Vocabulary
SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary
| URI | http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P02/current/ |
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| Description | Terms describing fine-grained related groups of measurement phenomena designed to be used in dataset discovery interfaces. |
| Creator | SeaDataNet |
| Modified | 2023-12-12 |
| Version Info | 127 |
| Identifier | P02 |
| Register Manager | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Register Owner | SeaDataNet |
| See Also | https://github.com/nvs-vocabs/P02 |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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| ID ↑ | Preferred Label ↑ | Definition ↑ | Date ↑ |
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| ASAM | Acoustic backscatter in the water column | Includes all parameters covering the strength of acoustic signal return, including absolute measurements of returning signal strength as well as parameters expressed as backscatter (the proportion of transmitted signal returned) | 2004-06-28 |
| NOYS | Acoustic noise in the water column | 2003-06-10 | |
| ACSR | Active seismic refraction | Parameters quantifying the magnitude of earth movements resulting from artificial sources (such as explosions) far away from the measurement site. | 2010-02-21 |
| ADUN | Administrative units | Parameters (including geometries, labels and categorizations) relating to areas where authorities have and-or excercise specific rights or obligations. | 2012-07-17 |
| CAPH | Air pressure | Measurements of air pressure as the dependent variable (ie excluding air pressure measured to specify the z co-ordinate of a balloon or sonde), including derived parameters such as tendency (rate of change) and related parameters such as air density. | 2007-02-23 |
| CDTA | Air temperature | Parameters quantifying the degree of hotness of the atmosphere. Specifically excludes indirect measurements of other parameters such as wet bulb temperatures. | 2008-11-04 |
| ALKY | Alkalinity, acidity and pH of the water column | Parameters quantifying the hydrogen ion concentration in water bodies | 2008-08-15 |
| HAAC | Amino acids in sediment | Parameters quantifying the amount of organic compounds containing both a carboxyl group and an amino group in unlithified seabed material. | 2008-12-09 |
| AMON | Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters in water bodies | Ammonium and ammonia concentration parameters (including statistical parameters such as standard deviation) in any body of fresh or salt water. | 2022-04-27 |
| ATDP | Atmospheric deposition rates | Fluxes of chemical species from the atmosphere to sea or land surface including precipitation and aerosol deposition but excluding fluxes due to exchange of gases | 2006-07-07 |
| ATEM | Atmospheric emissions | Parameters quantifying and describing the release of substances into the atmosphere as a result of human activity | 2008-12-09 |
| CHUM | Atmospheric humidity | Parameters that either quantify the water content of moist air or are specifically used in its determination (eg wet bulb air temperature) | 2004-08-18 |
| ATPC | Atmospheric particulates | Parameters quantifying and categorising the particulate phases (solids and aerosols) of the atmosphere, excluding chemical composition | 2006-05-26 |
| ATVS | Atmospheric visibility and transparency | Parameters relating to atmospheric clarity, such as optical transmittance/attenuance, and resultant visibility | 2006-05-26 |
| BATT | Bacteria environmental parameters | 2003-06-10 | |
| BNUC | Bacteria generic abundance in sediment | Any enumeration of bacteria (Kingdom Monera so includes cyanobacteria) designated by terms other than taxonomic names (e.g. total) in any soil or sediment. | 2010-10-22 |
| BNTX | Bacteria generic abundance in water bodies | Any enumeration of bacteria (Kingdom Monera so includes cyanobacteria) designated by terms other than taxonomic names (e.g. total) in any body of fresh or salt water. | 2010-10-22 |
| BABI | Bacteria in biota | Parameters relating to the abundance and nature of bacteria (Kingdom Monera) infecting other biota. | 2008-01-30 |
| CBCC | Bacteria morphology and physiology | Parameters describing the size, shape or physiological activity of bacteria, defined as Kingdom Monera (includes cyanobacteria). Includes parameters both parameters mapped to taxa and those mapped to non-taxonomic groupings. | 2004-04-14 |
| BNTC | Bacteria non taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column | Basically any bacteria carbon biomass parameters that aren't included in parameter group BATC because they cannot be mapped to specific taxa in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. Bacteria are defined as Kingdom Monera, which includes cyanobacteria. | 2017-07-17 |
| BPBP | Bacteria non taxonomy-related biomass expressed as protein per unit volume of the water column | 2003-06-10 | |
| BAUC | Bacteria taxonomic abundance in sediment | Any enumeration of bacteria (Kingdom Monera so includes cyanobacteria) designated by taxonomic names (e.g. species, genus, family) in any soil or sediment. | 2010-10-22 |
| BATX | Bacteria taxonomic abundance in water bodies | Any enumeration of bacteria (Kingdom Monera so includes cyanobacteria) designated by taxonomic names (e.g. species, genus, family) in any body of fresh or salt water. | 2010-10-22 |
| BDWC | Bacteria taxonomy-related ash-free dry weight biomass in sediment | Bacteria ash-free dry weight biomass in sediment parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. The taxa may be at any taxonomic level from sub-species upwards. Bacteria are defined as all taxa that fall into Kingdom Monera in the ITIS taxonomy, which includes cyanobacteria. | 2017-07-17 |
| BATC | Bacteria taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column | Bacteria carbon biomass parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. These may be at any taxonomic level from sub-species upwards. Bacteria are defined as all taxa that fall into Kingdom Monera in the ITIS taxonomy, which includes cyanobacteria. | 2017-07-17 |
| TBGZ | Bacterial consumption in the water column | 2004-08-19 | |
| GREF | Bacterial growth | 2004-08-19 | |
| UPTH | Bacterial production in the water column | Parameters related to bacterial production determination by measurement of dissolved organic molecule (e.g. leucine, thymidine) uptake rates | 2005-04-27 |
| MBAN | Bathymetry and Elevation | Depth of the water column or elevation of land surface relative to sea surface, geoid or other datum | 2006-09-29 |
| BLIT | Beach litter abundance | Parameters describing the abundance and nature of debris released on coastlines. | 2018-09-06 |
| BEPP | Benthic primary production | Parameters associated with the quantification of primary production by plants living on (e.g. corals, seaweed and seagrass) or in (e.g. benthic diatoms) the seabed. Primary production is defined as the fixation of carbon dioxide into either organic or inorganic carbon by living entities and so includes photosynthesis and calcification. | 2015-02-03 |
| GP010 | Bioassay and contaminant biological impact | Parameters describing the effects of substances on living organisms. | 2008-12-09 |
| BDRV | Biodiversity indices | Parameters describing the variety of entity types encountered in a population of living organisms | 2011-07-26 |
| EXUV | Biological detritus in the water column suspended particulate material | Parameters quantifying and categorising biological detritus (eg exuvia and faecal pellets) in the water column that have been derived from the water column | 2004-08-18 |
| BLUM | Bioluminescence parameters | Parameters describing the nature and intensity of light generated by biological activity in the water column. | 2007-09-24 |
| LIBI | Biota lipid concentrations | Lipids are defined as small water-insoluble biomolecules including fats, fatty acids, esters, sterols, isoprenoid compounds, etc.. Biota includes any type of sample originating from a living organism. | 2012-03-01 |
| GP088 | Bird behaviour | Parameters describing the actions or reactions of birds (Class Aves), usually in response to the environment. Includes both parameters mapped to taxa and those mapped to non-taxonomic groupings. | 2008-12-09 |
| BRDA | Bird counts | Parameters quantifying the number of birds (Class Aves) in a survey but not expressed per unit area. Includes presence/absence indicators. | 2014-03-26 |
| GP004 | Bird reproduction | Parameters related to the reproduction of birds (Class Aves) | 2008-12-09 |
| BRDD | Bird taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of surface | Bird (Class Aves) abundance per unit area (of land or sea) presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS.These may be at any taxonomic level from sub-species upwards. | 2017-07-17 |
| CBSD | Carbon concentrations in sediment | Concentrations of total, organic and inorganic carbon per unit weight of sediment. Sediment is understood to be the solid phase of the bed, including the recently settled material sometimes known as fluff collected from the bed surface. | 2006-06-13 |
| CBSP | Carbon concentrations in suspended particulate material | Concentrations of total, organic and inorganic carbon per unit weight of suspended particulate material collected by water column filtration, centrifugation or sediment trapping. | 2006-05-26 |
| ACO2 | Carbon monoxide and dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere | CO and CO2 concentration parameters in any phase of the atmosphere (but usuall the gaseous phase). Includes pCO2. | 2006-06-05 |
| CCPW | Carbonate chemistry in sediment pore waters | Carbonate system parameters (DIC/TCO2, pH, alkalinity, pCO2) in sediment pore waters | 2016-06-02 |
| CARO | Carotenoid and flavenoid pigment concentrations in water bodies | 2015-09-08 | |
| CARS | Carotenoid pigment concentrations in sediment | Sediment includes anything collected by a grab or corer, including the fluff layer from the top of the consolidated sediment | 2004-07-07 |
| CETA | Cetacean abundance | Parameters that specify the number of specified members of Order Cetacea present at a particular time and location, including presence/absence indicators. | 2010-06-16 |
| CEBH | Cetacean behaviour | Parameters describing the actions or reactions of cetaceans (Order Cetacea), usually in response to the environment. Includes both parameters mapped to taxa and those mapped to non-taxonomic groupings. | 2008-01-30 |
| CEMP | Cetacean morphology and physiology | Parameters describing the size, shape or physiological activity including disease and parasite infection status of cetaceans (Order Cetacea). Includes both parameters mapped to taxa and those mapped to non-taxonomic groupings. | 2008-01-30 |
| CEMO | Cetacean mortality | Parameters describing the causes and rate of mortality in cetaceans (Order Cetacea). Includes both parameters mapped to taxa and those mapped to non-taxonomic groupings. | 2008-02-04 |
| GP018 | Cetacean reproduction | Parameters related to the reproduction of cetaceans (Order Cetacea) | 2008-12-09 |
| FR11 | Chlorofluorocarbon concentrations in the water column | Concentrations of chlorofluorocarbons (also known as freons or CFCs) in sny body of water | 2009-09-25 |
| CPSD | Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in sediment | Includes all variants of chlorophyll. Sediment includes anything collected by a grab or corer, including the fluff layer from the top of the consolidated sediment | 2004-06-30 |
| CPWC | Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies | Includes all variants of chlorophyll expressed in terms of per unit volume, per unit area of any body of fresh or salt water, or as a relative colour index (e.g. PCI). Does not include data expressed per unit mass of SPM. | 2022-04-27 |
| CHEX | Cloud cover height and extent | Parameters describing the horizontal and vertical extent of cloud cover | 2004-08-20 |
| CLTY | Cloud type | Parameters that classify cloud cover into types such as cumulus and cirrus. | 2009-10-12 |
| COGE | Coastal geomorphology | All parameters associated with coastal landforms such as beaches and dunes including morphology, evolution and associated transport phenomena | 2007-02-26 |
| MTWC | Colloidal metal concentrations in the water column | Concentrations of metal elements in the colloidal phase of the water column. Usually the dissolved concentration difference between conventionally filtered water and ultra-filtered water. | 2004-05-12 |
| COCC | Colloidal organic carbon concentration in the water column | Colloidal organic carbon per unit volume of the water column. | 2004-08-02 |
| TADN | Concentration of adenylates in sediment | Concentrations of adenylates (ADP, ATP etc) per unit mass or unit volume of sediment (material collected by a corer including fluff) | 2004-08-13 |
