argoFloats
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Argo Float Vertical Profiles
2024-03-23
creation
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argoFloats
Argo
Argo
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information
originator
Argo float vertical profiles from Coriolis Global Data Assembly Centres
(GDAC). Argo is an international collaboration that collects high-quality
temperature and salinity profiles from the upper 2000m of the ice-free
global ocean and currents from intermediate depths. The data come from
battery-powered autonomous floats that spend most of their life drifting
at depth where they are stabilised by being neutrally buoyant at the
"parking depth" pressure by having a density equal to the ambient pressure
and a compressibility that is less than that of sea water. At present there
are several models of profiling float used in Argo. All work in a similar
fashion but differ somewhat in their design characteristics. At typically
10-day intervals, the floats pump fluid into an external bladder and rise
to the surface over about 6 hours while measuring temperature and salinity.
Satellites or GPS determine the position of the floats when they surface,
and the floats transmit their data to the satellites. The bladder then
deflates and the float returns to its original density and sinks to drift
until the cycle is repeated. Floats are designed to make about 150 such
cycles.
Data Management URL: http://www.argodatamgt.org/Documentation
Argo
Argo
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Background Information
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information
pointOfContact
adjusted
argo
array
assembly
best
centre
centres
charge
coded
contains
coriolis
creation
currents
cycle
data
date
day
days
degree
delayed
denoting
density
determined
direction
equals
error
estimate
file
firmware
flag
float
format
gdac
geostrophic
global
handbook
have
identifier
in-situ
instrument
investigator
its
its-90
JULD
julian
level
missions
mode
name
number
ocean
oceanography
oceans
passed
performed
position
positioning
practical
pres
pressure
principal
process
processing
profile
profiles
project
psal
quality
rdac
real
real time
real-time
realtime
reference
regional
relative
salinity
sampling
scale
scheme
sea
sea level
sea-level
seawater
serial
situ
station
statistics
system
TEMP
temperature
through
type
unique
update
values
version
vertical
water
theme
Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature
Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure
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GCMD Science Keywords
Argo
project
time
time
latitude
longitude
sea_water_pressure
sea_water_pressure
pres_adjusted_qc
pres_adjusted_error
sea_water_temperature
sea_water_temperature
temp_adjusted_qc
temp_adjusted_error
sea_water_practical_salinity
sea_water_practical_salinity
psal_adjusted_qc
psal_adjusted_error
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Argo Float Vertical Profiles
2024-03-23
creation
Argo
Argo
support@argo.net
http://www.argo.net/
information
web browser
Background Information
Background information from the source
information
originator
Argo float vertical profiles from Coriolis Global Data Assembly Centres
(GDAC). Argo is an international collaboration that collects high-quality
temperature and salinity profiles from the upper 2000m of the ice-free
global ocean and currents from intermediate depths. The data come from
battery-powered autonomous floats that spend most of their life drifting
at depth where they are stabilised by being neutrally buoyant at the
"parking depth" pressure by having a density equal to the ambient pressure
and a compressibility that is less than that of sea water. At present there
are several models of profiling float used in Argo. All work in a similar
fashion but differ somewhat in their design characteristics. At typically
10-day intervals, the floats pump fluid into an external bladder and rise
to the surface over about 6 hours while measuring temperature and salinity.
Satellites or GPS determine the position of the floats when they surface,
and the floats transmit their data to the satellites. The bladder then
deflates and the float returns to its original density and sinks to drift
until the cycle is repeated. Floats are designed to make about 150 such
cycles.
Data Management URL: http://www.argodatamgt.org/Documentation
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2024-03-20T13:24:03Z
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Argo Float Vertical Profiles
2024-03-23
creation
Argo
Argo
support@argo.net
http://www.argo.net/
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Background Information
Background information from the source
information
originator
Argo float vertical profiles from Coriolis Global Data Assembly Centres
(GDAC). Argo is an international collaboration that collects high-quality
temperature and salinity profiles from the upper 2000m of the ice-free
global ocean and currents from intermediate depths. The data come from
battery-powered autonomous floats that spend most of their life drifting
at depth where they are stabilised by being neutrally buoyant at the
"parking depth" pressure by having a density equal to the ambient pressure
and a compressibility that is less than that of sea water. At present there
are several models of profiling float used in Argo. All work in a similar
fashion but differ somewhat in their design characteristics. At typically
10-day intervals, the floats pump fluid into an external bladder and rise
to the surface over about 6 hours while measuring temperature and salinity.
