Argo-data-management-documents

Argo data management manuals, cookbooks and reference tables GitHub prototype

This repository is a prototype for Argo data management team documents. It may replace the official list of documents on http://www.argodatamgt.org/Documentation

How is Argo data management organized ?

• A beginners' guide to accessing Argo data
• Argo Data Management Handbook
• The organization of the Argo Global Data Centers
• Argo data FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

Argo data formats

• The Argo NetCDF data formats are described in the "Argo user's manual" https://dx.doi.org/10.13155/29825
  • Argo NetCDF reference tables
    • Argo physical parameters list: core-Argo and BGC-Argo
    • Technical parameters names
    • Technical parameters naming convention rules
    • Technical and configuration parameters units

Argo metadata files

• Configuration parameter names, core-Argo
• Configuration parameter names, BGC-Argo
• 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 for BBP https://doi.org/10.13155/60262
• BGC-Argo quality control for pH https://doi.org/10.13155/97828

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

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

GDAC

• Description of the Argo GDAC File Checks: Data Format and Consistency Checks https://dx.doi.org/10.13155/46120
• Description of the Argo GDAC BGC File Merge Process https://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 https://doi.org/10.13155/46202