| ATPX | Concentration of adenylates in the water column | Concentrations of adenylates (ADP, ATP etc) in all phases of the water column | 2019-06-13 |
| SALK | Concentration of aliphatic hydrocarbons in sediment samples | Aliphatic hydrocarbon (alkane, alkene, alkyne, polycyclic aliphatics like hopane, terpenes etc.) concentrations in sediment, which is considered to be anything from the bed sampled by a grab or corer, including 'fluff' | 2012-03-01 |
| AAWC | Concentration of alkanamines (amines) in the water column | Alkanamine concentrations in all phases of the water column | 2004-08-13 |
| AALK | Concentration of alkanes in the atmosphere | Alkane concentrations in all phases of the atmosphere | 2004-06-24 |
| DALK | Concentration of alkanes in the water column | Alkane concentration parameters (including saturation of gaseous species) in all phases of the water column. Does not include parameters expressed per unit weight of SPM. | 2004-06-18 |
| CA11 | Concentration of alkanols (alcohols), phenols and ethers in sediment DEPRECATED | Concentration of alkanols, phenols and ethers per unit mass or unit volume of sediment (material collected by a corer including fluff) | 2011-02-24 |
| AEYN | Concentration of alkenes and alkynes in the atmosphere | Alkene and alkyne concentrations in all phases of the atmosphere | 2004-07-30 |
| AQYN | Concentration of alkenes and alkynes in the water column | Alkene and alkyne concentrations in all phases of the water column | 2004-07-30 |
| AASD | Concentration of alkenones and alkenoates in sediment | Parameters quantifying the amount of alkenones (unsaturated aliphatic ketones) and alkenoates (carboxylic acid esters) in any unconsolidated sediment including fluff. | 2012-03-02 |
| CAKN | Concentration of alkenones and alkenoates in the water column | Concentrations of alkenones (unsaturated aliphatic ketones) and alkenoates (carboxylic acid esters) in all phases of the water column. | 2012-03-01 |
| TOCH | Concentration of carbohydrates, phenols, alkanols (alcohols), aldehydes and ketones in water bodies | Concentrations of carbohydrates, phenols, alkanols (alcohols), aldehydes and simple (non-alkenone) ketones in all phases of any body of fresh or salt water | 2012-03-01 |
| CASD | Concentration of carbohydrates, phenols, alkanols (alcohols), ethers, aldehydes and ketones in sediment | Concentrations of carbohydrates, phenols, alkanols (alcohols), ethers,aldehydes and simple (non-alkenone) ketones in unlithified sediment (material collected by a corer including fluff). | 2012-03-01 |
| HLIC | Concentration of inorganic halogens in ice DEPRECATED | Concentrations of halogens as elements or their inorganic compounds in ice | 2011-02-18 |
| CLCN | Concentration of inorganic halogens in sediment DEPRECATED | Concentrations of halogens as elements or simple inorganic compounds (eg iodate) in sediments (anything collected by a corer including fluff | 2010-11-05 |
| CLXX | Concentration of inorganic halogens in sediment pore waters | Concentrations of halogens as elements or their inorganic compounds in all phases of sediment pore water | 2010-07-02 |
| HLAT | Concentration of inorganic halogens in the atmosphere | Concentrations of halogens as elements or their inorganic compounds in all phases of the atmosphere. | 2010-07-02 |
| HLWC | Concentration of inorganic halogens in water bodies | Concentrations of halogens as elements or their inorganic compounds in all phases of any body of fresh or salt water | 2010-07-02 |
| ISIC | Concentration of inorganic sulphur species in ice DEPRECATED | Concentration parameters for inorganic sulphur species in ice | 2011-02-18 |
| TRIS | Concentration of inorganic sulphur species in sediment | Concentration parameters for inorganic sulphur species in sediment (anything collected by a corer including fluff) | 2004-08-13 |
| SPHT | Concentration of inorganic sulphur species in sediment pore water | Concentration parameters (including saturation if gaseous) for inorganic sulphur species in all phases of sediment pore waters | 2004-08-13 |
| SXCN | Concentration of inorganic sulphur species in suspended particulate material | Concentration parameters for inorganic sulphur species in suspended particulate material (anything collected by filtration or sediment trapping). Group does not include parameters expressing data per unit volume of the water column | 2004-08-13 |
| SPWC | Concentration of inorganic sulphur species in the water column | Concentration parameters (including saturation if gaseous) for inorganic sulphur species in all phases of the water column | 2004-08-13 |
| NTIC | Concentration of nitrates in ice DEPRECATED | Nitrate concentration parameters in ice. Includes nitrate+nitrite, which is often loosely referred to as nitrate. | 2011-02-18 |
| AAMN | Concentration of nitrogen species in the atmosphere | Concentrations of both organic (eg amines) and inorganic (eg ammonia and oxides of nitrogen) nitrogen species in all phases of the atmosphere | 2004-08-18 |
| STOM | Concentration of organic matter in sediments | Parameters quantifying the proportion of organic material in a soil or sediment sample | 2008-06-30 |
| AORG | Concentration of organic matter in the atmosphere | Parameters quantifying uncategorised organic substance concentrations in atmospheric, generally aerosol, samples such as organic matter and DOC. | 2008-03-05 |
| HMSB | Concentration of organic matter in water bodies | Concentration (not 380nm light absorption) parameters for dissolved or total organic matter (includes humics, yellow matter, Gelbstoff) in any body of salt or fresh water. | 2017-09-05 |
| OSIC | Concentration of organic sulphur species in ice DEPRECATED | Concentration parameters for organic sulphur species in ice | 2011-02-18 |
| OHAT | Concentration of other hydrocarbons in the atmosphere | 'Other' (not alkanes, alkenes, alkynes or PAHs) hydrocarbon concentration parameters (including saturation of gaseous species) in all phases of the atmosphere. | 2010-11-08 |
| OHWC | Concentration of other hydrocarbons in the water column | 'Other' (not alkanes, alkenes, alkynes or PAHs) hydrocarbon concentration parameters (including saturation of gaseous species) in all phases of the water column. Does not include parameters expressed per unit weight of SPM. | 2010-11-08 |
| BCOC | Concentration of other organic contaminants in biota | Concentration parameters for carbon compounds regarded as environmentally harmful in either whole organisms or their constituent parts that are not included in other categories | 2010-01-27 |
| SCOC | Concentration of other organic contaminants in sediment samples | Concentration parameters for carbon compounds regarded as environmentally harmful in sediment, which is considered to be anything from the bed sampled by a grab or corer, including 'fluff' that are not included in other specific categories | 2010-01-27 |
| PCOC | Concentration of other organic contaminants in suspended particulate material | 'Other' organic contaminant (substances regarded as harmful other than PCBs and PAHs) concentrations in suspended particulate material, regarded as anything sampled by a water bottle, SAP, sediment trap etc. This group is for SPM composition measurements (concentration per unit weight) and NOT concentrations per unit volume of the water column in the particulate phase. | 2004-05-28 |
| OCAA | Concentration of other organic contaminants in the atmosphere | Parameters quantifying concentrations of organic contaminants (substances regarded as harmful) other than PCBs and PAHs in all phases of the atmosphere | 2008-12-09 |
| WCOC | Concentration of other organic contaminants in the water column | Concentration parameters for carbon compounds regarded as environmentally harmful in solution or suspension (i.e.includes measurements in both the dissolved and particulate phases) in any body of salt or fresh water that are not included in other specific categories | 2010-01-27 |
| BCOS | Concentration of other substances in biota | 'Other' (than metals or organic contaminants) substance concentrations in either whole organisms or their constituent parts. This is a 'bucket' grouping that may be reclassified as the dictionary developes. | 2004-04-30 |
| PTOX | Concentration of phycotoxins in biota | Parameters associated with the concentration of algae-generated toxins in either whole organisms or their constituent parts | 2006-06-05 |
| BCPB | Concentration of polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) in biota | PCB concentrations in either whole organisms or their constituent parts | 2004-04-30 |
| SPCB | Concentration of polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) in sediment samples | PCB concentrations in sediment, which is considered to be anything from the bed sampled by a grab or corer, including 'fluff' | 2004-05-28 |
| PPCB | Concentration of polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) in suspended particulate material | PCB concentrations in suspended particulate material, regarded as anything sampled by a water bottle, SAP, sediment trap etc. This group is for SPM composition measurements (concentration per unit weight) and NOT concentrations per unit volume of the water column in the particulate phase. | 2008-11-25 |
| GP048 | Concentration of polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) in the atmosphere | Parameters quantifying polychlorobiphenyl (PCB) concentrations in all phases of the atmosphere | 2008-12-09 |
| PPWC | Concentration of polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) in the water column | PCB concentrations in all phases of the water column. This group excludes SPM composition measurements (concentration per unit weight). | 2008-11-25 |
| BCAH | Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in biota | PAH concentrations in either whole organisms or their constituent parts | 2004-04-30 |
| SCAH | Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediment samples | PAH concentrations in sediment, which is considered to be anything from the bed sampled by a grab or corer, including 'fluff' | 2004-05-28 |
| PCAH | Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in suspended particulate material | PAH concentrations in suspended particulate material, regarded as anything sampled by a water bottle, SAP, sediment trap etc. This group is for SPM composition measurements (concentration per unit weight) and NOT concentrations per unit volume of the water column in the particulate phase. | 2008-11-25 |
| GP050 | Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the atmosphere | Parameters quantifying polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations in all phases of the atmosphere | 2008-12-09 |
| PCHW | Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the water column | PAH concentrations in all phases of the water column. This group includes concentrations per unit volume of the water column in the particulate phase, but not concentrations per unit wieght of SPM. | 2008-11-25 |
| SPRO | Concentration of proteins in sediment | Concentrations of proteins per unit mass or unit volume of sediment (material collected by a corer including fluff) | 2004-08-13 |
| WPRO | Concentration of proteins in the water column | Concentrations of proteins in all phases of the water column | 2004-08-13 |
| SICN | Concentration of silicon species in sediment DEPRECATED | Concentration parameters for silicon species (including opal) in sediment (anything collected by a corer including fluff) | 2010-11-05 |
| OPCN | Concentration of silicon species in suspended particulate material | Concentration parameters for silicon species (including opal) in SPM (material gathered by filtration or sediment trapping). Only includes parameters expressed per unit mass of SPM and not per unit volume of the water column | 2004-08-13 |
| SIXX | Concentration of silicon species in the water column | Concentration parameters for silicon species (including opal) in all phases of the water column | 2004-08-13 |
| TSED | Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column | Parameters quantifying SPM concentration in the water column by weight, by volume or in terms of turbidity | 2004-08-17 |
| SDNA | Concentrations of biopolymers in sediment | Parameters quantifying the amount of naturally-produced organic (molecules containing carbon) compounds that are built from multiple instances of structural units (monomers) that are covalently-bonded to produce larger structures in any sediment (material collected by a corer including fluff). Includes polynucleotides (RNA and DNA), polypeptides and polysaccharides (e.g. cellulose). | 2014-02-20 |
