| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
| 1 | Sample ID | Sample ID | | Pesant, Stephane | | TARA_barcode# |
| 2 | Basis of campaign | Basis | | Pesant, Stephane | | |
| 3 | Campaign of event | Campaign | | Pesant, Stephane | | |
| 4 | Station label | Station | | Pesant, Stephane | | TARA_station# |
| 5 | Event label | Event | | Pesant, Stephane | | |
| 6 | Optional event label | Event 2 | | Pesant, Stephane | | |
| 7 | Method/Device of event | Method/Device | | Pesant, Stephane | | |
| 8 | Date/Time of event | Date/Time | | Pesant, Stephane | | |
| 9 | Latitude of event | Latitude | | Pesant, Stephane | | |
| 10 | Longitude of event | Longitude | | Pesant, Stephane | | |
| 11 | Date/Time of event 2 | Date/Time 2 | | Pesant, Stephane | | |
| 12 | Latitude of event 2 | Latitude 2 | | Pesant, Stephane | | |
| 13 | Longitude of event 2 | Longitude 2 | | Pesant, Stephane | | |
| 14 | Environmental feature | Env feature | | Pesant, Stephane | | abbreviation |
| 15 | Environmental feature | Env feature | | Pesant, Stephane | Terms registered at EnvO, the Environmental Ontology | full name (ENVO:ID) |
| 16 | Marine biome | MP biome | | Pesant, Stephane | Longhurst (2007) | |
| 17 | Ocean and sea region | OS region | | Pesant, Stephane | IHO General Sea Areas (1953) registered at www.marineregions.org | [abbreviation] full name (MRGID:ID) |
| 18 | Biogeographical province | BG province | | Pesant, Stephane | Longhurst (2007) registered at marineregions.org | [abbreviation] full name (MRGID:ID) |
| 19 | Depth, reference | Depth ref | m | Guidi, Lionel | calculated from in situ sensor data, calibrated using factory settings | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836321) |
| 20 | Conductivity | Cond | mS/cm | Guidi, Lionel | calculated from in situ sensor data, calibrated using factory settings | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836321) |
| 21 | Salinity | Sal | | Guidi, Lionel | calculated from in situ sensor data, calibrated using factory settings | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836321) |
| 22 | Temperature, water, potential | Tpot | °C | Guidi, Lionel | calculated from in situ sensor data, calibrated using factory settings | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836321) |
| 23 | Density, sigma-theta (0) | Sigma-theta | kg/m3 | Guidi, Lionel | calculated from in situ sensor data, calibrated using factory settings | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836321) |
| 24 | Oxygen | O2 | µmol/kg | Guidi, Lionel | calculated from in situ sensor data, calibrated using factory settings | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836321) |
| 25 | Oxygen | O2 | µmol/kg | Guidi, Lionel | calculated from in situ sensor data, calibrated using WOA09 climatology | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836321) |
| 26 | Nitrate | [NO3]- | µmol/l | Guidi, Lionel | calculated from in situ sensor data, calibrated using water samples | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836321) |
| 27 | Nitrite | [NO2]- | µmol/l | Guidi, Lionel | calculated from measurements on available water samples | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836319) |
| 28 | Phosphate | [PO4]3- | µmol/l | Guidi, Lionel | calculated from measurements on available water samples | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836319) |
| 29 | Nitrate and Nitrite | [NO3]- + [NO2]- | µmol/l | Guidi, Lionel | calculated from measurements on available water samples | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836319) |
| 30 | Silicate | Si(OH)4 | µmol/l | Guidi, Lionel | calculated from measurements on available water samples | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836319) |
| 31 | Chlorophyll a | Chl a | mg/m3 | Guidi, Lionel | calculated from in situ sensor data, calibrated using factory settings | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836321) |
| 32 | Chlorophyll a | Chl a | mg/m3 | Guidi, Lionel | calculated from in situ sensor data, calibrated using water samples | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836321) |
| 33 | Angular scattering coefficient, 470 nm | beta470 | m/sr | Guidi, Lionel | calculated from in situ sensor data, calibrated using factory settings | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836321), includes backscattering by particulate and dissolved matter and water molecules |
| 34 | Angular scattering coefficient, 470 nm | beta470 | m/sr | Guidi, Lionel | calculated from in situ sensor data, calibrated using factory settings | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836321) |
| 35 | Angular scattering coefficient, 470 nm | beta470 | m/sr | Guidi, Lionel | calculated from in situ sensor data, calibrated using factory settings | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836321), in situ dark |
| 36 | Optical backscattering coefficient, 470 nm | bb470 | 1/m | Guidi, Lionel | calculated from in situ sensor data, calibrated using factory settings | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836321), includes backscattering by particulate and dissolved matter and water molecules |
