Table 1.

Acronyms, Definitions and Units

Symbol	Definition	Unit
BGC	Biogeochemical
CTD	Conductivity Temperature Density
DAM	Deep photoAcclimation Maximum
DBM	Deep Biomass Maximum
DCM	Deep Chlorophyll Maximum
MAE	Mean Absolute Error
R2.adj	Adjusted correlation coefficient
RMSE	Root Mean Square Error
POC	Particulate Organic Carbon	mg C m−3
bbp	particulate backscattering coefficient	m−1
[Chla]	Chlorophyll a concentration	mg chla m−3
[Chla]sat	Chlorophyll a concentration measured from satellite	mg chla m−3
iPAR	Daily integrated PAR	E m−2 d−1
iPAR20	Isocline of iPAR of 20 E m−2 d−1	m
iPARNit	iPAR at the nitracline depth	E m−2 d−1
${\overline{iPAR}}_{ML}$	Mean iPAR in the Mixed Layer	E m−2 d−1
Kd	PAR diffuse attenuation coefficient	m−1
ML	Mixed Layer
MLD	Mixed Layer Depth	m
mNit	Nitracline steepness	µmol NO3 m−3 m−1
N2	Brunt‐Vaisala frequency	Hz
N2Nit	Brunt‐Vaisala frequency at the nitracline depth	Hz
${\overline{Nitrate}}_{ML}$	Mean Nitrate concentration in the Mixed Layer	µmol NO3 m−3
PAR	Photosynthetically Available Radiation	E m−2
q25	25th percentile
q75	75th percentile
TSWS	Typical Stable Water Structure
Znit	Nitracline depth	m
Zpd	First Optical Depth	m