Reference documentation

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 : 
  • Argo user's manual, version 3.1, November 7th 2014 2.28 MB
  • Argo physical parameters list: Core-Argo and B-Argo, January 20th 2014 21.27 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
  • Technical parameters names, version 6.2, January 13th 2015 63.23 kB
  • Surface pressure correction table, January 13th 2015 43.50 kB
  • Technical parameter units, version 1.6, November 5th 2014 12.39 kB
• Argo metadata files
  • Metadata variable names, 16 December 2011 14.90 kB
  • Configuration parameter names for metadata files, core Argo, October 17th 2014 37.87 kB
  • Configuration parameter names for metadata files, bio-Argo, October 17th 2014 15.28 kB

Quality control

• Argo quality control manual, version 2.9.1, November 18th 2014:  http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/33951
• Bio-Argo quality control manual for Chlorophyll-A concentration, version 1.0, December 2014: http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/35385

Cookbooks

• Trajectory DAC cookbook version 2.0, April 2014 : http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/29824
• Common method for determining position and Time and attribute the appropriate QC, August 2009 22.20 kB
• Processing Argo oxygen data at the DAC level, version 1.3, January 2013 673.07 kB