H. Sosik (WHOI) SPMR & CTD Data from Gulf of Maine Cruises EN307 & EN330; Data profiles include Ed, Lu, Kd, KL versus wavelength and CTD profiles of temperature and salinity
• Loaded H. Sosik (WHOI) SPMR & CTD Data from Gulf of Maine Cruise EN331; Data profiles include Ed, Lu, Kd, KL versus wavelength and CTD profiles of temperature and salinity

• Loaded SISMER CTD profiles of CHL_a, relative turbidity & relative fluorescence, dissolved oxygen, salinity, & temperature data (over 5000 stations); data mostly from Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Ocean near N. Africa, & Equatorial Pacific
• Loaded over 1,200 NASA SeaBASS Pigment data stations containing discrete depth measurements of (primarily) CHL_a,Ê phaeophytin, & total pigments; has world-wide locations that include the Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic, Pacific, & Indian Oceans; there are significantÊ numbers of Equatorial Pacific data

• Loaded SISMER Bottle sampled nutrients(O2, NO2, NO3, SiO4, NH4), CHL_a, CHL_b, CHL_c, phaeophytin, relative turbidity & relative fluorescence, salinity, & temperature data (over 2000 stations); data mostly from Mediterranean Sea & Equatorial Pacific
• Loaded MBARI Equatorial Pacific SPMR (Ed & Lu vs. wavelength) data (30 stations)

• Luca Fiorani's Italy to New Zealand (& back) surface CHL_a from lidar fluorosensor
• Greg Mitchell's ACE data from Sea of Japan, Korean Straits profiles of multi-spectral K from Ed; Ed, Eu, Lu, Esurf; multi-spectral a & c & bb; CTD T; Secchi depths

• East China Sea profiles of c532 nm, K 488 nm,a-Beta K532 & bb532, CHL_a, CTD T & S
• CHORS Arabian Sea 1995 profiles of c660, multi-spectral K from Ed; Ed, Lu, Esurf, & Rel Fluorescence
• CHORS Arabian Sea 1994 profiles of multi-spectral K from Ed; Ed, Eu, Lu, & Esurf
• Bigelow 1996-2001 Misc cruises (G_mexico & Bahamas) profiles of multi-spectral a,c,Lu,Kd & Esurf + CTD

• PROSOPE (PROductivity of Oceanic PElagic Systems) Mediterranean Sea and Moroccan upwelling profiles of a, c, CHL_a, K estimated from CHL_a, Rel Fluorescence, CTD (Temperature & Salinity); ref: http://www.obs-vlfr.fr/jgofs/html/prosope/home.htm
• Worldwide files of a, b, c, bb, Ed, Esurf, Eu, Lu, K, Rel Fluorescence & Turbidity, Pigments, Temperature, Salinity, Oxygen, from NASA Seabass database, (public data prior to Jan 2000)

• Worldwide files of CHL_a, K490, Secchi depth, Temperature, Salinity, Oxygen, PO4, NO3, SiO4 from NODC World Ocean Dataset 2001, (replaces NODC World Ocean Dataset 1998)

• Bahamas & off Florida (1998, 1999, & 2000), - Univ of South Florida CoBOP (Hypersepctral ap, ad, ag, Rrs)

• Bahamas & LEO-15 (1999, 2000, 2001), - Cornell CoBOP (Hypersepctral Ed & Lu)

• Gulf of Mexico (9 cruises; spring, summer, fall) - Texas A&M NEGOM N1 to N9 (~ 100 repeated stations) c660,T & Sal, Rel Backscatter & Rel Fluoresence
• Gulf of Maine Nov 1997 - Bigelow DE97 Cruise (28 stations) c488,T & Sal, & Rel Fluoresence

• Gulf of Maine June 1997 - Bigelow AL97 Cruise (48 stations) c488,T & Sal, & Rel Fluoresence

• Gulf of Maine - NOAA CSC May96 Cruise (50 stations) c660, T, spectral K/Ed/Es,turbidity (b880), relFluor

• Sea of Japan - Greg Mitchell (SIO; 38 stations) ac9,bb(lamda),T & Sal, spectral K/Ed/Lu,relFluor
• Gulf of Maine - Bigelow AL96 Cruise (12 stations) total chorophyll, ac9,bb,T & Sal, & K490 estimated from pigment data

• World-wide - NASA Pigment Files from Seabass website chlor_a, total pigments, phaeophytin, & K490 estimated from pigment data

• New York Bight - Oregon State Univ Coastal Mixing & Optics (CMO) Summer 96 AC9 a(lambda), c(lambda), Temperature, Salinity
• New York Bight - Oregon State Univ Coastal Mixing & Optics (CMO) Spring 97 AC9 a(lambda), c(lambda), Temperature, Salinity
• Cheasapeake Bay Area - Oregon State Univ COPE96 AC9 a(lambda), c(lambda), Temperature, Salinity

• Gulf of Maine - Bigelow RMRP database of Beam-c, K490 (from chlorophyll), Temperature, & Salinity

• Arabian Sea - JGOFS chlorophyll, K490, c660, Temperature, Salinity, nutrients

• Worldwide - NODC/OCL World Ocean Database 1998 profiles of chlorophyll, K490 (from chlorophyll), Temperature, Salinity, & Nutrients (NO2, NO3, PO4), Secchi Depth, & O2

• North Atlantic - Ondercin Paravane Tow-yo Profiles of beam_c, chlorophyll, K490, beta(170 degrees),Temperature, Salinity, & Bioluminescence Potential

• Worldwide - Balch/Yentsch Chlorophyll & K profiles (nutrient profiles will be added soon as part of NOAA World Ocean Database 1998 profiles)

• Southwest USA - CALCOFI Temperature & Salinity profiles
• US East Coast - NOAA CSC Temperature profiles

• Off Coast of California - 5,045 Salinity and Temp profiles from CALCOFI

• Worldwide - 8,219 Phaeophytin profiles from CALCOFI & JGOFS
• Worldwide - 8,219 Total Pigment profiles from CALCOFI & JGOFS

• N. Atlantic - 5,538 K490 profiles from Bedford Institute
• Gulf of Oman - 10 K490 profiles from NADC
• Off Coast of Somalia - 466 K490 profiles from John Brock
• Pacific/Indian/Antarctic - 17,873 K490 profiles derived from Bedford Institute Chl-A data
• Off Coast of California - 5,232 K490 profiles derived from CALCOFI tot. pig. data
• Worldwide - 2,989 K490 profiles from OReilly surface chlorophyll data
• Near Port Allen, Kauai - 24 SeaTech A-Meter K profiles
• Worldwide - 5,063 K490 profiles from NODC CHL data
• Yellow Sea - 62 K490 profiles derived from Korean Atlas Chl-A data
• Worldwide - 253 K profiles derived from Joe Rhea (NRL) Ed488 data
• Gray's Reef - Off Savanah, Georgia - 29 K490 and Temp profiles from Ajit Subramaniam (NOAA/CRS)
• NY Bight - 22 K490 and Temp profiles from Ajit Subramaniam (NOAA/CRS)
• Worldwide - 76 K490 profiles from Chuck Trees (JGOFS)
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