Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (PMZA-RIKI) 2015 to 2017: Biogeochemical Data

Nutrients Particulate matter Dissolved Organic Carbon Sea Surface Salinity Subsurface Salinity Ocean colour

This dataset includes biogeochemical parameters analyzed in the laboratory from water samples, including salinity, chlorophyll a, dissolved organic carbon, total organic carbon, nutrients, suspended particulate matter, phytoplankton, CDOM absorption, and more. Optical data are available via the following dataset:

Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (PMZA-RIKI) 2015 to 2017: Optical Data

The Atlantic Zone Monitoring Program (AZMP) of Fish and Oceans Canada (DFO), or Programme de monitorage de la zone Atlantique (PMZA) includes a network of autonomous oceanographic buoys across the coastal waters of the Maritime provinces of Canada. The station named PMZA-RIKI just in front of Rimouski has been equipped with an autonomous buoy in 2002, including multispectral sensors dedicated to satellite validation of radiometric products. In 2015, a project was put in place to assess the quality of the radiometric measurements available at the station PMZA-RIKI in order to use these data for the validation of operational ocean color radiometric products. The station was visited on several occasions from 2015 to 2017 onboard DFO small (i.e. 30-foot length) craft boats.

Data and resources

ad_long_pmza.csv

Non-algal particles absorption coefficient (ad, often called anap) measured in the lab from water samples

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ag_long_pmza.csv

Colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) absorption coefficient (ag) measured in the lab from water samples

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ap_long_pmza.csv

Particular absorption coefficient (ap) measured in the lab from water samples

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biogeochemistry_parameters_pmza.csv

Various biogeochemical parameters analyzed in the lab from water samples (e.g. salinity, nutriment, chla, etc).

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data_dictionary_biogeochemistry_pmza.csv

Description and units of the parameters included in each dataset

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pmza_metadata_biogeochemistry.pdf

Metadata related to the biogeochemistry PMZA-RIKI dataset

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Additional information

Temporal extent	2015-06-03 – 2017-05-17
Vertical extent	0.0 – 355.0 m
Date (creation)	2015-06-03
Status	completed
Update frequency	asNeeded
Metadata language	en
License	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Source metadata	ISO 19115 XML
Last updated	2026-07-31
Created	2026-07-31
API	package_show