This section provides access to the latest version of the documentation provided by Argo Data Management Team.
How is Argo data management organized ?
- A beginners' guide to accessing Argo data
- The Argo data management handbook
- The organisation of the Argo Global Data Centers
Argo data formats
- The Argo data formats are described in :
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Argo user's manual, version 3.2, December 29th 2015
http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/29825 -
Argo physical parameters list: Core-Argo and B-Argo, February 2nd 2016 155.70 kB - Information on the Version 3 of the Argo format : http://www.argo.ucsd.edu/Data_FAQ.html#v3stat
- more detail for profile http://www-argo.ucsd.edu/Prof3files.html
- more detail for metadata: http://www-argo.ucsd.edu/Meta3files.html
- more detail for Trajectory : http://www-argo.ucsd.edu/Traj3files.htm
- Argo user manual for technical files
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Surface pressure correction table, January 13th 2015 43.50 kB
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Argo user's manual, version 3.2, December 29th 2015
- Argo metadata files
Quality control
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Argo quality control manual for CTD and trajectory data, version 3, December 15th 2015
http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/33951 -
Bio-Argo quality control Manual for biogeochemical data, version 1.0, March 1st 2016
http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/40879 -
Bio-Argo quality control manual for Chlorophyll-A concentration, version 1.0, December 2014
http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/35385
Cookbooks
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Description of the Argo GDAC File Checks: Data Format and Consistency Checks, version 2.4, June 2016
http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/46120 -
Argo DAC profile cookbook, version 1.0, June 2015
http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/41151 -
Trajectory DAC cookbook version 4.1, December 2015
http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/41152 -
Common method for determining position and Time and attribute the appropriate QC, August 2009 22.20 kB - Bio-Argo oxygen cookbook : see bio-Argo oxygen data management
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Bio-Argo processing chlorophyll-A concentration at the DAC level, September 2015
http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/39468