Table 1 Summary of in-situ datasets and value ranges of variables collected from the literatures.

From: A regional ocean database for the Coastal China Sea

Dataset

ID

Format

Number of data

Regions

Temperature

Salinity

DO

Silicate

Nitrate

Nitrite

Ammonium

Phosphate

DIC

DOC

POC

Chl a

(°C)

(psu)

(μmol/L)

(μg/L)

Argo

1

NetCDF

160,605

121.44°–146.42°E 20.96°–45.24°N

-1.69m–1984.5m

130,086

118,342

120,038

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

CCHDO

2

xlsx

317,192

180°W–179.99°E

78.64°S–89.99°N

-3.08m–6742m

314,034

311,779

282,601

249,515

246,708

95,354

251,362

13,621

124,897

99,819

8,824

N/A

NESSDC

3

xlsx

5,323

109.03°E–127.29°E

17.96°N–40.72°N

0m – 4795m

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

5,320

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

CoastDOM

4

tab

70,823

117.97°W–175.30°E

64.82°S–80.39°N

0m–1343.1m

70,823

70,289

N/A

N/A

28,672

N/A

N/A

27,926

3,847

62,342

16,373

29,526

GLODAPv2

5

csv

573,505

120.08°–133.99°E

78.63°S–62.78°N

0m–7507m

570,764

567,811

538,935

482,983

479,646

160,003

488,830

27,547

N/A

34,758

N/A

N/A

R2R

6

cnv

3,373,449

119.01°E–132.25°E

17.74°N–26.01°N

-4.64m–6984m

3,373,449

3,373,449

3,373,449

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Literature range

 

1.89–3146,50,51,52,53,54

16.3–3646,50,52,53,54

33.43–42651,55,56,57,58,59

1.4–14257,59,60,61,62,63

0–17550,51,60,61,62,64,65

0.04–5.850,51,60,61,62,64,65

0.1–4356,60,66,67

0.03–3.0351,60,61,62,63,64

1600–240555,68,69,70,71,72

35–12069,73,74,75,76,77

0.05–221.6645,55,73,78,79

0–2250,68,80,81,82,83

  1. Negative depth values indicate depths above sea level and marks data unpublished in the scientific literatures.