| WDNA | Concentrations of biopolymers in water bodies | Parameters quantifying the amount of naturally-produced organic (molecules containing carbon) compounds that are built from multiple instances of structural units (monomers) that are covalently-bonded to produce larger structures in any body of salt or fresh water. Includes polynucleotides (RNA and DNA), polypeptides and polysaccharides (e.g. cellulose). | 2014-02-20 |
| CXAA | Concentrations of carboxylic acids and carboxylates in the atmosphere | Parameters quantifying the concentration of acids containing a carboxyl (-C(=O)OH) group, their anions or their salts in any phase of the atmosphere | 2008-12-09 |
| CFTM | Contaminant fluxes between the terrestrial and marine environment | Parameters quanitifying the transfer of substances considered harmful from land to sea, including river discharge rates of contaminant species (but not freshwater discharge rates). | 2008-12-09 |
| GP013 | Coral infection and damage | Parameters related to the health and conservation status of coral species and coralligenous habitats. | 2020-10-17 |
| AYMD | Date and time | All date and time parameters | 2004-03-25 |
| SIGT | Density of the water column | Absolute determinations of water column density plus parameters (generally expressed as density anomaly) derived from temperature and salinity | 2004-08-16 |
| DPEV | Depositional environment | Parameters characterising the environment in which sediments were deposited either by observation or interpretation of sedimentary rocks and unlithified sediments. | 2010-10-01 |
| TFAA | Dissolved amino acid concentrations in the water column | Parameters quantifying the amount of organic compounds containing both a carboxyl group and an amino group dissolved in a body of water. | 2008-12-09 |
| OGPW | Dissolved concentration parameters for other gases in sediment pore waters | All concentration parameters for inorganic dissolved gases other than oxygen and the noble gases in sediment pore water samples | 2010-11-08 |
| SCOX | Dissolved concentration parameters for other gases in the water column | All concentration parameters for inorganic dissolved gases other than oxygen and the noble gases in the water column | 2010-11-08 |
| TNRP | Dissolved inorganic carbon production and respiration in the water column | Parameters related to the rates of TCO2 production and consumption based on light/dark bottle incubations | 2004-08-19 |
| TDIN | Dissolved inorganic nitrogen concentration in the water column | Total concentration of all dissolved inorganic nitrogen species in the water column, usually derived by summation of individual nutrient concentrations (NO3+NO2+NH4). Some workers may also include urea. | 2003-06-10 |
| MTWD | Dissolved metal concentrations in the water column | Concentrations of metal elements in the dissolved phase of the water column. This may include a contribution from the particulate phase if this has not been totally removed by filtration and the metal in question is reactive (ie detected as if it were dissolved) to the analytical technique used. | 2004-05-12 |
| HEXC | Dissolved noble gas concentration parameters in the water column | All concentration parameters including saturations and statistics such as standard deviations | 2004-08-11 |
| DOCC | Dissolved organic carbon concentration in the water column | DOC per unit volume of the water column. Note that this includes some parameters that are strictly defined as total carbon, because the water was unfiltered on the assumption that POC was negligible. | 2004-05-19 |
| OCPW | Dissolved organic carbon concentrations in sediment pore waters | Concentrations of dissolved organic carbon in sediment pore waters | 2004-05-27 |
| DOCU | Dissolved organic carbon uptake and production in the water column | Any parameter relating to the rate of DOC concentration change in the water column | 2004-08-19 |
| DGPW | Dissolved oxygen parameters for sediments | All parameters (including concentration, saturation, turnover and fluxes) for dissolved oxygen in sediment and sediment pore waters. | 2017-02-02 |
| DOXY | Dissolved oxygen parameters in the water column | All dissolved oxygen parameters (including saturation and utilisation) for the water column | 2004-10-22 |
| TDNT | Dissolved total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column | Concentration of total (organic plus inorganic) or organic dissolved nitrogen per unit volume of the water column. Grouped together as organic nitrogen frequently determined as total nitrogen. | 2004-10-22 |
| TDPX | Dissolved total or organic phosphorus concentration in the water column | Concentration of total (organic plus inorganic) or organic dissolved phosphorus per unit volume of the water column. Grouped together as organic phosphorus frequently determined as total phosphorus. | 2004-10-22 |
| MDWD | Dissolved trace metalloid and inorganic selenium concentrations in water bodies | Concentration parameters for trace metalloid elements and non-organic selenium species in the dissolved phase of any body of fresh or salt water. This may include a contribution from the particulate phase if this has not been totally removed by filtration and the metalloid in question is reactive (ie detected as if it were dissolved) to the analytical technique used. Trace metalloids are considered as B, Ge, As, Sb, Te, and Po (but not Si which is classed separately because of its major role in environmental chemistry). | 2017-01-23 |
| DSCO | Distribution coefficients in the water column | Distribution coefficients of species between the dissolved and particulate phases of the water column | 2004-08-11 |
| CNDC | Electrical conductivity of the water column | Parameters quantifying the flow of electrical current through or the electrical resistance of a body of water at any point between the bed and the atmosphere | 2007-03-02 |
| ENGP | Engineering parameters | Technical parameters that provide information on how well an instrument or data acquisition system is working | 2005-08-31 |
| EXCR | Excretion rate parameters in the water column | Includes all parameters relating to all mechanisms of waste release except respiration. | 2004-07-28 |
| EXSV | Experiment state variables | Measurements made at a given time of any state variable in a sample that is the subject of an experiment that will change the composition over time, such as the water sample in an incubation experiment. | 2014-10-08 |
| FABD | Fauna abundance per unit area of the bed | Any fauna (class Animalia) abundance per unit are of sea, river or lake bed. Broad group overlapping a number of more specific groups that should be used preferentially, but this group is provided as an alternative to one-to-many mappings. | 2005-09-23 |
| RSIS | Field resistivity, electromagnetics and polarisation | Parameters quantifying the electrical properties of geological units in the field. Includes parameters used to determine resistivity structure for shallow sediment properties, porosities and presence of hydrocarbon (CSEM), deeper crust and mantle studies (Magnetotellurics) and ore body location (polarisation). | 2011-09-16 |
| FATX | Fish abundance in water bodies | Parameters that quantify the numbers of fish (Osteichthyes, Agnatha and Chrondrichthyes) at a given location in any body of salt or fresh water. | 2018-02-12 |
| FADS | Fish aggregating device usage statistics | Parameters describing usage of Fish Aggregating Devices (FAD) in fisheries (particularly purse seine tuna fisheries). | 2019-07-26 |
| FCST | Fish and shellfish catch statistics | Parameters quantifying and describing biota take by fishing activities | 2010-07-30 |
| GP085 | Fish behaviour | Parameters describing the actions or reactions of fish (Osteichthyes, Agnatha and Chondrichthyes), usually in response to the environment. Includes both parameters mapped to taxa and those mapped to non-taxonomic groupings. | 2008-12-09 |
| FIBM | Fish biomass in water bodies | Parameters quantifying the mass of fish (Osteichthyes, Agnatha and Chrondrichthyes)in total or by species per unit area or per unit volume in any body of fresh or salt water expressed in any form (e.g. wet weight, dry weight, carbon, nitrogen, etc.). | 2010-05-04 |
| GP005 | Fish disease and parasites | Parameters related to the infection of Fish (Osteichthyes, Agnatha and Chrondrichthyes) by parasites and disease. Includes visual assesements and analytical data. | 2008-12-09 |
| FATM | Fish morphology, age and physiology | Parameters that quantify the size, shape, age and life processes (including mortality) of fish (Osteichthyes, Agnatha and Chrondrichthyes). | 2018-02-12 |
| FNTX | Fish non taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column | Fish (Osteichthyes, Agnatha and Chrondrichthyes) abundance per unit volume parameters not included under FATX. Most commonly used for the generic term 'fish' that maps to multiple taxa. | 2008-11-19 |
| FNTM | Fish non taxonomy-related morphology | Fish (Osteichthyes, Agnatha and Chrondrichthyes) size and shape parameters not included under FATM. Most commonly used for the generic term 'fish' that maps to multiple taxa. | 2008-11-19 |
| FREP | Fish reproduction | Parameters describing the extent, intensity, timing and method of reproduction in fish (Osteichthyes, Agnatha and Chrondrichthyes) including fecundity, reproductive rates, spawning, and nursery grounds. | 2023-12-11 |
| FBAB | Fish taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the bed | Fish (Osteichthyes, Agnatha and Chondrichthyes) abundance per unit area of bed (sea, river, lake etc.) parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. Includes animals normally considered as planktonic if they have been returned from sediment samples. | 2017-07-17 |
| FBAF | Fish taxonomy-related ash-free dry weight biomass per unit area of the bed | Fish (Osteichthyes, Agnatha and Chondrichthyes) ash-free dry weight biomass per unit area of bed (sea, river, lake etc.) parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. Includes animals normally considered as planktonic if they have been returned from sediment samples. | 2017-07-17 |
| FCNT | Fish taxonomy-related counts | Fish (Osteichthyes, Agnatha and Chrondrichthyes) count parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. These may be at any taxonomic level from sub-species upwards. Count includes presence/absence indicators. | 2017-07-17 |
| GP087 | Fishery characterisation | Parameters describing the extent, intensity, timing and method of fisheries | 2008-12-09 |
| GP080 | Fishing by-catch | Parameters quantifying the capture of non-target species during commercial and non-commercial fishing trips | 2008-12-09 |
| FEFF | Fishing effort | Parameters that quantify or classify the physical or financial resources used in fishing activities | 2014-05-01 |
| FCMW | Flow cytometry parameters in water bodies | Parameters derived from flow cytometry data analysis of water samples using in situ or bench-top flow cytometers. | 2018-01-11 |
| FDMS | Gas fluxes between the water column and the atmosphere | Parameters related to the quantification of fluxes of any gaseous species from water column to atmosphere including parameters characterising closely related processes such as bubble formation in the surface layer. | 2022-05-03 |
| DBDX | Geological sample density | Parameters that describe the the mass per unit volume of any samples of rock or unlithified sediment. | 2010-11-04 |
| XMGS | Geological sample magnetic, electrical and acoustic properties | Any parameters quantifying the magnetic (e.g. magnetic susceptibility), electrical (e.g. resistivity) or acoustic (e.g. P-wave propogation speed) of sediment or rock cores and samples | 2010-12-15 |
| RMAJ | Geological sample major element chemistry DEPRECATED | Concentrations of the elements classically regarded as major (>1% by weight as oxide: namely: Si, Ti, Al, Fe3+, Fe2+, Mg, Mn, Ca, Na, and K) plus affiliated parameters such as H2O- (adsorbed water) and H2O+ (or loss on ignition) in rocks or sediments. | 2010-11-05 |
| SRAD | Geological sample radioactivity | Any parameters quantifying ionising radiation emitted by cores or samples comprising rock, sediment (including surface sediment such as fluff) | 2010-10-22 |
| GTCH | Geotechnics | Parameters quantifying the properties of rocks and sediments that are relevance to engineering such as physical strength and load-bearing capacity. Includes the disciplines of rock mechanics and soil mechanics. | 2010-07-02 |
| HFLW | Geothermal heat flow | Parameters quantifying the flux of thermal energy within the solid Earth or between the solid Earth and water bodies or atmosphere. | 2010-10-22 |
| GRAV | Gravity | Parameters relating to the measurement of the Earth's gravity field | 2007-11-21 |
| GWAM | Groundwater amount | Parameters quantifying the amount of groundwater in a given system such as aquifer water level and rate of flow of water through rock formations. | 2009-06-01 |
