OBIS eng UTF8 dataset service Mathew Biddle Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) 240-533-9470 1315 East-West Highway 2nd Floor Silver Spring MD 20910 USA mathew.biddle@noaa.gov pointOfContact 2026-04-14 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) 4 column row vertical temporal First 100 rows of OBIS export 2026-04-14 creation localhost:8080 OBIS ??? ??? information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information originator Test loading of first 100 rows of OBIS export ??? ??? information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information pointOfContact absence acceptednameusage acceptednameusageid accessrights aphiaid array array-data associatedmedia associatedoccurrences associatedorganisms associatedreferences associatedsequences associatedtaxa basisofrecord bathymetry bed behavior bibliographiccitation biology brackish catalognumber category class collectioncode collectionid comprehensive continent coordinateprecision coordinateuncertaintyinmeters country countrycode county data datageneralizations dataset datasetid datasetname date dateidentified day density disposition division domain dropped dynamicproperties earliestageorloweststage earliesteonorlowesteonothem earliestepochorlowestseries earliesteraorlowesterathem earliestperiodorlowestsystem earth end enddayofyear establishmentmeans eventdate eventid eventremarks eventtime family fieldnotes fieldnumber flags footprintspatialfit footprintsrs footprintwkt forma formation freshwater genus geodeticdatum geologicalcontextid georeferencedby georeferenceddate georeferenceprotocol georeferenceremarks georeferencesources georeferenceverificationstatus gigaclass group habitat higherclassification highergeography highergeographyid highestbiostratigraphiczone identificationid identificationqualifier identificationreferences identificationremarks identificationverificationstatus identifiedby identifiedbyid identifier individualcount informationwithheld infraclass infrakingdom infraorder infraphylum infraspecificepithet institutioncode institutionid island islandgroup kingdom language large latestageorhigheststage latesteonorhighesteonothem latestepochorhighestseries latesteraorhighesterathem latestperiodorhighestsystem license lifestage lithostratigraphicterms local locality locationaccordingto locationid locationremarks lowestbiostratigraphiczone marine materialsampleid maximumdepthinmeters maximumdistanceabovesurfaceinmeters maximumelevationinmeters megaclass member meteorology mid minimumdepthinmeters minimumdistanceabovesurfaceinmeters minimumelevationinmeters modified month municipality nameaccordingto nameaccordingtoid namepublishedin namepublishedinid namepublishedinyear natio nomenclaturalcode nomenclaturalstatus occurrenceid occurrenceremarks occurrencestatus ocean oceans order organismid organismname organismquantity organismquantitytype organismremarks organismscope originalnameusage originalnameusageid originalscientificname othercatalognumbers ownerinstitutioncode parenteventid parentnameusage parentnameusageid parvorder parvphylum phylum pointradiusspatialfit practical preparations previousidentifications quality recordedby recordedbyid recordnumber redlist references reproductivecondition rightsholder salinity samplesizeunit samplesizevalue samplingeffort samplingprotocol science scientificname scientificnameauthorship scientificnameid sea seawater section series sex shoredistance source species specificepithet sss sst start startdayofyear stateprovince statistics stewardship subclass subdivision subfamily subforma subgenus subkingdom suborder subphylum subsection subspecies subterclass subtribe subvariety superclass superdomain superfamily superorder supertribe surface system taxonconceptid taxonid taxonomicstatus taxonomy taxonrank taxonremarks temperature terrestrial tribe type typestatus variety verbatimcoordinates verbatimcoordinatesystem verbatimdepth verbatimelevation verbatimeventdate verbatimlatitude verbatimlocality verbatimlongitude verbatimsrs verbatimtaxonrank vernacularname water waterbody year theme Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity theme GCMD Science Keywords ??? project time longitude latitude depth sea_water_practical_salinity time latitude longitude time theme CF Standard Name Table v70 The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information. ??? largerWorkCitation project Unidata Common Data Model Point largerWorkCitation project eng geoscientificInformation 1 -153.86572 171.18611 -71.80889 70.325 -4148.0 -0.0 First 100 rows of OBIS export 2026-04-14 creation ??? ??? information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information originator Test loading of first 100 rows of OBIS export ERDDAP tabledap 1 -153.86572 171.18611 -71.80889 70.325 -4148.0 -0.0 tight ERDDAPtabledapDatasetQueryAndAccess