This dataset is composed of two main folders. clim_3D: contains 4 files in 3 directories: BGC-Argo/bbp700_nemo_clim.nc: global monthly climatology of BGC-Argo bbp700 measurements on the ORCA2_L31 NEMO grid. BGC-Argo/bbp700_nemo_climseas.nc: seasonal climatology (JFM, ...OND) of BGC-Argo bbp700 measurements on the ORCA2_L31 NEMO grid. biomes/nemobiomes.nc: biomes of Fay and McKinley 2014 (ESSD) reprojected onto the ORCA2_L31 NEMO grid. PISCES/PISCES_1m_19600101_19601231_ptrc_T.nc: PISCES tracers (living organisms and detrial organic carbon), monthly climatology based on pre-industrial simulation described by Aumont et al. 2017 (Biogeosciences). CATS_1D: contains 66 folders. The folders are named as <fwmo>_<yyyy>_<orca1cell>, where fwmo = World Meteorological Organization (WMO) float number yyyy = year orca1cell = number of the NEMO model horizontal grid cell (ORCA1 grid) used to run the PISCES 1D offline simulation. Each folder contains: BGC-Argo observations for a given Argo float and year, bined onto the model vertical grid and 5-day peiods: 'Mprof*.nc' Dynamical fields used to run PISCES 1D offline simulations: 'dyna_grid_T.nc' Output of the simulations: PISCES tracers at 5-day resolution: 'PISCES_5d_*_ptrc_T.nc' List of horizontal model grid cells that were visited by the Argo float on a given year: 'xymatch_<fwmo>.csv'. If the list is queried for the grid cell number <orca1cell>, one can obtain the corresponding longitude (xmap), latitude (ymap), and the x and y indices of the grid (plus/minus 1). These indices correspond to the 3x3 horizontal grid of the dynamical fields and the PISCES 1D output.

This dataset corresponds to the article "Bridging the gaps between particulate backscattering measurements and modeled particulate organic carbon in the ocean', submitted to Biogeosciences on 28 July 2021 (bg-2021-201). Please, cite the related preprint or accepted article once they are available.