| GWCH | Groundwater chemistry | Parameters quantifying the chemistry of terrestrial groundwater bodies such as aquifers and waters percolating through rock formations. | 2009-06-01 |
| HBCH | Habitat characterisation | Parameters specifying the physical or chemical environment of a place where an organism is found. | 2008-02-20 |
| HBEX | Habitat extent | Parameters specifying the vertical and horizontal spatial extent of the ecological character of a place where an organism is found | 2008-02-20 |
| HZNV | Hazards to navigation | Parameters describing the location, nature and extent of objects that pose a threat to travel on the water column such as wrecks and obstructions | 2009-04-20 |
| HFLX | Heat fluxes between the water column and the atmosphere | Parameters quantifying heat exchange between any body of water and the atmosphere | 2007-02-23 |
| APDA | Horizontal platform movement | All parameters relating to horizontal platform travel, including distance run | 2004-08-20 |
| ALAT | Horizontal spatial co-ordinates | All forms of horizontal spatial coordinates such as lat/lon and grid references | 2004-03-25 |
| RFVL | Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents) | Parameters expressing the velocity (including scalar speeds and directions) of water column horizontal movement, commonly termed Eulerian currents | 2007-01-18 |
| SHTA | Hydrolytic activity in sediment | 2004-08-20 | |
| IAGE | Ice age | Measured or stratigraphically estimated age of ice | 2006-02-20 |
| ICEM | Ice motion and related parameters | Parameters specifying the speed and direction of sea or land ice and the stresses associated with this motion. | 2007-09-24 |
| IACT | Industrial activity | Parameters that quantify the level of industrial activity or industrial output | 2008-12-09 |
| IDIS | Industrial discharges | Parameters that quantify and specify material output into the environment as a result of industrial activity | 2008-12-09 |
| RMIN | Inorganic chemical composition of sediment or rocks | Parameters specifying the proportions of inorganic components (major/minor/trace elements, trace metals etc.) in sediment or rock samples. Major elements includes the H2O+ and H2O- parameters reported by convention in oxide weight per cent geochemical major element analyses. | 2010-11-05 |
| IPRX | Inorganic peroxides in water bodies | Parameters related to compounds containing two oxygen atoms joined by a single bond but no carbon atoms in any body of fresh or salt water. | 2011-07-26 |
| PHAT | Inorganic phosphorus species concentrations in the atmosphere | Concentration of inorganic phosphorus species (element or compounds) in any phase of the atmosphere | 2005-09-23 |
| SIAT | Inorganic silicon species concentrations in the atmosphere | Concentration of inorganic silicon species (element or compounds) in any phase of the atmosphere | 2005-09-23 |
| IWAB | Insect and earthworm taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the bed | Insect (Class Insecta) and earthworm (Subclass Oligochaeta) abundance per unit area of bed (sea, river, lake etc.) parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. Includes animals normally considered as planktonic if they have been returned from sediment samples. This parameter group has been implemented to separate predominantly freshwater taxa from predominantly marine taxa. | 2017-07-17 |
| INLZ | Insect and earthworm taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the littoral zone DEPRECATED | Insect (Class Insecta) and earthworm (Subclass Oligochaeta) abundance per unit area of the littoral zone (between spring tide high and low water) parameters. | 2015-04-08 |
| IWDX | Insect and earthworm taxonomy-related ash-free dry weight biomass per unit area of the bed | Insect (Class Insecta) and earthworm (Subclass Oligochaeta) ash-free dry weight biomass per unit area of bed (sea, river, lake etc.) parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. Includes animals normally considered as planktonic if they have been returned from sediment samples. This parameter group has been implemented to separate predominantly freshwater taxa from predominantly marine taxa. | 2017-07-17 |
| IALZ | Insect and earthworm taxonomy-related ash-free dry weight biomass per unit area of the littoral zone DEPRECATED | Insect (Class Insecta) and earthworm (Subclass Oligochaeta) ash-free dry weight biomass per unit area of the littoral zone (between spring tide high and low water) parameters. | 2015-04-08 |
| IATX | Insecta taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column | Insecta abundance parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. These may be at any taxonomic level from sub-species upwards. | 2017-07-17 |
| IATC | Insecta taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column | Insecta carbon biomass parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. These may be at any taxonomic level from sub-species upwards. | 2017-07-17 |
| INVD | Invasive species monitoring parameters | Parameters used to characterize and monitor biological invasion by non-native organisms. | 2016-05-19 |
| LGCR | Lagrangian currents and transport rates in the water column | Parameters expressing the mean nett transport rates within the water column like Lagrangian currents. Note this is an unintentional duplicate of VDFC. | 2007-01-18 |
| LRWL | Lake and river water level parameters | Parameters describing the vertical distance (height or elevation) of river or lake water from a specified point of reference to the water's surface. Rivers are defined as being upstream from the tidal limit. | 2023-08-30 |
| LSST | Land surface temperature | Parameters relating to land surface temperature including fire and other hot spot location | 2006-05-26 |
| LVEG | Land vegetation | Parameters relating to land (including marshes and the intertidal zone) vegetation | 2006-05-26 |
| PPAB | Light absorption in the water column | Water column spectral absorption parameters | 2004-07-30 |
| EXCO | Light extinction and diffusion coefficients | Parameters relating to the extent of light penetration into the water column | 2007-11-21 |
| LITH | Lithology | Parameters describing rocks on the basis of physical characteristics such as colour, structure, mineralogy and grain size | 2008-01-30 |
| LITT | Litter abundance and type | Parameters describing the abundance and nature of material classed as refuse introduced to the environment by activities of man that are not covered by the more specific P02 terms for micro-litter (UMLS and UMLW), beach litter (BLIT) or seafloor litter (SLIT). | 2018-09-06 |
| LWRD | Long-wave radiation | 2003-06-10 | |
| GP012 | Macroalgae and seagrass infection and damage | Parameters relating to diseases and parasites of macroalgae (Rhodophycota, Chromphycota, Chlorophycota) and seagrass (Charophyta, Anthophyta) and damage to seagrass beds | 2008-12-09 |
| ACNT | Macroalgae and seagrass taxonomy-related counts | Macroalgae (Rhodophycota, Chromphycota, Chlorophycota) and seagrass (Charophyta, Anthophyta) count parameters presented at the level of taxa at any level from sub-species upwards. Count includes presence/absence indicators. | 2007-01-08 |
| PU02 | Macroalgae generic abundance in water bodies | Any enumeration (e.g. count, number per litre) of macroalgae (seaweeds) designated by terms other than taxonomic names (e.g. total) in any fresh or salt water body. | 2010-10-22 |
| MMAN | Magnetics | Parameterisations of the intensity and inclination of Earth's magnetic field | 2010-10-22 |
| MMST | Man-made structures | Parameters relating to human built structures on the coast or offshore and their impact on the environment. | 2008-01-30 |
| MARC | Marine archaeology | Parameters related to the study of human interaction with the sea through the investigation of associated physical remains, be they vessels, shore side facilities, port-related structures, cargoes, human remains or submerged landscapes | 2011-03-24 |
| MLES | Marine environment leisure usage | Parameters quantifying the extent and nature of recreational activities in coastal waters, estuaries and their margins such as beaches. | 2011-10-27 |
| TMES | Metadata parameters | Data parameters that carry information relating to a measured parameter such as measurement temperatures, integration depths, quantities sampled and incubation durations | 2004-08-17 |
| BCMT | Metal concentrations in biota | Metal concentrations in either whole organisms or their constituent parts. | 2016-10-04 |
| MTSD | Metal concentrations in sediment | Concentrations of metal elements per unit weight of sediment. Sediment is understood to be the solid phase of the bed, including the recently settled material sometimes known as fluff collected from the bed surface. | 2020-10-20 |
| MTPW | Metal concentrations in sediment pore waters | Concentrations of metal elements in sediment pore waters | 2004-05-12 |
| MTSP | Metal concentrations in suspended particulate material DEPRECATED | Concentrations of metal elements in suspended particulate material collected by water column filtration, centrifugation or sediment trapping. Deprecated as semantic overlap with MTWP. | 2008-09-12 |
| MTAT | Metal concentrations in the atmosphere | Concentration of metal elements in any phase of the atmosphere | 2008-09-12 |
| MTIC | Metal concentrations in the cryosphere | Concentration parameters for metallic elements in ice and snow | 2008-09-12 |
| SCDO | Metal fluxes between the bed and the water column | Parameters quantifying the exchange of metalsbetween the bed (ie the sediment) and the water column sometimes termed benthic fluxes | 2004-08-18 |
| ZNLG | Metal ligand parameters in the water column | Parameters concerned with the complexation of metals as ligands in the water column | 2004-08-11 |
| CDRU | Metal uptake rates in the water column | Parameters relating to the uptake rates of metals from the dissolved phase into the particulate phase | 2004-07-29 |
| UMLS | Micro-litter in sediments | Parameters describing the abundance and nature of microscopic particles of man-made materials and in particular microplastics present in the sediment. | 2017-11-21 |
| UMLW | Micro-litter in water bodies | Parameters describing the abundance and nature of microscopic particles of man-made materials and in particular microplastics present in any body of fresh or salt water. | 2017-11-21 |
| D000 | Microphytobenthos abundance | Any quantification of the number (e.g. count, abundance) of microalgae present on hard substrate or soft sediment at the bottom of any body of fresh or salt water. | 2017-10-17 |
| D001 | Microphytobenthos biomass | Any quantification of the mass (e.g. carbon, nitrogen, weight) of microalgae present on hard substrate or soft sediment at the bottom of any body of fresh or salt water. | 2018-04-04 |
| MZBN | Microzooplankton generic abundance in water bodies | Any enumeration (e.g. count, number per litre) of microzooplankton (free swimming heterotrophic organisms smaller than 200um) designated by terms other than taxonomic names (e.g. total) in any fresh or salt water body. | 2010-10-22 |
| MZCT | Microzooplankton grazing | Parameters that express the consumption of the phytoplankton population by the microzooplankton. Generally the results of dilution experiments on water samples screened through a 200-micron mesh. | 2004-04-19 |
| MZBC | Microzooplankton non taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column | Basically, any microzooplankton carbon biomass measurement that isn't included in parameter group MATC. May include data integrations such as 'total microzooplankton'. | 2004-04-19 |
| MATX | Microzooplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies | Any enumeration (e.g. count, number per litre) of microzooplankton (free swimming heterotrophic organisms smaller than 200um) designated by taxonomic names (e.g. species, genus or family) in any fresh or salt water body. | 2010-10-22 |
| MATC | Microzooplankton taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column | Microzooplankton carbon biomass parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. These may be at any taxonomic level from sub-species upwards., but exclude morphological classifications such as 'heterotrophic flagellate'. | 2017-07-17 |
| A999 | Microzooplankton taxonomy-related biosurface area per unit volume of the water column | Microzooplankton surface area per unit volume of the water column parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. These may be at any taxonomic level from sub-species upwards. | 2017-07-17 |
| V999 | Microzooplankton taxonomy-related biovolume per unit volume of the water column | Microzooplankton biovolume parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. These may be at any taxonomic level from sub-species upwards. | 2017-07-17 |
| MINC | Mineral chemistry | Chemical analyses of minerals extracted from rocks or sediment or analysed in-situ using techniques like the electron microprobe. | 2007-09-24 |
