Navigation and meteorological data collected during the Tara Pacific Expedition 2016-2019

The Tara Pacific expedition (2016-2018) sampled coral ecosystems around 32 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and sampled the surface of oceanic waters at 249 locations, resulting in the collection of nearly 58,000 samples. The expedition was designed to systematically study corals, fish, plankton, and seawater, and included the collection of samples for advanced biogeochemical, molecular, and imaging analysis. Here we provide the continuous dataset originating from navigation and meteorological instruments acquiring continuously during the full course of the campaign. Variables/ descriptions and units: variable description units 'dt' date-time stamp iso UTC 'lat' latitude decimal degree 'lon' longitude decimal degree 'flag_origin_latlon' origin of the latitude and longitude 'cog' course over ground degree 'sog' speed over ground knots 'sst_batos' Sea surface temperature measured by the navigation station °C 'temperature_atm' Atmospheric temperature °C 'pressure_sealevel' Atmospheric presure hp 'relative_humidity' relative humidity % 'apparent_windspeed_bow' apparent wind speed knots 'apparent_winddir_bow' wind direction from the bow degree 'apparent_wind_trueN' wind direction from north degree 'true_wind_speed' knots 'true_wind_dir' wind direction from north degree 'sunzenith' sun position relative to zenith radian 'sunazimuth' sun position relative to north radian