This section provides access to the latest version of the documentation provided by Argo Data Management Team.
To improve the visibility of Argo documentation, this page is replicated on GitHub (in the medium term, it could be transferred there)
How is Argo data management organized ?
- A beginners' guide to accessing Argo data
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Argo Data Management Handbook 285.57 kB -
The organization of the Argo Global Data Centers 373.28 kB
- Argo data FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Argo data formats
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The Argo data formats are described in the "Argo user's manual"
http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/29825 -
Argo physical parameters list: core-Argo and BGC-Argo, 2023-06-12 174.85 kB - Argo user manual for technical files
- Argo metadata files
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Surface pressure correction table, January 13th 2015 43.50 kB
Quality control
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Argo quality control manual for CTD and trajectory data
http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/33951 -
Argo quality control manual for dissolved oxygen concentration
https://doi.org/10.13155/46542 -
BGC-Argo quality control manual for biogeochemical data
http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/40879 -
BGC-Argo quality control manual for chlorophyll-A concentration
http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/35385 -
BGC-Argo quality control manual for nitrate concentration
https://doi.org/10.13155/84370 -
BGC-Argo quality control for radiometry
https://doi.org/10.13155/62466
Cookbooks, core-Argo
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Argo DAC profile cookbook, version 2.0, August 2019
http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/41151 -
Argo DAC trajectory cookbook
http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/29824 -
Common method for determining position and Time and attribute the appropriate QC, August 2009 22.20 kB
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Core-Argo DMQC cookbook version 1.0, March 2021
https://doi.org/10.13155/78994
Cookbooks, BGC-Argo
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Processing Argo oxygen data at the DAC level cookbook
http://doi.org/10.13155/39795 -
BGC-Argo processing particle backscattering at the DAC level
http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/39459 -
BGC-Argo processing chlorophyll-A concentration at the DAC level
http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/39468 -
BGC-Argo processing Argo measurement timing information at the DAC level
http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/47998 -
Processing BGC-Argo CDOM concentration at the DAC level
http://doi.org/10.13155/54541 -
Processing Bio-Argo nitrate concentration at the DAC Level
http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/46121 -
Processing BGC-Argo Radiometric data at the DAC level
http://doi.org/10.13155/51541 -
Processing BGC-Argo pH data at the DAC level
https://doi.org/10.13155/57195
Cookbooks, GDAC
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Description of the Argo GDAC File Checks: Data Format and Consistency Checks
http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/46120 -
Description of the Argo GDAC BGC File Merge Process
http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/52154 -
BGC-Argo synthetic profile file processing and format on Coriolis GDAC
https://doi.org/10.13155/55637 -
Argo GDAC cookbook
http://doi.org/10.13155/46202