| CLAY | Mineralogical composition | Parameters describing or quantifying the mineralogical composition of rocks and unlithified sediments. | 2010-10-01 |
| RBHY | Molecular biology parameters | Any parameters relating to molecular biology or genetics | 2004-04-30 |
| MPMN | Moored instrument depth | Parameters expressing depth (possibly as pressure) of an instrument on a suspended underwater mooring. These are primarily collected to monitor mooring performance by quantifying knock-down and should not be regarded as instrument z co-ordinates (accurate calibration is rare) or as sea level measurements. | 2004-08-17 |
| NTUP | New production in water bodies | Parameters quantifying the uptake rate of nitrate or gaseous nitrogen by flora and fauna living in any body of salt or fresh water | 2009-11-15 |
| NTRA | Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column | Nitrate concentration parameters (including statistical parameters such as standard deviation) in the water column. Includes nitrate+nitrite, which is often loosely referred to as nitrate. | 2007-02-01 |
| NTRZ | Nitrate+nitrite concentration parameters in the water column DEPRECATED | Deprecated term from a misguided attempt to distinguish between NO3 and NO3+NO2 for discovery. Use parameter group NTRA instead | 2008-11-19 |
| AMOX | Nitrification and denitrification rates in water bodies | Parameters quantifying rates associated with nitrification (oxidation of reduced nitrogen such as ammonium) and denitrification (conversion of nitrate into gaseous compounds such as nitric oxide, nitrous oxide and molecular nitrogen) processes in the water column of any body of fresh or salt water. | 2022-01-29 |
| NTRI | Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column | Nitrite concentration parameters (including statistical parameters such as standard deviation) in the water column | 2004-05-27 |
| NTSD | Nitrogen concentrations in sediment | Concentrations of total, organic and inorganic nitrogen per unit weight of sediment. Sediment is understood to be the solid phase of the bed, including the recently settled material sometimes known as fluff collected from the bed surface. | 2004-08-02 |
| NTSP | Nitrogen concentrations in suspended particulate material | Concentrations of total, organic and inorganic nitrogen per unit weight of suspended particulate material collected by water column filtration, centrifugation or sediment trapping. Note that it is common practice to assume all nitrogen in SPM is organic. | 2004-08-02 |
| NTPW | Nutrient concentrations in sediment pore waters | Nutrient (nitrate, nitrite, ammonium, phosphate, silicate and urea) concentrations in sediment pore waters | 2004-05-27 |
| SAMO | Nutrient fluxes between the bed and the water column | Parameters quantifying the exchange of nutrients between the bed (ie the sediment) and the water column sometimes termed benthic fluxes | 2004-08-18 |
| R410 | Ocean colour and earth-leaving visible waveband spectral radiation | Parameters associated with the measurement of ocean colour, including visible waveband satellite spectral radiometer measurements, their calibration measurements (spectral water-leaving radiance and reflectance) and chart colour estimates. | 2006-06-05 |
| OPBS | Optical backscatter | Includes all parameters covering the strength of electromagnetic radiation signal return, including absolute measurements of returning signal strength as well as parameters expressed as backscatter (the proportion of transmitted signal returned) | 2008-11-04 |
| CSDE | Organic sulphur compound dynamics in the water column | Parameters relating to the rates of creation and consumption of organic sulphur compounds (such as DMS and carbonyl sulphide) in the water column | 2004-07-29 |
| OMPW | Organometallic and organometalloid species concentration parameters in sediments | All organometallic and orgamometalloid compound concentration parameters (including saturations for gaseous species) in all phases of sediments (including pore waters) | 2022-04-27 |
| OMWC | Organometallic and organometalloid species concentration parameters in water bodies | All organometallic and organometalloid compound concentration parameters (including saturations for gaseous species) in all phases of any body of fresh or salt water. | 2022-04-27 |
| OMBI | Organometallic species concentration parameters in biota | All measurements of the quantity or mass of any organometallic compound in any living organisms or their component parts | 2010-05-19 |
| DMST | Organosulphur and organoselenium species concentration parameters in water bodies | All organosulphur and organoselenium compound concentration parameters (including saturations for gaseous species) in all phases of any body of fresh or salt water. | 2022-04-27 |
| SICO | Other fluxes between the bed and the water column | Fluxes of species other than metals and nutrients between the bed (ie the sediment) and the water column sometimes termed benthic fluxes or sediment demand | 2010-11-08 |
| DCMX | Other halocarbon concentrations in water bodies | Concentrations of volatile halocarbons (compounds comprising carbon atoms covalently bonded to fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine atoms) other than tracers (i.e. freons/chlorofluorocarbons) and contaminants in any body of fresh or salt water. | 2010-11-08 |
| HLDE | Other halocarbon dynamics in water bodies | Parameters relating to the rates of creation and consumption of volatile halocarbons (compounds comprising carbon atoms covalently bonded to fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine atoms) other than tracers (i.e. freons/chlorofluorocarbons) and contaminants in any body of fresh or salt water. | 2010-11-08 |
| OMET | Other meteorological measurements | Bucket group for parameters that cannot be classified elsewhere | 2010-11-08 |
| DENS | Other physical and chemical properties of suspended particulate material | Parameters that do not easily fit into any of the other SPM data categories. | 2004-10-26 |
| KRTS | Other wave statistics | Statistical parameters derived from wave data expressing wave properties other than height, period and direction | 2010-11-08 |
| GOXP | Oxygen production and respiration in the water column | Parameters related to the rates of oxygen production and consumption | 2004-07-29 |
| OZON | Ozone and oxygen concentrations in the atmosphere | Ozone and oxygen concentration parameters in any phase of the atmosphere (but usually the gaseous phase) | 2006-06-05 |
| PCLM | Palaeoclimatic indicators and parameters | Parameterisations that describe climatic conditions in the past. Includes climate indices, climate indicators and indirect measurements of climate-related phenomena such as sea level and water table depth. | 2008-07-01 |
| PCO2 | Partial pressure (pCO2) and fugacity (fCO2) of carbon dioxide in the water column | 2004-08-11 | |
| DAAW | Particulate amino acid concentrations in the water column | Parameters quantifying the amount of organic compounds containing both a carboxyl group and an amino group in solids suspended in a body of water. | 2008-12-09 |
| CING | Particulate inorganic carbon concentrations in the water column | Concentrations of inorganic carbon in the particulate phase of the water column as extracted by a fitration technique. This is the particle-bound concentration per unit volume of the water column. Consequently, it is both a function of the SPM concentration in the water column and the concentration of inorganic carbon per unit weight of the SPM. | 2003-06-10 |
| MTWP | Particulate metal concentrations in the water column | Concentration parameters for metallic elements in the particulate phase of the water column collected by fitration, centrifugation or sediment trapping | 2008-09-12 |
| CORG | Particulate total and organic carbon concentrations in the water column | Concentrations of total and organic carbon in the particulate phase of the water column as extracted by a filtration technique. This is the particle-bound concentration per unit volume of the water column and is both a function of the SPM concentration in the water column and the concentration of carbon per unit weight of SPM. Total and organic carbon are classed together to circumvent confusion caused by total carbon data sets labelled 'POC' on the assumption that the inorganic carbon fraction is negligible | 2003-06-10 |
| NTOT | Particulate total and organic nitrogen concentrations in the water column | Concentrations of total and organic nitrogen in the particulate phase of the water column, which is a function of both the SPM concentration in the water column and the concentration of nitrogen per unit weight of SPM. Note that it is commonly assumed that all particulate nitrogen is organic. | 2004-08-02 |
| TPHS | Particulate total and organic phosphorus concentrations in the water column | Concentrations of total and organic phosphorus in the particulate phase of the water column, which is a function of both the SPM concentration in the water column and the concentration of phosphorus per unit weight of SPM. | 2004-10-25 |
| MDWP | Particulate trace metalloid and inorganic selenium concentrations in water bodies | Concentration parameters for trace metalloid elements and inorganic selenium species in the particulate phase of any body of fresh or salt water collected by fitration, centrifugation or sediment trapping. Trace metalloids are considered as B, Ge, As, Sb, Te and Po (but not Si which is classed separately because of its major role in environmental chemistry). | 2017-01-23 |
| PASR | Passive seismic refraction | Parameters quantifying the magnitude of naturally occurring low frequency earth movements such as used for earthquake seismology and natural noise studies. | 2010-02-21 |
| PEBI | Pesticide concentrations in biota | Concentration parameters for substances synthesised by man to kill other life forms in either whole organisms or their constituent parts. | 2010-01-27 |
| PESD | Pesticide concentrations in sediment | Concentration parameters for substances synthesised by man to kill other life forms in sediment, which is considered to be anything from the bed sampled by a grab or corer, including 'fluff'. | 2010-01-27 |
| PESP | Pesticide concentrations in suspended particulate material | Concentration parameters for substances synthesised by man to kill other life forms in suspended particulate material (SPM) collected by water column filtration, centrifugation or sediment trapping. Only includes parameters expressed per unit mass of SPM and not per unit volume of the water column. | 2021-05-18 |
| PEWB | Pesticide concentrations in water bodies | Concentration parameters for substances synthesised by man to kill other life forms in either solution or suspension (i.e.includes measurements in both the dissolved and particulate phases) in any body of salt or fresh water. | 2010-01-27 |
| PHSD | Phaeopigment concentrations in sediment | Includes all variants of phaeopigment (chlorophyll degradation products). Sediment is defined as any solids collected by a corer, including fluff.. | 2004-07-07 |
| PHWC | Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column | Includes all variants of phaeopigment (chlorophyll degradation products) expressed in terms of per unit volume or unit area of the water column. Does not include data expressed per unit mass of SPM. | 2004-07-07 |
| PHBI | Pharmaceutical concentrations in biota | Concentration parameters for substances synthesised by man to modify bodily function or diagnose, cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent disease in either whole organisms or their constituent parts. | 2010-01-27 |
| PHSE | Pharmaceutical concentrations in sediments | Concentration parameters for substances synthesised by man to modify bodily function or diagnose, cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent disease in sediment, which is considered to be anything from the bed sampled by a grab or corer, including 'fluff'. | 2010-01-27 |
| PHWB | Pharmaceutical concentrations in water bodies | Concentration parameters for substances synthesised by man to modify bodily function or diagnose, cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent disease in either solution or suspension (i.e.includes measurements in both the dissolved and particulate phases) in any body of salt or fresh water. | 2010-01-27 |
| PHOS | Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column | Phosphate concentration parameters (including statistical parameters such as standard deviation) in the water column | 2004-05-27 |
| PXSD | Phosphorus concentrations in sediment | Concentrations of total, organic and inorganic phosphorus per unit weight of sediment. Sediment is understood to be the solid phase of the bed, including the recently settled material sometimes known as fluff collected from the bed surface. | 2023-04-21 |
