Description of all floats

Float 5900877

Code5900877
NameAPEX Profiling Float
DescriptionArgo AUSTRALIA
Project Argo Australia
InstitutionCSIRO
Data Assembly CenterCS : CSIRO
Status
First cycle date28/11/2005 23:20:00
Last cycle date10/01/2013 20:53:26
Float cycles261, 260, 259, 258, 257, 256, 255, 254, 253, 252, 251, 250, 249, 248, 247, 246, 245, 244, 243, 242, 241, 240, 239, 238, 237, 236, 235, 234, 233, 232, 231, 230, 229, 228, 227, 226, 225, 224, 223, 222, 221, 220, 219, 218, 217, 216, 215, 214, 213, 212, 211, 210, 209, 208, 207, 206, 205, 204, 203, 202, 201, 200, 199, 198, 197, 196, 195, 194, 193, 192, 191, 190, 189, 188, 187, 186, 185, 184, 183, 182, 181, 180, 179, 178, 177, 176, 175, 174, 173, 172, 171, 170, 169, 168, 167, 166, 165, 164, 163, 162, 161, 160, 159, 158, 157, 156, 155, 154, 153, 152, 151, 150, 149, 148, 147, 146, 145, 144, 143, 142, 141, 140, 139, 138, 137, 136, 135, 134, 133, 132, 131, 130, 129, 128, 127, 126, 125, 124, 123, 122, 121, 120, 119, 118, 117, 116, 115, 114, 113, 112, 111, 110, 109, 108, 107, 106, 105, 104, 103, 102, 101, 100, 99, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78, 77, 76, 75, 74, 73, 72, 71, 70, 69, 68, 67, 66, 65, 64, 63, 62, 61, 60, 59, 58, 57, 56, 55, 54, 53, 52, 51, 50, 49, 48, 47, 46, 45, 44, 43, 42, 41, 40, 39, 38, 37, 36, 35, 34, 33, 32, 31, 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 4, 8, 3, 7, 2, 6, 5, 1, 0
Stationsin Ascii, in Netcdf
Trajectory datain Ascii, in Netcdf
Graphics of individual profilesVerticals profiles, Immersion profiles
Map
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Waterfall profiles
Waterfall profiles (emphasis)
Overlayed profiles
Overlayed profiles (emphasis)
T/S Diagram
Section chart
Pressure chart
Configuration
Calibration coefficients for this equationa1=0, a0=-0.0128
Calibration coefficients for this equationser# = 2138 conductivity coeffs: G = -1.0122 H = 0.1503 I = -0.0000 J = 0.0000 CPCOR = -0.0000 CTCOR = 0.0000 WBOTC = -0.0000
Calibration coefficients for this equationser# = 2138 temperature coeffs: A0 = -0.0000 A1 = 0.0003 A2 = -0.0000 A3 = 0.0000
Calibration coefficients for this equationser# = 2138 pressure coeffs: PA0 = -0.13676 PA1 = 0.13724 PA2 = -3.4914e-08 PTCA0 = -125.2 PTCA1 = 0.031938 PTCA2 = -0.0035867 PTCB0 = 25.033 PTCB1 = -7.5e-05 PTCB2 = 0 PTHA0 = -70.371 PTHA1 = 0.049605 PTHA2 = -2.6746e-08
Calibration equation for this parametery=thermistor output; t=PTHA0+PTHA1*y+PTHA2*y^2; x=pressure output-PTCA0+PTCA1*t+PTCA2*t^2; n=x*PTCB0/(PTCB0+PTCB1*t+PTCB2*t^2); pressure (psia)=PA0+PA1*n+PA2*n^2
Calibration equation for this parameterf = inst freq * sqrt(1.0 + WBOTC * t) / 1000.0; t = temperature [deg C]; p = pressure [decibars]; delta = CTcor; epsilon = CPcor; Conductivity = (g + hf^2 + if^3 + jf^4)/(1+ delta t + epsilon p) Siemens/meter
Calibration equation for this parameterTemperature ITS-90 = 1/ { a0 + a1[lambda nu (n)] + a2 [lambda nu^2 (n)] + a3 [lambda nu^3 (n)]} - 273.15 (deg C)
Calibration equation for this parameterPSAL_ADJUSTED = a1 * PSAL + a0
Comment applying to this parameter calibrationReal-time salinity adjustment
Data centre in charge of platform data processingCS
Date (UTC) of the first descent of the float.28/11/2005 23:20:23
Date of last update of the metadata of the platform15/01/2013 00:09:45
Date of last update of the trajectory of the platform14/01/2013 16:46:13
Date of the calibration20101102084411
Direction of the profilesA
Identifier of the deployment platformaurora australis
Instrument typeAPEX-SBE 2028
List of parameters with calibration informationPSAL
List of parameters with calibration informationTEMP
List of parameters with calibration informationPRES
List of parameters with real-time calibration informationPSAL
List of sensors on the floatTEMP
List of sensors on the floatCNDC
List of sensors on the floatPRES
Model of the floatAPEX-SBE
Name of the network related to the platformMyOcean
Name of the network related to the platformGROUP
Name of the principal investigatorSusan Wijffels
Platform activity flagI
Positioning systemARGOS
Profiler EXPERIMENT IDArgo Australia
Profiler LAUNCH DATETIME20/11/2005 06:05:00
Profiler LAUNCH LATITUDE-49.866
Profiler LAUNCH LONGITUDE107.033
Profiler PROBE CODE846
Quality on launch date, time and location1
Quality on start date1
The accuracy of the sensor0.005
The accuracy of the sensor0.002
The accuracy of the sensor2.4
The deepest pressure sampled in the ascending profile2000
The frequency of transmission from the float401.65 x 10^6
The last valid station id of the platform28365640
The name of the manufacturerWebb research
The name of the manufacturerSEABIRD
The name of the manufacturerSEABIRD
The name of the manufacturerSEABIRD
The number of times this cycle repeats1
The pressure of subsurface drifts1000
The program identifier used by the transmission system02039
The related loading id12886542
The repetition rate of transmission from the float46
The resolution of the sensor0.0001
The resolution of the sensor0
The resolution of the sensor1e-05
The serial number of the sensor7576
The serial number of the sensor2138
The serial number of the sensor2138
The telecommunications system usedARGOS
The time spent at the parking pressure224.88
The time spent at the surface8.06
The time spent sampling the ascending profile6.94
The total time of a cycle : descent + parking + ascent + surface240
The units of accuracy and resolution of the sensordeg C
The units of accuracy and resolution of the sensordecibars
The units of accuracy and resolution of the sensorSiemens/meter
Transmission identifier (ARGOS, ORBCOMM, etc.)53215
Type of sensorsbe-41
Type of sensorDRUCK
Type of sensorsbe-41
Missing measures percentages chart_missing_measures_ratios
Missing cycles chart_missing_cycles
Technical alerts chart_tech_alert
Technical parameters 5900877 15/01/2013 00:09:45 0