Best practices for Core Argo floats - part 1: getting started and data considerations
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| Date | 2024-03-27 | ||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||
| Author(s) | Morris Tamaryn1, 2, Scanderbeg Megan3, West-Mack Deborah4, Gourcuff Claire5, Poffa Noe6, Bhaskar T. V. S. Udaya7, Hanstein Craig8, Diggs Steve3, Talley Lynne3, Turpin Victor9, Liu Zenghong10, Owens Breck4 | ||||||||
| Affiliation(s) | 1 : Egagasini Node, South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), Cape Town, South Africa 2 : Marine Unit, South African Weather Service (SAWS), Cape Town, South Africa 3 : Climate, Atmospheric Sciences and Physical Oceanography Department, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), San Diego, CA, United States 4 : Physical Oceanography Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI), Falmouth, MA, United States 5 : Euro-Argo European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC), Plouzané, France 6 : Ifremer, Plouzané, France 7 : Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Hyderabad, India 8 : Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Hobart, TAS, Australia 9 : OceanOPS, Brest, France 10 : Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China |
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| Source | Frontiers in Marine Science (2296-7745) (Frontiers Media SA), 2024-03-27 , Vol. 11 , P. 1358042 (15p.) | ||||||||
| DOI | 10.3389/fmars.2024.1358042 | ||||||||
| Keyword(s) | Core Argo float, best practice, data, reference data, citation | ||||||||
| Abstract | Argo floats have been deployed in the global ocean for over 20 years. The Core mission of the Argo program (Core Argo) has contributed well over 2 million profiles of salinity and temperature of the upper 2000 m of the water column for a variety of operational and scientific applications. Core Argo floats have evolved such that the program currently consists of more than eight types of Core Argo float, some of which belong to second or third generation developments, three unique satellite communication systems (Argos, Iridium and Beidou) and two types of Conductivity, Temperature and Depth (CTD) sensor systems (Seabird and RBR). This, together with a well-established data management system, delayed mode data quality control, FAIR and open data access, make the program a very successful ocean observing network. Here we present Part 1 of the Best Practices for Core Argo floats in terms of how users can get started in the program, recommended metadata parameters and the data management system. The objective is to encourage new and developing scientists, research teams and institutions to contribute to the OneArgo Program, specifically to the Core Argo mission. Only by leveraging sustained contributions from current Core Argo float groups with new and emerging Argo teams and users who are eager to get involved and are actively encouraged to do so, can the OneArgo initiative be realized. This paper presents a list of best practices to get started in the program, set up the recommended metadata, implement the data management system with the aim to encourage new scientists, countries and research teams to contribute to the OneArgo Program. |
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