| PXSP | Phosphorus concentrations in suspended particulate material | Concentrations of total, organic and inorganic phosphorus per unit weight of suspended particulate material collected by water column filtration, centrifugation or sediment trapping. | 2004-08-02 |
| PHYC | Phycobolin pigment concentrations in the water column | Concentration of phycobolin group pigments such as phycocyanin and phycoerythrin in the water column | 2004-09-27 |
| PNTX | Phytoplankton generic abundance in water bodies | Any enumeration (e.g. count, abundance) of free-floating autotrophic biological entities designated by terms other than taxonomic names (e.g. microphytoplankton, ciliate, flagellate) in any body of fresh or salt water. | 2010-10-22 |
| CNTX | Phytoplankton generic biomass in water bodies | Any parameterisation of biomass (e.g. wet weight, dry weight, carbon, nitrogen etc.) of free-floating autotrophic biological entities designated by terms other than taxonomic names (e.g. microphytoplankton, ciliate, flagellate) in any body of fresh or salt water. | 2010-10-21 |
| PHYG | Phytoplankton growth | 2004-08-19 | |
| PATX | Phytoplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies | Any enumeration (e.g. count, abundance) of free-floating autotrophic biological entities designated by taxonomic names (e.g. species, genus, family) in any body of fresh or salt water. | 2010-10-22 |
| CATX | Phytoplankton taxonomic biomass in water bodies | Any parameterisation of biomass (e.g. wet weight, dry weight, carbon, nitrogen etc.) of free-floating autotrophic biological entities identified by their taxonomic names (e.g. family, genus, species) in any body of fresh or salt water. | 2010-10-21 |
| AATX | Phytoplankton taxonomic surface area in water bodies | Any parameterisation of cell surface area of free-floating autotrophic biological entities designated by taxonomic names (e.g. species, genus, family) in any body of fresh or salt water. | 2010-10-21 |
| VATX | Phytoplankton taxonomic volume in water bodies | Any parameterisation of cell volume of free-floating autotrophic biological entities designated by taxonomic names (e.g. species, genus, family) in any body of fresh or salt water. | 2010-10-21 |
| PYTT | Plankton abundance per unit volume of the water column | Used for plankton abundance parameters where no differentiation between phytoplankton, microzooplankton or zooplankton is possible | 2003-06-10 |
| CYEU | Plankton biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column | Used for plankton carbon biomass parameters where no differentiation between phytoplankton, microzooplankton or zooplankton is possible | 2003-08-04 |
| HEAD | Platform or instrument orientation | Parameters that describe the displacement of platforms or instruments in space relative to various origins | 2004-08-13 |
| GP001 | Pollution events | Parameters quantifying the accidental spillage of liquid or dry pollutants from vessels or marine industries. Parameters may include quantities of pollutant, areas affected and event duration. | 2008-12-09 |
| CPRP | Precipitation and evaporation | Parameters relating to all kinds of precipitation (rain, snow, etc.) and water loss from the surface of the Earth | 2006-06-13 |
| RWCH | Precipitation chemistry | Concentration of any chemical species in water collected from the atmosphere. Includes rain, snow, hail and fog but excludes cloud samples or snow accumulations on the ground. | 2008-12-09 |
| PPRD | Primary production in the water column | Parameters associated with the quantification of primary production. This is defined as the fixation of carbon dioxide into either organic or inorganic carbon by living entities and so includes photosynthesis and calcification. | 2003-06-10 |
| ACFL | Quality control flags | 2004-08-20 | |
| QDMD | Quantity of material dumped | Parameters quantifying the amount of liquids (e.g. ship's ballast) or solids (e.g. dredge spoil) deposited into the water column as a result of man's activities | 2008-08-15 |
| RBSC | Radar backscatter | Includes all parameters covering the strength of emitted microwave radiation return, including absolute measurements of returning signal strength as well as parameters expressed as backscatter (the proportion of transmitted signal returned) | 2009-05-20 |
| GERA | Radiation geophysics | Parameters quantifying the level of radioactive emissions from in-situ geologic units | 2010-10-22 |
| BRAD | Radioactivity in biota | All parameters associated with radioactivity in either whole organisms or their constituent parts | 2007-02-26 |
| ARAD | Radioactivity in the atmosphere | All parameters associated with radioactivity in the atmosphere, including radiation counts, isotope activities and activity ratios. | 2017-08-09 |
| WRAD | Radioactivity in water bodies | All parameters associated with radioactivity in any body of fresh or salt water, including radiation counts, isotope activities and activity ratios. Activities per unit mass of SPM are included. | 2017-08-09 |
| XRFC | Raw X-Ray fluorometer (XRF) output from sediment samples DEPRECATED | 2010-11-05 | |
| LERR | Raw current meter output parameters | Parameters as logged by measuring devices, including raw counts/voltages and ADCP relative velocities | 2004-08-17 |
| FVLT | Raw fluorometer output | Output as logged from any type fluorometer. | 2004-02-25 |
| RGAS | Raw gas analyser output | Raw concentration parameters from a gas analyser such as a LiCor | 2007-09-24 |
| NUTV | Raw in-situ nutrient analyser output | Direct output parameters from spectophotometric or chemical in-situ nutrient analysers | 2005-07-08 |
| LVLT | Raw light meter output | 2003-06-10 | |
| OXYC | Raw oxygen sensor output | Raw parameters (usually membrane current and temperature) from dissolved oxygen sensors | 2004-08-11 |
| PHLT | Raw pH sensor output | Raw pH parameter output from any type of pH sensor. | 2015-11-16 |
| TVLT | Raw suspended particulate material concentration sensor output | Raw parameters (voltages and counts) from in-situ suspended particulate material sensors including transmissometers, nephelometers,in-situ particle sizers and ABS (including ADCP echo intensity). | 2014-01-21 |
| TCNT | Raw temperature and/or salinity instrument output | Direct output parameters from TS instruments such as thermosalinograph or CTD | 2003-11-06 |
| EPSV | Raw turbulence sensor output | Raw direct output parameters from microstructure sensors, probes or profilers that are used to determine the distribution of water body properties on a millimetric scale. | 2023-08-01 |
| RPOT | Redox potential in sediment | 2003-06-10 | |
| IS4R | Reduction rates in bed sediments | Reduction rates of any species in sediment cores | 2004-08-19 |
| ACYC | Reference numbers | Data record, event, sample or measurement reference numbers | 2004-08-20 |
| AMUP | Regenerated production in water bodies | Parameters quantifying the uptake rate of nitrogen from excretion products (ammonium and urea) by flora and fauna living in any body of salt or fresh water | 2009-11-15 |
| GP068 | Reptile abundance | Parameters related to the abundance of reptiles (Class Reptilia) | 2008-12-09 |
| GP067 | Reptile disease and parasites | Parameters relating to diseases and parasites of reptiles (Class Reptilia) | 2008-12-09 |
| GP069 | Reptile reproduction | Parameters related to the reproduction of reptiles (Class Reptilia) | 2008-12-09 |
| RVDS | River flow and discharge | Parameters related to the volume of water passing through a point in a river system per unit time, including the rates of freshwater, dissolved material and particulate load discharge from a river into the sea. | 2010-11-08 |
| RAGE | Rock age | Measured or stratigraphically estimated ages of lithified sediments, igneous rock or metamorphic rock. | 2010-02-21 |
| RALT | Rock alteration | Parameters describing aspects of a geologic unit that are the result of bulk chemical, mineralogical or physical changes related to change in the physical or chemical environment. Includes weathering, supergene alteration, hydrothermal alteration and metasomatic effects not considered metamorphic. | 2022-03-21 |
| ROGS | Rock grain size | Parameters specifying the physical dimensions of the particles comprising lithified sedimentary rocks (including expressions of shape such as aspect ratio) and statistics derived from their variation in a sample (e.g. mean, mode, sorting, skewness). | 2010-02-21 |
| RPER | Rock porosity and permeability | Parmeters describing the space for fluids or gases within a geologic unit comprising lithified sediments, igneous rock or metamorphic rock. | 2010-02-21 |
| RTMP | Rock temperature DEPRECATED | Parameters that describe the distribution of the degree of hotness within geologic units of lithified sedimentary, igneous of metamorphic rock. | 2010-11-05 |
| RTCO | Rock thermal conductivity | Parameters that describe the degree to which sedimentary, igneous or metamorphic rocks are able to conduct heat | 2010-02-21 |
| PSAL | Salinity of the water column | Parameters quantifying the concentration of sodium chloride in any body of water at any point between the bed and the atmosphere | 2007-03-02 |
| SAMP | Sampling parameters | Qualitative and quantitative parameters related to the sampling activity; includes terms related to sampling effort, sampling gears, sample processing. | 2018-12-11 |
| ASLV | Sea level | Measurements and predictions of the displacement of the water column surface from a fixed, stable reference | 2007-06-19 |
| PREX | Sea level expressed as pressure DEPRECATED | Measurements of the displacement of the water column surface from a fixed, stable reference expressed as either total pressure or sea pressure | 2013-11-15 |
| SLIT | Sea-floor litter abundance | Parameters describing the abundance and nature of litter data collected on the seabed. | 2018-09-06 |
| BPRP | SeaDataNet biological format biotic parameters | Parameters that quantify any attribute of a biological entity specified elsewhere in the data model and therefore do not map to the existing biologically classified P02 categories. This concept is used as a temporary grouping of parameter codes created for the SeaDataNet biological standard format. | 2017-08-11 |
| SBGE | Seabed geomorphology | Parameters associated with seafloor landforms and features such as bedforms, seamounts and ridges, including morphology, evolution and associated transport phenomena. | 2023-07-03 |
| SBPH | Seabed photography | Digital images of the seabed obtained using either still or video cameras | 2009-04-20 |
| FOCA | Seal abundance | Parameters related to the distribution of true seals (Phocidae), eared seals (Otariidae) and walruses (Odobenidae)at a particular time and location, including presence/absence indicators. | 2022-04-27 |
| SEBH | Seal behaviour | Parameters describing the actions or reactions, usually in response to the environment, of true seals (Phocidae), eared seals (Otariidae) and walruses (Odobenidae). | 2019-05-31 |
| SEMP | Seal morphology and physiology | Parameters describing the size, shape or physiological activity including disease and parasite infection status of true seals (Phocidae), eared seals (Otariidae) and walruses (Odobenidae). | 2019-05-31 |
| SEMO | Seal mortality | Parameters describing the causes and rate of mortality of true seals (Phocidae), eared seals (Otariidae) and walruses (Odobenidae). | 2019-05-31 |
| GP025 | Seal reproduction | Parameters related to the reproduction of true seals (Phocidae), eared seals (Otariidae) and walruses (Odobenidae). | 2019-05-31 |
| SECC | Secchi disk depth | Measurements of optical visibility in the water column | 2003-06-10 |
| XKEY | Security tags and keys | Parameters used to encode information specifying access rights to data, usually in terms of authorised roles | 2008-12-09 |
| RACC | Sediment accumulation rate | Parameters quantifying the volume, mass or thickness of particulate material that gathers on the seabed per unit time. | 2008-11-04 |
| SDAC | Sediment acoustics | Parameters relating to the elucidation of sediment structure by quantifying the proportion of waves from a low energy source reflected by sub-surface layers. | 2007-11-22 |
| SAGE | Sediment age | Measured or stratigraphically estimated ages of marine sediments | 2003-06-10 |
| MNGS | Sediment grain size parameters | Parameters specifying the physical dimensions of the particles comprising unlithified sediment (including expressions of shape such as aspect ratio) and statistics derived from their variation in a sample (e.g. mean, mode, sorting, skewness). | 2010-02-19 |
| CD10 | Sediment lipid concentrations | Lipids are defined as small water-insoluble biomolecules including fats, fatty acids, esters, sterols, isoprenoid compounds, etc.. Sediment is defined as material collected by a corer (including fluff). | 2012-03-01 |
