| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method | Comment |
| 1 | DATE/TIME  | Date/Time | | | | Geocode |
| 2 | DEPTH, water  | Depth water | m | | | Geocode |
| 3 | Tide, high  | TH | | Martens, Peter  | | |
| 4 | Tide, low  | TL | | Martens, Peter  | | |
| 5 | Temperature, water  | Temp | °C | Martens, Peter  | Reversing thermometer  | |
| 6 | Salinity  | Sal | | Martens, Peter  | Salinometer, inductive  | |
| 7 | Oxygen  | O2 | µmol/l | Martens, Peter  | Oxygen, Winkler (Culberson, 1991, WOCE Report 68/91)  | |
| 8 | pH  | pH | | Martens, Peter  | pH, Electrode  | |
| 9 | Ammonia  | NH3 | µmol/l | Martens, Peter  | Colorometric analysis, manual  | |
| 10 | Nitrite  | NO2- | µmol/l | Martens, Peter  | Colorometric analysis, manual  | |
| 11 | Nitrate  | NO3 | µmol/l | Martens, Peter  | Colorometric analysis, manual  | |
| 12 | Phosphate  | PO4 | µmol/l | Martens, Peter  | Colorometric analysis, manual  | |
| 13 | Silicate  | Si(OH)4 | µmol/l | Martens, Peter  | Colorometric analysis, manual  | |
| 14 | Chlorophyll a  | Chl a | µg/l | Martens, Peter  | Fluorometry, after filtration  | |
| 15 | Seston, dry mass  | Sest dm | mg/l | Martens, Peter  | JGOFS methods  | |
| 16 | Carbon, organic, particulate  | POC | µg/l | Martens, Peter  | Element analyser CHN  | |
| 17 | Nitrogen, organic, particulate  | PON | µg/l | Martens, Peter  | Element analyser CHN  | |