This dataset is a global surface ocean compilation of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) phytoplankton pigment concentrations and hyperspectral remote sensing reflectance (Rrs) data, with associated temperature and salinity measurements. The pigments measured include: total chlorophyll-a (Tchla), 19'-hexanoyloxyfucoxanthin (HexFuco), 19'-butanoyloxyfucoxanthin (ButFuco), alloxanthin (Allo), fucoxanthin (Fuco), peridinin (Perid), zeaxanthin (Zea), divinyl chlorophyll a (DVchla), monovinyl chlorophyll b (MVchlb), chlorophyll c1+c2 (Chlc12), chlorophyll c3 (Chlc3), neoxanthin (Neo), and violaxanthin (Viola). Rrs data are measured at 1 nm spectral resolution from 400-700 nm. The Rrs data from the ANT cruises were collected using a RAMSES hyperspectral radiometer, the Rrs data from the NAAMES, SABOR, Tara, RemSensPOC, BIOSOPE, and EXPORTS cruises were generated by a HyperPro (Satlantic, Inc.) hyperspectral radiometer. All samples presented in this dataset have previously been published and are publicly available, as referenced in the table: ANT: Bracher et al. (2015), https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847820, NAAMES: Behrenfeld et al. (2014a), http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/SeaBASS/NAAMES/DATA001, Remote Sensing of POC: Cetinić (2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/SeaBASS/REMSENSPOC/DATA001, SABOR: Behrenfeld et al. (2014b), http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/SeaBASS/SABOR/DATA001, Tara Oceans: Boss and Claustre (2009), http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/SeaBASS/TARA_OCEANS_EXPEDITION/DATA001, Tara Mediterranean: Boss and Claustre (2014), http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/SeaBASS/TARA_MEDITERRANEAN/DATA001, BIOSOPE: Claustre and Sciandra (2004), https://doi.org/10.17600/4010100 hosted at http://www.obs-vlfr.fr/proof/php/bio_open_access_data.php, EXPORTS: Behrenfeld et al. (2018), http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/SeaBASS/EXPORTS/DATA001. This compilation of these data is used in Kramer et al. (2021) to evaluate a model that reconstructs pigment concentrations from hyperspectral remote sensing reflectance.

The acquisition of BIOSOPE data where funded through Centre National de Recherche Scientifique-Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers, France (CNRS-INSU) grants.