SCOR WG 142: Quality Control Procedures for Oxygen and Other Biogeochemical Sensors on Floats and Gliders. Recommendation for oxygen measurements from Argo floats, implementation of in-air-measurement routine to assure highest long-term accuracy
| Type | Qualification paper (procedure, accreditation support) | ||||||||
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| Date | 2015 | ||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||
| Author(s) | Bittig Henry 1, Kortzinger Arne2, Johnson Ken3, Claustre Hervé1, Emerson Steve5, Fennel Katja8, Garcia Hernan16, Gilbert Denis6, Gruber Nicolas15, Kang Dong-Jin14, Naqvi Wajih11, Prakash Satya12, Riser Steven5, Thierry Virginie4, Tilbrook Bronte7, Uchida Hiroshi13, Ulloa Osvaldo9, Xing Xiagang10 |
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| Affiliation(s) | 1 : CNRS, UMR 7093, Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche (LOV), Villefranche sur Mer, France 2 : Helmholtz-Center for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany 3 : MBARI, USA 4 : Ifremer, LPO, France 5 : University of Washington, USA 6 : Fisheries and Oceans, Canada 7 : CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Tasmania, australia 8 : Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada 9 : Universidad de Concepción, Chile 10 : Second Institute of Oceanography, Hangzhou, China 11 : National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India 12 : INCOIS, Hyderabad, India 13 : JAMSTEC, Yokosuka, Japan 14 : KIOST, Ansan-si, South Korea 15 : ETH Zürich, Switzerland 16 : National Oceanographic Data Center, NOAA, Silver Spring, USA |
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| DOI | 10.13155/45917 | ||||||||
| Publisher | Ifremer | ||||||||
| Version | 1.0 | ||||||||
| Keyword(s) | argo, bio-argo, oxygen | ||||||||
| Abstract | Recommendation for Oxygen Measurements from Argo Floats: Implementation of In-Air-Measurement Routine to Assure Highest Long-term AccuracyAs Argo has entered its second decade and chemical/biological sensor technology is improving constantly, the marine biogeochemistry community is starting to embrace the successful Argo float program. An augmentation of the global float observatory, however, has to follow rather stringent constraints regarding sensor characteristics as well as data processing and quality control routines. Owing to the fairly advanced state of oxygen sensor technology and the high scientific value of oceanic oxygen measurements (Gruber et al., 2010), an expansion of the Argo core mission to routine oxygen measurements is perhaps the most mature and promising candidate (Freeland et al., 2010).In this context, SCOR Working Group 142 “Quality Control Procedures for Oxygen and Other Biogeochemical Sensors on Floats and Gliders” (www.scor-int.org/SCOR_WGs_WG142.htm) set out in 2014 to assess the current status of biogeochemical sensor technology with particular emphasis on float-readiness, develop pre- and post-deployment quality control metrics and procedures for oxygen sensors, and to disseminate procedures widely to ensure rapid adoption in the community. |
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