Intern:Parameter Dictionary

Download lists of parameters following "de facto" standards as defined through international programmes. Parameters can be of type 'numeric' or 'text'. 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

Common used groups:

 * Geocodes for georeferencing data in space and time (html/text)
 * Parameters of physical and chemical oceanography defined by WOCE (of WOCE html/of WOCE text) (some units changed from µmol/kg to the more common used unit µmol/l)
 * Core parameter defined by JGOFS (core Parameter html/core Parameter text)
 * Pigment parameter as defined by SCOR (as SCOR standard parameter html/as SCOR standard parameter text)
 * Parameter used by remote operated vehicles (ROV) (html/text)
 * Parameter used for benthos investigations (html/text)
 * Parameter defined for geological ages and dating (AGE-Parameter html/AGE-Parameter text)
 * Parameter defined for grain size analysis (size-Parameter html/size-Parameter text)
 * Parameter used for grain size classes in phi steps (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)
 * Parameter used by meteorological observations as defined by WMO (html/text)
 * Parameter defined for project METROL (html/text)
 * Parameter defined for project CENSOR (html/text)
 * Parameter defined for project CARBOOCEAN (html/text)
 * Parameter defined for Limnophysics UFZ (html/text)
 * Parameter used by PODAS (Polarstern) (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

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

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