| 37 | Backscattering coefficient of particles, 470 nm | bbp470 | 1/m | Guidi, Lionel | calculated from in situ sensor data, calibrated using factory settings | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836321) |
| 38 | Fluorescence, colored dissolved organic matter | fCDOM | ppb (QSE) | Guidi, Lionel | calculated from in situ sensor data, calibrated using factory settings | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836321), expressed in ppb QSE (i.e. fluorescence emitted by 1 ppb of quinine sulfate diluted in 0.05 M sulfuric acid) |
| 39 | Optical beam attenuation coefficient, 660 nm | bac660 | 1/m | Guidi, Lionel | calculated from in situ sensor data, calibrated using factory settings | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836321), includes attenuation by particulate and dissolved matter and water molecules |
| 40 | Beam attenuation coefficient of particles | bacp | 1/m | Guidi, Lionel | calculated from in situ sensor data, calibrated using factory settings | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836321), corrected for temperature drift of the sensor, using c(660) values at depth (assumed to be close to the attenuation coefficient of pure seawater) |
| 41 | Fluorescence, colored dissolved organic matter | fCDOM | ppb (QSE) | Chaffron, Samuel | calculated from AMODIS products | at the sampling location, expressed in ppb QSE (i.e. fluorescence emitted by 1 ppb of quinine sulfate diluted in 0.05 M sulfuric acid) |
| 42 | Radiation, photosynthetically active | PAR | mol quanta/m2/day | Chaffron, Samuel | calculated from AMODIS products | for a period of 8 days around sampling date and at the sampling location |
| 43 | Radiation, photosynthetically active | PAR | mol quanta/m2/day | Chaffron, Samuel | calculated from AMODIS products | for a period of 30 days around sampling date and at the sampling location |
| 44 | Net primary production of carbon | NPP C | mg/m2/day | Chaffron, Samuel | calculated from VGPM products | for a period of 8 days around sampling date and at the sampling location |
| 45 | Net primary production of carbon | NPP C | mg/m2/day | Chaffron, Samuel | calculated from VGPM products | for a period of 30 days around sampling date and at the sampling location |
| 46 | Mixed layer depth | MLD | m | Speich, Sabrina | calculated from in situ sensor data, calibrated using factory settings | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836321), based on sigma theta |
| 47 | Mixed layer depth | MLD | m | Speich, Sabrina | calculated from in situ sensor data, calibrated using factory settings | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836321), based on temperature |
| 48 | Depth of chlorophyll maximum | D chl m | m | Speich, Sabrina | calculated from in situ sensor data, calibrated using factory settings | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836321), based on fluorescence |
| 49 | Depth of maximum Brunt Väisälä frequency | Depth max Brunt Väisälä freq | m | Speich, Sabrina | calculated from in situ sensor data, calibrated using factory settings | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836321) |
| 50 | Depth of maximum oxygen concentration | Depth max O2 | m | Speich, Sabrina | calculated from in situ sensor data, calibrated using factory settings | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836321) |
| 51 | Depth of minimum oxygen concentration | Depth min O2 | m | Speich, Sabrina | calculated from in situ sensor data, calibrated using factory settings | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836321) |
| 52 | Depth of nitracline | Depth nitracline | m | Speich, Sabrina | calculated from in situ sensor data, calibrated using factory settings | in the selected environmental feature (source data: http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.836321) |
| 53 | Season | Season | | Speich, Sabrina | | spring, summer, autumn, or winter |
| 54 | Season | Season | | Speich, Sabrina | | early, middle, or late |
| 55 | Moon phase, proportion | Moon phase proportion | | Audic, Stephane | | indicates if the phase of the moon is ascending (1) or descending (-1) |
| 56 | Moon phase, proportion | Moon phase proportion | | Audic, Stephane | | indicates the proportion of illuminated/total moon flat area visible from Earth |
| 57 | Sunshine duration | SSD | min | Audic, Stephane | | day length |
| 58 | Geostrophic velocity, longitudinal | u | cm/s | d'Ovidio, Francesco | Calculated (d'Ovidio et al. 2010) | |
| 59 | Geostrophic velocity, latitudinal | v | cm/s | d'Ovidio, Francesco | Calculated (d'Ovidio et al. 2010) | |
| 60 | Okubo-Weiss parameter | OW | | d'Ovidio, Francesco | Calculated (d'Ovidio et al. 2010) | indicates the presence of an eddy. Values<1 indicate "inside an eddy"; Values>1 indicate "outside an eddy" |
| 61 | Maximum Lyapunov exponent | MLE | 1/day | d'Ovidio, Francesco | Calculated (d'Ovidio et al. 2010) | indicates the presence of a transport front. Values>0.1 are characteristic of fronts |
| 62 | Sea surface temperature gradient, horizontal | SST grad h | °C/100 km | d'Ovidio, Francesco | Calculated (d'Ovidio et al. 2010) | |
| 63 | Residence time | RT | days | d'Ovidio, Francesco | Calculated (d'Ovidio et al. 2010) | of the water mass. Values>30 indicate "old water mass"; Values<30 indicate "young water mass" |