FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Best practices for Core Argo floats - Part 2: physical handling, deployment and metadata considerations BT AF Morris, Tamaryn Scanderbeg, Megan West-Mack, Deborah Gourcuff, Claire Poffa, Noe Udaya Bhaskar, Tata V. S. Hanstein, Craig Diggs, Steve Talley, Lynne Turpin, Victor Liu, Zenghong Owens, Breck AS 1:1,2;2:3;3:4;4:5;5:6;6:7;7:8;8:3;9:3;10:9;11:10;12:4; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:PDG-DGDS-IRSI-COA;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:;12:; C1 Egagasini Node, South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), Cape Town, South Africa Marine Unit, South African Weather Service (SAWS), Cape Town, South Africa Climate, Atmospheric Sciences and Physical Oceanography Department, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), San Diego, CA, United States Physical Oceanography Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI), Falmouth, MA, United States Euro-Argo European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC), Plouzané, France Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (Ifremer), Plouzané, France Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), MoES, Hyderabad, India Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Hobart, TAS, Australia OceanOPS, Brest, France Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China C2 SAEON, SOUTH AFRICA SAWS, SOUTH AFRICA UNIV CALIF SAN DIEGO, USA WHOI, USA EURO ARGO ERIC, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE INCOIS, INDIA CSIRO, AUSTRALIA OCEANOPS, FRANCE SIO, CHINA SI BREST SE EUROARGO ERIC PDG-DGDS-IRSI-COA OCEANOPS IN DOAJ IF 3.7 TC 0 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00885/99716/109745.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Core Argo float;best practice;physical handling;deployment;metadata AB Following on from Part 1: Best Practices for Core Argo floats - Getting started and data considerations, we present Part 2: Best Practices for Core Argo floats in terms of physical handling and deployments and recommended metadata parameters. The objective is to encourage new and developing scientists, research teams and institutions to contribute to the OneArgo Program through increased deployments regionally, specifically to the Core Argo mission. Only by leveraging sustained contributions of current Core Argo float groups with new and emerging Argo teams and users, can the OneArgo initiative be realized. This paper makes involvement with the Core Argo mission smoother by providing a framework endorsed by a wide community for these observations. PY 2024 PD APR SO Frontiers In Marine Science SN 2296-7745 PU Frontiers Media SA VL 11 UT 001203540200001 DI 10.3389/fmars.2024.1358048 ID 99716 ER EF