Supplementary data for 'Seven years into the North Pacific garbage patch: legacy plastic fragments rising disproportionally faster than larger floating objects'

Surface concentration of floating plastic pollution in the North Pacific Ocean measured from 2015 to 2022 for different size classes of debris (&gt;0.5 mm) using various monitoring techniques (manta trawl, mega trawl, aerial survey, and cleanup system)Definition of columns:<b>Expedition</b>: expedition name<b>Lat</b>: latitude of sampling<b>Lon</b>: longitude of sampling<b>Day</b>: day of sampling<b>Month</b>: month of sampling<b>Year</b>: year of sampling<b>In NPGP</b>: 1=sampling inside NPGP, 0=sampling outside NPGP<b>In Hotspots</b>: 1=sampling inside hotspots, 0=sampling outside hotspots<b>CD1</b>: numerical concentration of small microplastics (0.5 mm - 1.5 mm) in #/km²<b>CD2</b>: numerical concentration of large microplastics (1.5 mm - 5 mm) in #/km²<b>CD3</b>: numerical concentration of small mesoplastics (5 mm - 15 mm) in #/km²<b>CD4</b>: numerical concentration of large mesoplastics (15 mm - 50 mm) in #/km²<b>CD5</b>: numerical concentration of small macroplastics (50 mm - 100 mm) in #/km²<b>CD6</b>: numerical concentration of large macroplastics (100 mm - 500 mm) in #/km²<b>CD7</b>: numerical concentration of megaplastics (&gt; 500 mm) in #/km²<b>WD1</b>: mass concentration of small microplastics (0.5 mm - 1.5 mm) in g/km²<b>WD2</b>: mass concentration of large microplastics (1.5 mm - 5 mm) in g/km²<b>WD3</b>: mass concentration of small mesoplastics (5 mm - 15 mm) in g/km²<b>WD4</b>: mass concentration of large mesoplastics (15 mm - 50 mm) in g/km²<b>WD5</b>: mass concentration of small macroplastics (50 mm - 100 mm) in g/km²<b>WD6</b>: mass concentration of large macroplastics (100 mm - 500 mm) in g/km²<b>WD7</b>: mass concentration of large macroplastics (&gt; 500 mm) in g/km²<b>WD567</b>: mass concentration of macroplastics and megaplastics (&gt; 50 mm) in g/km²<b>H_cd1</b>: numerical concentration of small microplastics (0.5 mm - 1.5 mm) type H (hard) in #/km² <b>N_cd1</b>: numerical concentration of small microplastics (0.5 mm - 1.5 mm) type N (net/rope) in #/km² <b>P_cd1</b>: numerical concentration of small microplastics (0.5 mm - 1.5 mm) type P (pellet) in #/km² <b>F_cd1</b>: numerical concentration of small microplastics (0.5 mm - 1.5 mm) type F (foam) in #/km² <b>H_cd2</b>: numerical concentration of large microplastics (1.5 mm - 5 mm) type H (hard) in #/km² <b>N_cd2</b>: numerical concentration of large microplastics (1.5 mm - 5 mm) type N (net/rope) in #/km²<b>P_cd2</b>: numerical concentration of large microplastics (1.5 mm - 5 mm) type P (pellet) in #/km² <b>F_cd2</b>: numerical concentration of large microplastics (1.5 mm - 5 mm) type F (foam) in #/km² <b>H_cd3</b>: numerical concentration of small mesoplastics (5 mm - 15 mm) type H (hard) in #/km² <b>N_cd3</b>: numerical concentration of small mesoplastics (5 mm - 15 mm) type N (net/rope) in #/km²<b>P_cd3</b>: numerical concentration of small mesoplastics (5 mm - 15 mm) type P (pellet) in #/km² <b>F_cd3</b>: numerical concentration of small mesoplastics (5 mm - 15 mm) type F (foam) in #/km² <b>H_cd4</b>: numerical concentration of large mesoplastics (15 mm - 50 mm) type H (hard) in #/km² <b>N_cd4</b>: numerical concentration of large mesoplastics (15 mm - 50 mm) type N (net/rope) in #/km²<b>P_cd4</b>: numerical concentration of large mesoplastics (15 mm - 50 mm) type P (pellet) in #/km² <b>F_cd4</b>: numerical concentration of large mesoplastics (15 mm - 50 mm) type F (foam) in #/km²<b>H_cd5</b>: numerical concentration of small