| GHDX | Sediment microfossil morphology parameters | Parameters relating to the size, shape and form of microfossils in sediment samples | 2004-08-17 |
| SPOL | Sediment pollen content | 2003-06-10 | |
| REFF | Sediment resistivity | 2004-08-17 | |
| BEST | Sediment resuspension | Parameters quantifying the critera for and extent of sediment resuspension | 2004-08-17 |
| STCO | Sediment thermal conductivity | Parameters that describe the degree to which unlithified sediment is able to conduct heat | 2010-02-21 |
| WCWT | Sediment water content, porosity and surface area | Sediment porosity (water content by volume) and water content by weight parameters | 2004-08-17 |
| SSTR | Sedimentary structure | Parameters characterising structure in sedimentary rocks and unlithified sediment such as bedding, lamination and bioturbation. | 2010-10-01 |
| A01X | Sedimentation flux of alkenones and alkenoates in the water column | Parameters quantifying the rate of alkenones (unsaturated aliphatic ketones) and alkenoates (carboxylic acid esters) sinking as particles through any body of water. | 2012-03-01 |
| AAFX | Sedimentation flux of amino acids and associated compounds in water bodies | Parameters quantifying the amount of organic compounds containing both a carboxyl group and an amino group (including compounds such as salts and esters) sinking vertically as particles through a unit area of a water body in units time. | 2011-09-08 |
| FPFX | Sedimentation flux of biological detritus in the water column | Flux of biological detritus (material derived from the water column such as exuvia and faecal pellets) in the water column | 2004-08-18 |
| CBFX | Sedimentation flux of carbohydates in the water column | 2004-10-22 | |
| TCFX | Sedimentation flux of carbon, nitrogen or organic matter in the water column | Fluxes of particulate total, organic and inorganic carbon (including as CaCO3) and nitrogen (often measured as 'total' but assumed to be 'organic'). Organic matter is defined as matter lost on ignition. | 2008-11-25 |
| PCFX | Sedimentation flux of identified biota expressed as carbon in the water column | Fluxes of any biota or remains thereof (excluding faecal pellets which are classed as SPM) downwards through the water column | 2004-05-18 |
| PNFX | Sedimentation flux of identified biota in the water column | Fluxes expressed as number per unit area per unit time of any biota or remains thereof (excluding faecal pellets which are classed as SPM) downwards through the water column | 2004-05-18 |
| MLFX | Sedimentation flux of metallic and metalloid elements and isotopes in water bodies | Parameters quantifying metal and metalloid fluxes as element concentration or isotope activities per unit area per unit time | 2011-10-18 |
| OPFX | Sedimentation flux of non-metallic inorganic species in the water column | Quantity of any inorganic species such as silicon (opal) and phosphorus passing through unit area of the water column in unit time. Carbon and nitrogen are regarded as organic and explicitly excluded | 2006-06-13 |
| AXFX | Sedimentation flux of pigments in the water column | 2004-07-29 | |
| LIFX | Sedimentation flux of terrestrially derived material in the water column | Fluxes of terrestrial biological or lithological material | 2004-10-22 |
| MSFX | Sedimentation flux quantification in the water column | Parameters expressing the total sedimentation flux in terms of particle mass, volume or counts | 2004-08-19 |
| SRFL | Seismic reflection | Parameters relating to the elucidation of geological structure by quantifying the proportion of waves from a high energy source reflected by sub-surface layers. | 2007-11-22 |
| SRFR | Seismic refraction | Parameters relating to the elucidation of geological structure by quantifying the refration of waves from a high energy source by sub-surface layers. | 2007-11-22 |
| SABB | Shellfish abundance and biomass in water bodies | Parameters that quantify the numbers or amount of living material of shellfish (molluscs - including cephalopods - and crustaceans of interest to fisheries research and commercial fisheries) in any body of fresh or salt water. | 2018-02-12 |
| SATM | Shellfish morphology, age and physiology | Parameters that quantify the size, shape, age and life processes (including mortality) of shellfish (molluscs - including cephalopods - and crustaceans of interest to fisheries research and commercial fisheries). | 2018-02-12 |
| SREP | Shellfish reproduction | Parameters that quantify the fecundity, reproductive rates or nature of reproduction in shellfish (molluscs - including cephalopods - and crustaceans of interest to fisheries research and commercial fisheries). | 2018-02-12 |
| SSCN | Side-scan sonar | A technique for mapping the morphology of the seafloor using a sonar swath projected sideways from a towed underwater vehicle. | 2006-06-28 |
| SLCA | Silicate concentration parameters in the water column | Silicate concentration parameters (including statistical parameters such as standard deviation) in the water column | 2004-05-27 |
| SPCN | Single particle characterisation | Physical, chemical or optical properties of individual solid particles. | 2023-08-02 |
| PSST | Skin temperature of the water column | Temperature of the water column surface as measured by a radiometer. It does NOT include temperature measurements in the upper few metres of the water column such as thermosalinograph data | 2004-07-29 |
| ICHM | Snow and ice chemistry | Parameters related to the chemical composition of any kind of water sample that was frozen solid at the time of sampling or measurement | 2011-02-18 |
| CRYS | Snow and ice mass, thickness and extent | Measurements of quantity (mass), thickness and spatial extent of snow and ice | 2011-02-18 |
| IPHY | Snow and ice physical properties and characteristics | Parameters related to physical properties (e.g. colour, density, in-situ temperature) or characteristics (e.g. sea ice type) of any kind of water sample that was in its solid state at the time of sampling or measurement | 2011-02-18 |
| CSLR | Solar Radiation | Parameters quantifying the irradiance of the sun impinging on the Earth's surface in the visible and infra-red waveband, generally accepted as wavelengths between 300 and 3000 nm | 2008-11-04 |
| SVEL | Sound velocity and travel time in the water column | 2004-08-19 | |
| WVSP | Spectral wave data parameters | Parameters for directional and non-directional spectral wave data, excluding wave directions derived from spectral data. | 2004-07-30 |
| SPAG | Speleothem age | Measured or stratigraphically estimated ages of secondary mineral deposits in caves. This includes stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, and crystal growths. | 2006-06-21 |
| IRBO | Stable isotopes in biota | Stable isotope parameters (concentrations, ratios and enrichments) from measurements on living (at the time of sampling) organisms or parts thereof. | 2017-08-09 |
| IRIC | Stable isotopes in ice and snow DEPRECATED | Stable isotope parameters (concentrations, ratios and enrichments) in frozen precipitation (snow, hail, ice and slush), its accumulations (e.g. glaciers), sea ice and frozen fresh water. | 2017-08-09 |
| SSTB | Stable isotopes in sediment | Stable isotope parameters (concentrations, ratios and enrichments) in sediment, including biota-associated parameters such as isotope enrichment in foraminifera tests. | 2017-08-09 |
| SIPW | Stable isotopes in sediment pore waters | Stable isotope parameters (concentrations, ratios and enrichments) in either the solute or solvent phase of sediment pore waters. | 2017-08-09 |
| IRSP | Stable isotopes in speleothems | Stable isotope parameters (concentrations, ratios and enrichments) in secondary mineral deposits in caves. This includes stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, and crystal growths. | 2017-08-09 |
| ISAT | Stable isotopes in the atmosphere | Stable isotope parameters (concentrations, ratios and enrichments) in both the gaseous and aerosol phases of the atmosphere. | 2017-08-09 |
| WSTB | Stable isotopes in water bodies | Stable isotope parameters (concentrations, ratios and enrichments) in both the dissolved and particulate phases of any body of fresh or salt water. | 2017-08-09 |
| STGC | Stomach and gut contents | Parameters that characterize or quantify the contents of the stomach and gut of an animal or group of animals. | 2016-02-16 |
| MXLM | Structure and stability of the water column | Parameters describing or predicting water column structure plus parameters quantifying the dynamic stability of that structure | 2004-08-16 |
| SUAT | Sulphur species concentrations in the atmosphere | Concentration of sulphur species (element or compounds) in any phase of the atmosphere. Includes sulphur dioxide. | 2006-06-05 |
| SACT | Surfactant concentrations in water bodies | Parameters quantifying the amount of compounds that lower the surface tension of a liquid, the interfacial tension between two liquids, or that between a liquid and a solid in any body of salt or fresh water. The term surfactants includes detergents, wetting agents, emulsifiers, foaming agents and dispersants. | 2011-10-18 |
| ABAG | Suspended particulate material aggregates | Parameters relating to the abundance, size and morphology of particle aggregates in the SPM | 2004-08-17 |
| SPGS | Suspended particulate material grain size parameters | Includes all SPM grain size measurements and derived statistics | 2004-10-26 |
| MDSV | Suspended particulate material setting velocity parameters | 2004-05-27 | |
| STMP | Temperature of geological units | Parameters that describe the distribution of the degree of hotness within a body of rock or unlithified sediment. | 2010-11-04 |
| TEMP | Temperature of the water column | Temperature parameters in any body of water at any point between the bed and the atmosphere excluding the top few microns sampled by radiometers known as the skin | 2007-03-02 |
| PTDZ | Temperature variation in the water column | Parameters expressing the variation of temperature in the water column either as a function of space or of time | 2003-06-10 |
| TD00 | Terrestrial detritus in the water column suspended particulate material | Parameters quantifying and categorising terrestrially-derived detritus (eg dust and pollen) in the water column | 2004-08-18 |
| COAS | Terrestrial mapping | Parameters relating to the mapping of terrestrial features, including coastlines | 2006-05-26 |
| LWET | Terrestrial water content | Parameters relating to the water held by land masses such as soil and vegetation moisture content | 2006-05-26 |
| SR3D | Three-dimensional seismic reflection | Parameters relating to structure beneath sea-bed determined by the reflection of seismic energy along multiple parallel tracks. | 2010-02-21 |
| TCO2 | Total dissolved inorganic carbon (TCO2) concentration in the water column | 2003-06-10 | |
| MTWT | Total metal concentrations in water bodies | Concentration parameters for metal elements in the combined dissolved and particulate phases of any body of fresh or salt water. | 2010-01-27 |
| MDBO | Trace metalloid and inorganic selenium concentrations in biota | Concentration parameters for trace metalloid elements and inorganic selenium species in either whole organisms or their constituent parts. Trace metalloids are considered as B, Ge, As, Sb, Te, and Po (but not Si which is classed separately because of its major role in environmental chemistry). | 2023-06-01 |
| MDPW | Trace metalloid and inorganic selenium concentrations in sediment pore water | Concentration parameters for trace metalloid elements and inorganic selenium species in water occupying the space between sediment grains. Trace metalloids are considered as B, Ge, As, Sb, Te, and Po (but not Si which is classed separately because of its major role in environmental chemistry). | 2023-06-01 |
| MDSD | Trace metalloid concentrations in sediment DEPRECATED | Concentration parameters for metalloid elements in sediment. Sediment is understood to be the solid phase of the bed, including the recently settled material sometimes known as fluff collected from the bed surface. Metalloids are considered as B, Ge, As, Sb, Te and Po (but not Si which is classed separately because of its major role in environmental chemistry) | 2010-11-05 |
| ATTN | Transmittance and attenuance of the water column | Parameters relating to the rate of electromagnetic radiation intensity decrease as it travels through the water column | 2007-11-21 |
| TRAN | Transport activity | Parameters quantifying the level of activity moving people or cargo from one place to another. | 2008-12-09 |
| VDFC | Transport in the water column | Parameters describing the transport of material, heat or energy in the water column | 2004-08-16 |
