Once a week, a global monitoring of Argo meta-data files is performed.
A list of 24 highly desirable meta-data parameters is defined. For each float of each DAC, each missing or incorrect highly desirable parameter is pointed out
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| higly desirable meta-data | mandatory format | example |
| DATA_TYPE | "Argo meta-data" ; | DATA_TYPE = "Argo meta-data" ; |
| FORMAT_VERSION | "2.1 " ; | FORMAT_VERSION = "2.1 " ; |
| HANDBOOK_VERSION | "1.2 " ; | HANDBOOK_VERSION = "1.2 " ; |
| DATE_CREATION | YYYYMMDDHHMISS | DATE_CREATION = "20040210124422" ; |
| DATE_UPDATE | YYYYMMDDHHMISS | DATE_UPDATE = "20040210124422" ; |
| PLATFORM_NUMBER | XXXXX or XXXXXXX | PLATFORM_NUMBER = "5900077 " ; |
| PTT | not empty | PTT = "23978 " ; |
| TRANS_SYSTEM | see reference table 10 | TRANS_SYSTEM = "ARGOS " ; |
| TRANS_SYSTEM_ID | not empty | TRANS_SYSTEM_ID = "14281 " ; |
| POSITIONING_SYSTEM | see reference table 9 | POSITIONING_SYSTEM = "ARGOS " ; |
| PLATFORM_MODEL | not empty | PLATFORM_MODEL = "SOLO" ; |
| PLATFORM_SERIAL_NO | not empty | PLATFORM_SERIAL_NO = "1189" ; |
| DIRECTION | "A" or "D" | DIRECTION = "A" ; |
| DATA_CENTRE | see reference table 4 | DATA_CENTRE = "AO" ; |
| LAUNCH_DATE | YYYYMMDDHHMISS | LAUNCH_DATE = "20010717000100" ; |
| LAUNCH_LATITUDE | not empty, -90 <= real <= 90 | LAUNCH_LATITUDE = -7.91400003433228 ; |
| LAUNCH_LONGITUDE | not empty, -180 <= real <= 180 | LAUNCH_LONGITUDE = -179.828338623047 ; |
| LAUNCH_QC | see reference table 2 | LAUNCH_QC = "1" ; |
| START_DATE | YYYYMMDDHHMISS | START_DATE = "20010702000000" ; |
| START_DATE_QC | see reference table 2 | START_DATE_QC = "2" ; |
| PARAMETER | see reference table 3 | PARAMETER ="PRES","TEMP","PSAL" ; |
| CYCLE_TIME | not empty | CYCLE_TIME = 10.0083 ; |
| DEEPEST_PRESSURE | not empty | DEEPEST_PRESSURE = 1092 ; |
| PARKING_PRESSURE | not empty | PARKING_PRESSURE = 1000 ; |