Documentation

How is Argo data management organized ?

• A beginners’ guide to accessing Argo data
• Argo data FAQ

Argo data formats

• The Argo data formats are described in the “Argo user’s manual” https://dx.doi.org/10.13155/29825
• Reference tables master documents
  • R03 - Argo parameters core & bgc
  • R14 - Technical parameters names
  • R18 - Configuration parameter names, core-Argo
  • R18 - Configuration parameter names, bgc-Argo
• User manual for technical files
  • Technical parameters naming convention rules
  • Technical and configuration parameters units
  • Surface pressure correction table

Quality control

• Argo quality control manual for CTD and trajectory data https://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 https://dx.doi.org/10.13155/40879
• BGC-Argo quality control manual for chlorophyll-A concentration https://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
• BGC-Argo quality control manual for pH https://doi.org/10.13155/97828
• BGC Argo quality control manual for particles backscattering https://doi.org/10.13155/60262

Cookbooks, Core-Argo

• Argo DAC profile cookbook https://dx.doi.org/10.13155/41151
• Argo DAC trajectory cookbook https://dx.doi.org/10.13155/29824
• Common method for determining position and Time and attribute the appropriate QC
• Core-Argo DMQC cookbook https://doi.org/10.13155/78994

Cookbooks, BGC-Argo

• Processing Argo oxygen data at the DAC level cookbook https://doi.org/10.13155/39795
• BGC-Argo processing particle backscattering at the DAC level https://dx.doi.org/10.13155/39459
• BGC-Argo processing chlorophyll-A concentration at the DAC level https://dx.doi.org/10.13155/39468
• BGC-Argo processing Argo measurement timing information at the DAC level https://dx.doi.org/10.13155/47998
• Processing BGC-Argo CDOM concentration at the DAC level https://doi.org/10.13155/54541
• Processing Bio-Argo nitrate concentration at the DAC Level https://dx.doi.org/10.13155/46121
• Processing BGC-Argo Radiometric data at the DAC level https://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 https://dx.doi.org/10.13155/46120
• BGC-Argo synthetic profile file processing and format on Coriolis GDAC https://doi.org/10.13155/55637
• Argo GDAC cookbook https://doi.org/10.13155/46202