WHENEVER GLODAPv2 DATABASE IS USED, PLEASE CITE THE RELEVANT ESSD PAPER: 
 
Olsen, A., R. M. Key, S. van Heuven, S. K. Lauvset, A. Velo, X. Lin, C. Schirnick, A. Kozyr, T. Tanhua, M. Hoppema, 
S. Jutterström, R. Steinfeldt, E. Jeansson, M. Ishii, F. F. Pérez and T. Suzuki. The Global Ocean Data Analysis Project 
version 2 (GLODAPv2) - an internally consistent data product for the world ocean, Earth System Science Data, 8, 297-323, 2016. 
doi: 10.5194/essd-8-297-2016    


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Parameters in the GLODAPv2 comma separated (csv) product files, their short names and units, in order of 
appearance. In the matlab product files that are also supplied, a “G2” has been added to every variable name.

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Parameter				Units		Variable Name	Flag Name	Secondary QC Flag Name
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Cruise number						cruise
Station							station
Cast							cast
Year							year
Month							month
Day                                                     day
Hour							hour
Minute							minute
Latitude						latitude
Longitude						longitude
Bottom depth				m		bottomdepth	
Pressure of the deepest sample		dbar		maxsampdepth
Niskin bottle number					bottle
Sampling pressure			dbar		pressure
Sampling depth				m		depth
Temperature				◦C		temperature
Potential temperature			◦C		theta
Salinity						salinity	salinityf	salinityqc
Potential density			kg m−3		sigma0
Potential density, ref 1000 dbar	kg m−3		sigma1
Potential density, ref 2000 dbar	kg m−3		sigma2
Potential density, ref 3000 dbar	kg m−3		sigma3
Potential density, ref 4000 dbar	kg m−3		sigma4
Neutral density				kg m-3		gamma
Oxygen					μmol kg−1	oxygen		oxygenf		oxygenqc
Apparent oxygen utilization		μmol kg−1	aou		aouf
Nitrate					μmol kg−1	nitrate		nitratef	nitrateqc
Nitrite					μmol kg−1	nitrite		nitritef
Silicate				μmol kg−1	silicate	silicatef	silicateqc
Phosphate				μmol kg−1	phosphate	phosphatef	phosphateqc
TCO2					μmol kg−1	tco2		tco2f		tco2qc
TAlk					μmol kg−1	talk		talkf		talkqc
pH at total scale, 25 ◦ C and zero dbar of pressure	phts25p0	phts25p0f	phtsqc
pH at total scale, in situ temperature and pressure	phtsinsitutp	phtsinsitutpf	phtsqc
CFC-11					pmol kg−1	cfc11		cfc11f		cfc11qc
pCFC-11					ppt		pcfc11
CFC-12					pmol kg−1	cfc12		cfc12f		cfc12qc
pCFC-12					ppt		pcfc12
CFC-113					pmol kg−1	cfc113		cfc113f		cfc113qc
CCl4					pmol kg−1	ccl4		ccl4f		ccl4qc
pCCl4					ppt		pccl4
SF6					fmol kg−1	sf6		sf6f
pSF6					ppt		psf6
δ13C					‰		c13		c13f
∆14C					‰		c14		c14f
∆14C counting error			‰		c14err
3H					TU		h3		h3f
3H counting error			TU		h3err
δ3He					%		he3		he3f
3He counting error			%		he3err
He					nmol kg−1	he		hef
He counting error			nmol kg−1	heerr
Ne					nmol kg−1	neon		neonf
Ne counting error			nmol kg−1	neonerr
δ18O					‰		o18		o18f
Total organic carbon			μmol L-1	toc		tocf
Dissolved organic carbon		μmol kg−1	doc		docf
Dissolved organic nitrogen		μmol kg−1	don		donf
Total dissolved nitrogen		μmol kg−1	tdn		tdnf
Chlorophyll a				ug L-1		chla		chlaf			
