Reference documentation

How is Argo data management organized ?

•  A beginners' guide to accessing Argo data
• 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

• 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, February 3rd 2023 169.15 kB
• Argo user manual for technical files
  • Technical parameters names, version 8.3 July 19th 2022 75.85 kB
  • Technical parameters naming convention rules, version 4, May 11th 2015 45.00 kB
  • Technical and configuration parameters units, version 2.3, May 11th 2016 12.53 kB
• Argo metadata files
  • Configuration parameter names, core-Argo, August 1st 2022 114.17 kB
  • Configuration parameter names, BGC-Argo, April 2nd 2021 18.77 kB
• Surface pressure correction table, January 13th 2015 43.50 kB

Quality control

• 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

• Argo DAC profile cookbook, version 2.0, August 2019
  http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/41151
• Argo DAC trajectory cookbook version 6.0, August 2019
  http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/29824
• Common method for determining position and Time and attribute the appropriate QC, August 2009 22.20 kB
• Core-Argo DMQC cookbook version 1.0, March 2021
  https://doi.org/10.13155/78994

Cookbooks, BGC-Argo

• 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

• 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