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.
| 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 ; |