Intern:Parameter Dictionary

This parameter dictionary allows the download of predefined lists of parameters. The various selection of parameters was defined through research projects, programmes or scientific groups. Tables can be downloaded as html-table or text-file and consist of four columns:


 * 1) Full name of parameter
 * 2) Abbreviation as used in the header line of a data matrix
 * 3) Unit; if missing, parameter is defined as 'text' (max. 255 characters)
 * 4) PANGAEA ID; to be used in import files in the header line

Predefined parameter lists (projects)

 * Parameters of physical and chemical oceanography defined by WOCE (html/text) (some units changed from µmol/kg to the more common used unit µmol/l)


 * Core parameter defined by JGOFS (html/text)


 * Core parameter defined by EPOCA (html/text)


 * Parameter defined for project METROL (html/text)


 * Parameter defined for project CENSOR (html/text)


 * Parameter defined for project CARBOOCEAN (html/text)

Predefined parameter lists (other)

 * Geocodes for georeferencing data in space and time (html/text)


 * Geological ages and dating (html/text)


 * Pigments as defined by SCOR (html/text)


 * Remote Operated Vehicles ROV (html/text)


 * Benthos investigations (html/text)


 * Grain size analysis (html/text)
 * phi size class parameter in phi steps html/size class parameter in phi steps text
 * half phi size class parameter in half phi steps html/size class parameter in half phi steps text
 * third phi size class parameter in third phi steps html/size class parameter in third phi steps text
 * 10th phi size class parameter in tenth phi steps html/size class parameter in tenth phi steps text)


 * Meteorological observations as defined by WMO (html/text)


 * Limnophysics UFZ (test) (html/text)


 * PODAS (Polarstern) (html/text)


 * Pollen as defined in the EPD (Europena Pollen Database) (html/text)

Abbreviations used in biological names

Parameter definitions can be downloaded in blocks of ten thousands:

 * 1-10000
 * 10001-20000
 * 20001-30000
 * 30001-40000
 * 40001-50000
 * 50001-60000
 * 60001-70000
 * 70001-80000
 * 80001-90000

Windows skript to create a parameter database file (ParameterDB.pdb) for using with PANGAEA Tools.

Parameter definitions can also be downloaded in lists related to parameter groups:

 * Acritarcha
 * Aerosol
 * Aldehydes
 * Alkanes
 * Alkenes
 * Alkenones
 * Alkynes
 * alpha-Hydroxy fatty acids
 * Amides
 * Amines
 * Amino acids
 * Amphipoda
 * Aromatics
 * Atmospheric chemistry
 * Bacteria
 * Biology
 * Biology, benthos
 * Biology, plankton
 * Biology, mammalia
 * Birds
 * Bivalvia
 * Bolboforma
 * Bryozoa
 * Carbohydrates
 * Chemistry, organic compounds
 * Chemistry, sediment
 * Chemistry, water
 * Chironomids
 * Coastal dynamics
 * Components, biogeneous
 * Components, terrigeneous
 * Copepoda
 * Crustacea
 * Decapoda
 * Description-documentation
 * Diatoms
 * Diatoms, abundance
 * Diatoms, centrales
 * Diatoms, pennates
 * Dinoflagellates
 * Dinoflagellates, abundance
 * Dinoflagellates, calcareous
 * Dinoflagellates, calcareous cysts
 * Dinoflagellates, cysts
 * Enzymes
 * Esters
 * Euphausiacea
 * Fatty acids
 * Flagellates
 * Flux rates, recent
 * Foraminifera
 * Foraminifera, benthic
 * Foraminifera, planktonic
 * Fulvic acids
 * Gases
 * Gases, dissolved
 * Gastropoda
 * General data
 * GEO code
 * Geology
 * Geophysics
 * Glaciology
 * Granulometry
 * Halocarbons
 * Hopanes
 * Hopanoic acids
 * Hopanoic alcohols
 * Hopenes
 * Humic acids
 * Hydrocarbons
 * Hydrography
 * Isoprenoid alkanes
 * Isotopes, stable, foraminifera planktic
 * Isotopes, stable, general
 * Isotopes, stable, ostracoda benthic
 * Ketones
 * Lake sediments
 * Lipids
 * Logging
 * Macerale
 * Magnetics
 * Marine optics
 * Meteorology
 * Microfossil zonation
 * Microplankton
 * Midchain alcohols
 * Midchain ketones
 * Mineralogy
 * Mollusca
 * n-Alkan-2-ones
 * Nannofossils
 * Nannofossils, abundance
 * Nanoplankton
 * Nucleic acids
 * omega-Hydroxy fatty acids
 * Ostracoda
 * Paleoclimate data
 * Palynology
 * Palynology, African pollen
 * Palynology, algae
 * Palynology, anthropogenic indicators
 * Palynology, aquatics
 * Palynology, arboreal pollen
 * Palynology, ericales
 * Palynology, faunal macro remains
 * Palynology, marine
 * Palynology, non arboreal pollen
 * Palynology, prequaternary remains
 * Palynology, shore vegetation
 * Palynology, shrub pollen
 * Palynology, spores
 * Palynology, terrestrial, prequaternary
 * Pedology
 * Peptides
 * Physics
 * Phytoplankton
 * Pigments
 * Plant remains
 * Polychaeta
 * Proteins
 * Pteropoda
 * Radiolarians
 * Radiolarians, abundance
 * Radionuclides
 * Rock types
 * Sea ice
 * Silicoflagellates
 * Silicoflagellates, abundance
 * Socio-economy
 * Sponge
 * Statistics
 * Sterenes
 * Steroid alcohols
 * Steroid ketones
 * Sterols
 * Sugars
 * Technical info
 * Thiols
 * Tides, waves &amp; currents
 * Trap sample
 * Tree ring chronology
 * Triterpenes
 * Triterpenoid alcohols
 * Triterpenoid compounds
 * undefined group
 * Zooplankton

Download list of parameter groups