https://erddap.ioos.us/erddap/tabledap/OBIS ERDDAP:tabledap ERDDAP-tabledap ERDDAP's tabledap service (a flavor of OPeNDAP) for tabular (sequence) data. Add different extensions (e.g., .html, .graph, .das, .dds) to the base URL for different purposes. download First 100 rows of OBIS export 2026-04-14 creation ??? ??? information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information originator Test loading of first 100 rows of OBIS export OPeNDAP 1 -153.86572 171.18611 -71.80889 70.325 -4148.0 -0.0 tight OPeNDAPDatasetQueryAndAccess https://erddap.ioos.us/erddap/tabledap/OBIS OPeNDAP:OPeNDAP OPeNDAP An OPeNDAP service for tabular (sequence) data. Add different extensions (e.g., .html, .das, .dds) to the base URL for different purposes. download First 100 rows of OBIS export 2026-04-14 creation ??? ??? information web browser Background Information Background information from the source information originator Test loading of first 100 rows of OBIS export ERDDAP Subset 1 -153.86572 171.18611 -71.80889 70.325 -4148.0 -0.0 tight ERDDAP_Subset https://erddap.ioos.us/erddap/tabledap/OBIS.subset search Subset Web page to facilitate selecting subsets of the dataset download physicalMeasurement time double Converted date id String Id dataset_id String Dataset Id date_start long Date Start date_mid long Date Mid date_end long Date End date_year short Date Year scientificname String Scientificname originalscientificname String Originalscientificname minimumdepthinmeters float Minimumdepthinmeters maximumdepthinmeters short Maximumdepthinmeters coordinateuncertaintyinmeters float Coordinateuncertaintyinmeters flags String Flags dropped byte Dropped absence byte Absence shoredistance int Shoredistance bathymetry float Bathymetry sst float Sea Surface Temperature sss float Sea Water Practical Salinity marine byte Marine brackish byte Brackish freshwater byte Freshwater terrestrial byte Terrestrial taxonrank String Taxonrank aphiaid int Aphiaid redlist_category String Redlist Category superdomain String Superdomain domain String Domain kingdom String Kingdom subkingdom String Subkingdom infrakingdom String Infrakingdom phylum String Phylum phylum_division String Phylum Division subphylum_subdivision String Subphylum Subdivision subphylum String Subphylum infraphylum String Infraphylum parvphylum String Parvphylum gigaclass String Gigaclass megaclass String Megaclass superclass String Superclass class String Class subclass String Subclass infraclass String Infraclass subterclass String Subterclass superorder String Superorder order String Order suborder String Suborder infraorder String Infraorder parvorder String Parvorder superfamily String Superfamily family String Family subfamily String Subfamily supertribe String Supertribe tribe String Tribe subtribe String Subtribe genus String Genus subgenus String Subgenus section String Section subsection String Subsection series String Series species String Species subspecies String Subspecies natio String Natio variety String Variety subvariety String Subvariety forma String Forma subforma String Subforma type String Type modified String Modified language String Language license String License rightsholder String Rightsholder accessrights String Accessrights bibliographiccitation String Bibliographiccitation references String References institutionid String Institutionid collectionid String Collectionid datasetid String Datasetid institutioncode String Institutioncode collectioncode String Collectioncode datasetname String Datasetname ownerinstitutioncode String Ownerinstitutioncode basisofrecord String Basisofrecord informationwithheld String Informationwithheld datageneralizations String Datageneralizations dynamicproperties String Dynamicproperties materialsampleid String Materialsampleid occurrenceid String Occurrenceid catalognumber String Catalognumber occurrenceremarks String Occurrenceremarks recordnumber String Recordnumber recordedby String Recordedby recordedbyid String Recordedbyid individualcount float Individualcount organismquantity String Organismquantity organismquantitytype String Organismquantitytype sex String Sex lifestage String Lifestage reproductivecondition String Reproductivecondition behavior String Behavior establishmentmeans String Establishmentmeans occurrencestatus String Occurrencestatus preparations String Preparations disposition String Disposition othercatalognumbers String Othercatalognumbers associatedmedia String Associatedmedia associatedreferences String Associatedreferences associatedsequences String Associatedsequences associatedtaxa String Associatedtaxa organismid String Organismid organismname String Organismname organismscope String Organismscope associatedoccurrences String Associatedoccurrences associatedorganisms String Associatedorganisms previousidentifications