macroplastics (50 mm - 100 mm) type H (hard) in #/km² <b>N_cd5</b>: numerical concentration of small macroplastics (50 mm - 100 mm) type N (net/rope) in #/km²<b>P_cd5</b>: numerical concentration of small macroplastics (50 mm - 100 mm) type P (pellet) in #/km² <b>F_cd5</b>: numerical concentration of small macroplastics (50 mm - 100 mm) type F (foam) in #/km² <b>H_cd6</b>: numerical concentration of large macroplastics (100 mm - 500 mm) type H (hard) in #/km² <b>N_cd6</b>: numerical concentration of large macroplastics (100 mm - 500 mm) type N (net/rope) in #/km² <b>P_cd6</b>: numerical concentration of large macroplastics (100 mm - 500 mm) type P (pellet) in #/km² <b>F_cd6</b>: numerical concentration of large macroplastics (100 mm - 500 mm) type F (foam) in #/km²<b>H_cd7</b>: numerical concentration of megaplastics (&gt; 500 mm) type H (hard) in #/km² <b>N_cd7</b>: numerical concentration of megaplastics (&gt; 500 mm) type N (net/rope) in #/km² <b>F_cd7</b>: numerical concentration of megaplastics (&gt; 500 mm) type F (foam) in #/km²<b>H_wd1</b>: mass concentration of small microplastics (0.5 mm - 1.5 mm) type H (hard) in g/km² <b>N_wd1</b>: mass concentration of small microplastics (0.5 mm - 1.5 mm) type N (net/rope) in g/km² <b>P_wd1</b>: mass concentration of small microplastics (0.5 mm - 1.5 mm) type P (pellet) in g/km² <b>F_wd1</b>: mass concentration of small microplastics (0.5 mm - 1.5 mm) type F (foam) in g/km² <b>H_wd2</b>: mass concentration of large microplastics (1.5 mm - 5 mm) type H (hard) in g/km² <b>N_wd2</b>: mass concentration of large microplastics (1.5 mm - 5 mm) type N (net/rope) in g/km²<b>P_wd2</b>: mass concentration of large microplastics (1.5 mm - 5 mm) type P (pellet) in g/km² <b>F_wd2</b>: mass concentration of large microplastics (1.5 mm - 5 mm) type F (foam) in g/km² <b>H_wd3</b>: mass concentration of small mesoplastics (5 mm - 15 mm) type H (hard) in g/km² <b>N_wd3</b>: mass concentration of small mesoplastics (5 mm - 15 mm) type N (net/rope) in g/km²<b>P_wd3</b>: mass concentration of small mesoplastics (5 mm - 15 mm) type P (pellet) in g/km² <b>F_wd3</b>: mass concentration of small mesoplastics (5 mm - 15 mm) type F (foam) in g/km² <b>H_wd4</b>: mass concentration of large mesoplastics (15 mm - 50 mm) type H (hard) in g/km² <b>N_wd4</b>: mass concentration of large mesoplastics (15 mm - 50 mm) type N (net/rope) in g/km²<b>P_wd4</b>: mass concentration of large mesoplastics (15 mm - 50 mm) type P (pellet) in g/km² <b>F_wd4</b>: mass concentration of large mesoplastics (15 mm - 50 mm) type F (foam) in g/km²<b>H_wd5</b>: mass concentration of small macroplastics (50 mm - 100 mm) type H (hard) in g/km² <b>N_wd5</b>: mass concentration of small macroplastics (50 mm - 100 mm) type N (net/rope) in g/km²<b>P_wd5</b>: mass concentration of small macroplastics (50 mm - 100 mm) type P (pellet) in g/km² <b>F_wd5</b>: mass concentration of small macroplastics (50 mm - 100 mm) type F (foam) in g/km² <b>H_wd6</b>: mass concentration of large macroplastics (100 mm - 500 mm) type H (hard) in g/km² <b>N_wd6</b>: mass concentration of large macroplastics (100 mm - 500 mm) type N (net/rope) in g/km² <b>P_wd6</b>: mass concentration of large macroplastics (100 mm - 500 mm) type P (pellet) in g/km² <b>F_wd6</b>: mass concentration of large macroplastics (100 mm - 500 mm) type F (foam) in g/km²<b>H_wd7</b>: mass concentration of megaplastics (&gt; 500 mm) type H (hard) in g/km² <b>N_wd7</b>: mass concentration of megaplastics (&gt; 500 mm) type N (net/rope) in g/km² <b>F_wd7</b>: mass concentration of megaplastics (&gt; 500 mm) type F (foam) in g/km²