| EPSI | Turbulence in the water column | Measured parameters expressing turbulence in the water column plus parameters derived from these measurements | 2004-08-16 |
| SR2D | Two-dimensional seismic reflection | Parameters relating to structure beneath sea-bed determined by the reflection of seismic energy along a single track. | 2010-02-21 |
| UVRD | Ultra-violet (UV) radiation | Parameters relating to the intensity of ultra-violet radiation in either the atmosphere or the water column | 2007-11-21 |
| CPCN | Unclassified pigment concentrations in sediment | Includes all pigments that cannot be explicitly classified as chlorophylls, phaeopigments or carotenoids (usually groups of pigments). Sediment includes anything collected by a grab or corer, including the fluff layer from the top of the consolidated sediment. | 2004-10-22 |
| OPWC | Unclassified pigment concentrations in the water column | Includes all pigments that cannot be explicitly classified as chlorophylls, phaeopigments or carotenoids. Generally, these are parameters where different pigments have been grouped together. Concentrations are expressed in terms of per unit volume or unit area of the water column. Does not include data expressed per unit mass of SPM. | 2004-07-07 |
| ZZZZ | Unspecified | The identity of the parameter is not declared. Covers cases such as internal working parameters and dummy channels. | 2008-12-09 |
| PHUP | Uptake of other nutrients in the water column | Uptake of nutrients other than nitrogen species (ie phosphate and silicate) by the water column | 2010-11-08 |
| UREA | Urea concentration parameters in the water column | Urea concentration parameters (including statistical parameters such as standard deviation) in the water column | 2004-05-27 |
| CMFL | Variable fluorescence parameters | Parameters measured by variable fluorescence instruments such as pump and probe and fast repetition rate fluorometers | 2005-02-03 |
| APZA | Vertical platform movement | Parameters quantifying the upward and downward motion of objects mounting sensors or collecting samples. | 2008-12-09 |
| AHGT | Vertical spatial coordinates | All vertical spatial parameters including depth, height and pressure when used as an independent variable. | 2004-03-25 |
| LRZA | Vertical velocity of the water column (currents) | Vertical water movement parameters including non-directional speeds | 2004-08-23 |
| VIRU | Virus abundance in water bodies | Any enumeration (e.g. count, number per square metre) of viruses in any body of fresh or salt water. | 2010-10-22 |
| VSRA | Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the atmosphere | Includes visible waveband measurements at discrete wavelengths and PAR integrated values as photon and energy fluxes. Does not include satellite radiometer and associated calibration parameters (e.g. water-leaving radiance and reflectance) | 2006-06-05 |
| VSRW | Visible waveband radiance and irradiance measurements in the water column | Includes measurements at discrete wavelengths and PAR integrated values, measurements as photon and energy fluxes. | 2004-07-30 |
| F001 | Water body lipid concentrations | Lipids are defined as small water-insoluble biomolecules including fats, fatty acids, esters, sterols, isoprenoid compounds, etc.. Water body includes any body of fresh or salt water. As lipids are insoluble in water the concencentrations are associated with the particulate phase. | 2012-03-01 |
| WBRX | Water body redox potential | A measure of the tendency of any body of fresh or salt water to either gain or lose electrons when it is subject to change by introduction of a new species. | 2012-02-16 |
| WCTR | Water body released tracers | Parameters describing the amount in a sample of a tracer (rhodamine, SF6, 3He, etc.) that has been purposely released into a water body to track water mass movements or quantify exchanges with the atmosphere. | 2010-10-01 |
| WCPH | Water column photography | Digital images of the water column obtained using either still or video cameras | 2009-04-20 |
| WQBI | Water quality bioindicators | Parameters quantifying fauna and flora that indicate physical or chemical conditions in the water column such as colonisation depths and abundance of indicator species. | 2009-04-20 |
| GWDR | Wave direction | Direct measurements (including visual estimates) plus statistically derived parameters | 2004-08-16 |
| WVST | Wave height and period statistics | Statistical parameters derived from wave records to express wave height and period. | 2004-07-30 |
| HEAV | Wave height estimates | Measurements of wave height that are not based on the statistical analysis of wave records, such as heave, surface roughness and visual height estimates | 2006-06-13 |
| EWSB | Wind strength and direction | Parameters quantifying the extent or direction of atmospheric movement. Obvious examples are wind velocity, windspeed and wind direction, but can also include derived parameters such as force, energy, power and power density. | 2014-05-27 |
| WSTR | Wind stress and shear | Parameters related to forces due to interactions between atmosphere and the surface of the earth or between atmospheric air masses | 2007-02-23 |
| ZADX | Zoobenthos dry weight biomass | Any quantification of the dry mass of zoobenthos (animals living on, in or near the bed of any water body). Includes animals normally considered planktonic if collected in sediment and data expressed ash-free and in terms of carbon, nitrogen etc.. | 2013-08-01 |
| MFAB | Zoobenthos generic abundance | Any enumeration (e.g. count, number per square metre) of animals living on or near the seabed designated by terms other than taxonomic names (e.g. total). | 2010-10-22 |
| MFWW | Zoobenthos non taxonomy-related wet weight biomass per unit area of the bed | Any zoobenthos wet weight biomass per unit area of the seabed parameters that are not included in parameter group ZWTX. | 2004-04-26 |
| ZBTX | Zoobenthos taxonomic abundance | Any enumeration (e.g. count, number per square metre) of animals living on or near the seabed designated by taxonomic names (e.g. species, genus). | 2010-10-22 |
| MFLZ | Zoobenthos taxonomy-related abundance per unit area of the littoral zone DEPRECATED | Any zoobenthos abundance per unit area of the littoral zone (between spring tide high and low water) parameters that are not fish or terrestrial animals (insecta/oligochaeta) | 2015-04-08 |
| MFAZ | Zoobenthos taxonomy-related ash-free dry weight biomass per unit area of the littoral zone DEPRECATED | Any zoobenthos ash-free dry weight biomass per unit area of the littoral zone (between spring tide high and low water) parameters that are not fish or terrestrial animals (insecta/oligochaeta) | 2015-04-08 |
| ZOOB | Zoobenthos taxonomy-related counts | Zoobenthos count parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. These may be at any taxonomic level from sub-species upwards. Count includes presence/absence indicators. | 2017-07-17 |
| ZWTX | Zoobenthos taxonomy-related wet weight biomass per unit area of the bed | Zoobenthos wet weight biomass per unit area parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. Includes animals considered as planktonic if they have been returned from sediment samples. | 2017-07-17 |
| DVLP | Zooplankton and zoobenthos development stage parameters | Development stage parameters (such as proportion but excluding abundance or biomass) of zooplankton and zoobenthos. Benthic and planktonic animals have not been seggregated because there is a degree of overlap (eg shrimps). | 2009-07-28 |
| BLEN | Zooplankton and zoobenthos morphological parameters | Morphological parameters of zooplankton and zoobenthos (essentially any animal except for insects, earthworms or fish), such as size, shape and weight. Benthic and planktonic animals have not been seggregated because there is a degree of overlap (eg shrimps). | 2006-09-29 |
| ZFIT | Zooplankton and zoobenthos physiological condition parameters | Parameters indicating the health of zooplankton and zoobenthos taxa, such as fecundity, egg condition, presence of parasites/diseases etc. | 2014-08-04 |
| MSBO | Zooplankton ash-free dry weight biomass per unit volume of the water column | Zooplankton (mesozooplankton and larger, exclusing fish, mammals, reptiles and insects) biomass determined by gravimetric measurement of loss on ignition | 2004-04-23 |
| ZV00 | Zooplankton biovolume | 2003-06-10 | |
| MSIC | Zooplankton carbon biomass per unit area of the water column | Integrated zooplankton (mesozooplankton and larger, exclusing fish, mammals, reptiles and insects) carbon biomass parameters | 2003-06-10 |
| ZCMP | Zooplankton chemical composition | Chemical composition of zooplankton expressed in terms of mass (or molar quantity) per specimen or per unit tissue mass | 2005-08-01 |
| FPRT | Zooplankton defecation rates in the water column | Faecal pellet production and gut evacuation rates | 2007-03-30 |
| MSBD | Zooplankton dry weight biomass per unit volume of the water column | Zooplankton (mesozooplankton and larger, exclusing fish, mammals, reptiles and insects) biomass determined by drying to constant weight. | 2004-04-23 |
| MEPH | Zooplankton egg hatch proportion | 2003-08-08 | |
| FCRT | Zooplankton feeding | Parameters quantifying the ingestion of food by zooplankton (mesozooplankton and larger but excluding fish) in terms of identified biota or chemical species and the effects of nutrition on life processes such as physiology and reproduction. | 2007-03-02 |
| GRZO | Zooplankton growth rates | Parameters pertaining to zooplankton growth rates including biochemical proxies such as AARS activity | 2005-08-02 |
| GPIG | Zooplankton gut pigments DEPRECATED | Parameters identifying or quantifying zooplankton gut pigments | 2016-02-16 |
| ZNTX | Zooplankton non taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column | Zooplankton (mesozooplankton plus larger pelagic animals excluding fish, reptiles and mammals) abundance per unit volume parameters not included in group ZATX. Usually used for generic names such as 'mesozooplankton'. | 2004-04-19 |
| ZNTC | Zooplankton non taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column | Zooplankton (mesozooplankton plus larger pelagic animals excluding fish, reptiles and mammals) carbon biomass per unit volume parameters not included in group ZCTC. Usually used for generic names such as 'mesozooplankton'. | 2004-04-20 |
| ZNTN | Zooplankton non taxonomy-related biomass expressed as nitrogen per unit volume of the water column | Zooplankton (mesozooplankton plus larger pelagic animals excluding fish, reptiles and mammals) nitrogen biomass per unit volume parameters not included in group ZCTC. Usually used for generic names such as 'mesozooplankton'. | 2010-07-19 |
| ZNTP | Zooplankton non taxonomy-related biomass expressed as protein per unit volume of the water column | Zooplankton (mesozooplankton plus larger pelagic animals excluding fish, reptiles and mammals) protein biomass per unit volume for entities that have not been identified by taxonomic name | 2005-08-18 |
| MSEP | Zooplankton reproduction rate parameters | All parameters related to zooplankton reproduction rates | 2003-06-10 |
| ZATX | Zooplankton taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column | Zooplankton (mesozooplankton plus larger pelagic animals excluding fish, reptiles and mammals) abundance parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. These may be at any taxonomic level from sub-species upwards. | 2017-07-17 |
| ZCTC | Zooplankton taxonomy-related biomass expressed as carbon per unit volume of the water column | Zooplankton (mesozooplankton plus larger pelagic animals excluding fish, reptiles and mammals) carbon biomass parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. These may be at any taxonomic level from sub-species upwards. | 2017-07-17 |
| ZCTN | Zooplankton taxonomy-related biomass expressed as nitrogen per unit volume of the water column | Zooplankton (mesozooplankton plus larger pelagic animals excluding fish, reptiles and mammals) nitrogen biomass parameters presented at the level of taxa that may be mapped to entities in a standard taxonomy registry such as WoRMS or ITIS. These may be at any taxonomic level from sub-species upwards. | 2017-07-17 |
| ZATP | Zooplankton taxonomy-related biomass expressed as protein per unit volume of the water column | Zooplankton (mesozooplankton plus larger pelagic animals excluding fish, reptiles and mammals) protein biomass per unit volume for entities that have been identified by taxonomic name | 2005-08-18 |
| GP079 | Zooplankton wet weight biomass | Zooplankton (mesozooplankton and larger, exclusing fish, mammals, reptiles and insects) biomass determined by weighing unprocessed catch samples. | 2008-12-09 |
| INAP | inapplicable | There is no appropriate value. | 2017-05-02 |
