gov.noaa.nodc:0092528 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2026-05-01T17:32:44Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) World-wide Ocean Optics Database (WOOD) 1900-2011 (NCEI Accession 0092528) 2012-09-24 publication 2012-07-12 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:0092528 NCEI Archive Management System 0092528 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Jeffrey H. Smart Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) smartjh1@jhuapl.edu http://www.jhuapl.edu HTTP Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) http://www.jhuapl.edu HTTP Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Jeffrey H. Smart Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) smartjh1@jhuapl.edu http://www.jhuapl.edu HTTP Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Sarah E. Rennie Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) http://www.jhuapl.edu HTTP Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) http://www.jhuapl.edu HTTP Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) website Institution web page information contributor Smart, Jeffrey H. Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) smartjh1@jhuapl.edu http://www.jhuapl.edu HTTP Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) website Institution web page information author Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory http://www.jhuapl.edu HTTP Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) website Institution web page information author tableDigital The World-wide Ocean Optics Database (WOOD) was developed to be a comprehensive publicly-available oceanographic bio-optical database providing global coverage. It includes nearly 250 major data sources (including international contributions as well as US sources (e.g., NASA, NODC) of optics and chlorophyll profiles) and holds over 40 derived and measured physical properties of interest to optical oceanography, including Inherent and Apparent Optical Properties (IOPs and AOPs), pigments and nutrients, Secchi depths, along with co-located supporting parameters such as temperature and salinity. The primary goal of this work has been to establish a unified optics database that collects, in one place and in one format, as many of bio-optical data sets as possible. The data have been converted to a common data format with extensive efforts in editing wild points and the removal of spurious data regions. Optical measurements are recorded at the measured wavelength. One parameter of particular interest is Kd, the diffuse attenuation coefficient which is either computed from downwelling (Ed) light or from an empirical relation with chlorophyll which is good to within 10% in open ocean conditions. completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0092528 Preview graphic PNG 0092528 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2012-07-12 publication ABSORPTION - SCATTERING - ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS AMMONIUM (NH4) Attenuation/Transmission BEAM ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT biological data CHLOROPHYLL A CHLOROPHYLL B CHLOROPHYLL C DIFFUSE ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS DISSOLVED OXYGEN DOWNWELLING RADIANCE FLUORESCENCE irradiance LIGHT ATTENUATION LIGHT INTENSITY LIGHT TRANSMISSION NITRATE NITROGEN NUTRIENTS OPTICAL OPTICAL ATTENUANCE OPTICAL BACKSCATTER OPTICAL PROPERTIES ORGANIC MATTER - WEIGHT PERCENT OXYGEN PHAEOPHYTIN phosphate PHOTOSYNTHETIC ACTIVE RADIATION (PAR) PIGMENTS REMOTE SENSING REFLECTANCE SALINITY Secchi depth silicate suspended solids UPWELLING IRRADIANCE WATER TEMPERATURE WATER TRANSPARENCY theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS absorption and beam attenuation meter bathythermograph - XBT bottle CTD fluorometer irradiance detector oxygen sensor radiometer Secchi disk spectrophotometer transmissometer instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS biological chemical optical physical theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS World-Wide Distribution place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth FLUOROMETERS > FLUOROMETERS OPTSPEC > Optical Spectrometer OXYGEN METERS > OXYGEN METERS RADIOMETERS SECCHI DISKS > SECCHI DISKS TRANSMISSOMETERS XBT > Expendable Bathythermographs instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. 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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian absorption and beam attenuation meter absorption and beam attenuation meter absorption and beam attenuation meter bathythermograph - XBT bathythermograph - XBT eXpendable BathyThermograph bottle bottle any type of water bottle sampling device Generic name for water collection device; usually used to determine temperature, salinity and provide water aliquots for measurement of a wide range of parameters; often referred to by a specific type of water sampling bottle, such as a Nansen or Niskin bottle. CTD CTD Conductivity-Temperature-Depth probe fluorometer fluorometer fluorometer irradiance detector irradiance detector A device to measure light transmitted at various frequencies oxygen sensor oxygen sensor Any instrument that measures oxygen content in a compound. radiometer radiometer radiometer Secchi disk Secchi disk The Secchi disk (or Secchi disc), as created in 1865 by Angelo Secchi, is a plain white, circular disk 30 cm (12 in) in diameter used to measure water transparency or turbidity in bodies of water. The disc is mounted on a pole or line, and lowered slowly down in the water. The depth at which the disk is no longer visible is taken as a measure of the transparency of the water. This measure is known as the Secchi depth and is related to water turbidity. [Wikipedia, 2021-09-02] spectrophotometer spectrophotometer spectrophotometer, optical spectrometer, spectrograph or spectroscope An optical spectrometer (spectrophotometer, spectrograph or spectroscope) is an instrument used to measure properties of light over a specific portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, typically used in spectroscopic analysis to identify materials. Butler, L. R. P.; Laqua, K. (1995). "Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis-IX. Instrumentation for the spectral dispersion and isolation of optical radiation (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)". Pure Appl. Chem. IUPAC. 67 (10): 1725–1744. doi:10.1351/pac199567101725. A spectrometer is the general term for describing a combination of spectral apparatus with one or more detectors to measure the intensity of one or more spectral bands." transmissometer transmissometer transmissometer Instrument used to measure transmissivity in NODC File Alias F022.