String Previousidentifications organismremarks String Organismremarks eventid String Eventid parenteventid String Parenteventid samplingprotocol String Samplingprotocol samplesizevalue int Samplesizevalue samplesizeunit String Samplesizeunit samplingeffort String Samplingeffort eventdate String Eventdate eventtime String Eventtime startdayofyear String Startdayofyear enddayofyear String Enddayofyear year short Year month byte Month day byte Day verbatimeventdate String Verbatimeventdate habitat String Habitat fieldnumber String Fieldnumber fieldnotes String Fieldnotes eventremarks String Eventremarks locationid String Locationid highergeographyid String Highergeographyid highergeography String Highergeography continent String Continent waterbody String Waterbody islandgroup String Islandgroup island String Island country String Country countrycode String Countrycode stateprovince String Stateprovince county String County municipality String Municipality locality String Locality verbatimlocality String Verbatimlocality verbatimelevation String Verbatimelevation minimumelevationinmeters String Minimumelevationinmeters maximumelevationinmeters String Maximumelevationinmeters verbatimdepth String Verbatimdepth minimumdistanceabovesurfaceinmeters String Minimumdistanceabovesurfaceinmeters maximumdistanceabovesurfaceinmeters String Maximumdistanceabovesurfaceinmeters locationaccordingto String Locationaccordingto locationremarks String Locationremarks verbatimcoordinates String Verbatimcoordinates verbatimlatitude String Latitude verbatimlongitude String Longitude verbatimcoordinatesystem String Verbatimcoordinatesystem verbatimsrs String Verbatimsrs geodeticdatum String Geodeticdatum coordinateprecision float Coordinateprecision pointradiusspatialfit String Pointradiusspatialfit footprintwkt String Footprintwkt footprintsrs String Footprintsrs footprintspatialfit String Footprintspatialfit georeferencedby String Georeferencedby georeferenceddate String Georeferenceddate georeferenceprotocol String Georeferenceprotocol georeferencesources String Georeferencesources georeferenceverificationstatus String Georeferenceverificationstatus georeferenceremarks String Georeferenceremarks geologicalcontextid String Geologicalcontextid earliesteonorlowesteonothem String Earliesteonorlowesteonothem latesteonorhighesteonothem String Latesteonorhighesteonothem earliesteraorlowesterathem String Earliesteraorlowesterathem latesteraorhighesterathem String Latesteraorhighesterathem earliestperiodorlowestsystem String Earliestperiodorlowestsystem latestperiodorhighestsystem String Latestperiodorhighestsystem earliestepochorlowestseries String Earliestepochorlowestseries latestepochorhighestseries String Latestepochorhighestseries earliestageorloweststage String Earliestageorloweststage latestageorhigheststage String Latestageorhigheststage lowestbiostratigraphiczone String Lowestbiostratigraphiczone highestbiostratigraphiczone String Highestbiostratigraphiczone lithostratigraphicterms String Lithostratigraphicterms group String Group formation String Formation member String Member bed String Bed identificationid String Identificationid identifiedby String Identifiedby identifiedbyid String Identifiedbyid dateidentified String Dateidentified identificationreferences String Identificationreferences identificationremarks String Identificationremarks identificationqualifier String Identificationqualifier identificationverificationstatus byte Identificationverificationstatus typestatus String Typestatus taxonid String Taxonid scientificnameid String Scientificnameid acceptednameusageid String Acceptednameusageid parentnameusageid String Parentnameusageid originalnameusageid String Originalnameusageid nameaccordingtoid String Nameaccordingtoid namepublishedinid String Namepublishedinid taxonconceptid String Taxonconceptid acceptednameusage String Acceptednameusage parentnameusage String Parentnameusage originalnameusage String Originalnameusage nameaccordingto String Nameaccordingto namepublishedin String Namepublishedin namepublishedinyear String Namepublishedinyear higherclassification String Higherclassification specificepithet String Specificepithet infraspecificepithet String Infraspecificepithet verbatimtaxonrank String Verbatimtaxonrank scientificnameauthorship String Scientificnameauthorship vernacularname String Vernacularname nomenclaturalcode String Nomenclaturalcode taxonomicstatus String Taxonomicstatus nomenclaturalstatus String Nomenclaturalstatus taxonremarks String Taxonremarks Mathew Biddle Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) 240-533-9470 1315 East-West Highway 2nd Floor Silver Spring MD 20910 USA mathew.biddle@noaa.gov distributor OPeNDAP DAP/2.0 https://erddap.ioos.us/erddap/tabledap/OBIS.html order 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