Satellites or GPS determine the position of the floats when they surface,
and the floats transmit their data to the satellites. The bladder then
deflates and the float returns to its original density and sinks to drift
until the cycle is repeated. Floats are designed to make about 150 such
cycles.
Data Management URL: http://www.argodatamgt.org/Documentation
OPeNDAP
1
-60.103
45.214077
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82.865524
seconds
2003-10-22T03:10:17Z
2024-03-20T13:24:03Z
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Argo Float Vertical Profiles
2024-03-23
creation
Argo
Argo
support@argo.net
http://www.argo.net/
information
web browser
Background Information
Background information from the source
information
originator
Argo float vertical profiles from Coriolis Global Data Assembly Centres
(GDAC). Argo is an international collaboration that collects high-quality
temperature and salinity profiles from the upper 2000m of the ice-free
global ocean and currents from intermediate depths. The data come from
battery-powered autonomous floats that spend most of their life drifting
at depth where they are stabilised by being neutrally buoyant at the
"parking depth" pressure by having a density equal to the ambient pressure
and a compressibility that is less than that of sea water. At present there
are several models of profiling float used in Argo. All work in a similar
fashion but differ somewhat in their design characteristics. At typically
10-day intervals, the floats pump fluid into an external bladder and rise
to the surface over about 6 hours while measuring temperature and salinity.
Satellites or GPS determine the position of the floats when they surface,
and the floats transmit their data to the satellites. The bladder then
deflates and the float returns to its original density and sinks to drift
until the cycle is repeated. Floats are designed to make about 150 such
cycles.
Data Management URL: http://www.argodatamgt.org/Documentation
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2003-10-22T03:10:17Z
2024-03-20T13:24:03Z
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physicalMeasurement
fileNumber
String
File Number
data_type
String
Data type
format_version
String
File format version
handbook_version
String
Data handbook version
reference_date_time
double
Date of reference for Julian days
date_creation
double
Date of file creation
date_update
double
Date of update of this file
platform_number
String
Float unique identifier
project_name
String
Name of the project
pi_name
String
Name of the principal investigator
cycle_number
int
Float cycle number
direction
String
Direction of the station profiles
data_center
String
Data centre in charge of float data processing
dc_reference
String
Station unique identifier in data centre
data_state_indicator
String
Degree of processing the data have passed through
data_mode
String
Delayed mode or real time data
platform_type
String
Type of float
float_serial_no
String
Serial number of the float
firmware_version
String
Instrument firmware version
wmo_inst_type
String
Coded instrument type
time
double
Julian day (UTC) of the station relative to REFERENCE_DATE_TIME
time_qc
String
Quality on date and time
time_location
double
Julian day (UTC) of the location relative to REFERENCE_DATE_TIME
position_qc
String
Quality on position (latitude and longitude)
positioning_system
String
Positioning system
profile_pres_qc
String
Global quality flag of PRES profile
profile_temp_qc
String
Global quality flag of TEMP profile
profile_psal_qc
String
Global quality flag of PSAL profile
vertical_sampling_scheme
String
Vertical sampling scheme
config_mission_number
int
Unique number denoting the missions performed by the float
pres
float
Sea water pressure, equals 0 at sea-level
pres_qc
String
quality flag
pres_adjusted
float
Sea water pressure, equals 0 at sea-level
pres_adjusted_qc
String
quality flag
pres_aqdjusted_error
float
Contains the error on the adjusted values as determined by the delayed mode QC process
temp
float
Sea temperature in-situ ITS-90 scale
temp_qc
String
quality flag
temp_adjusted
float
Sea temperature in-situ ITS-90 scale
temp_adjusted_qc
String
quality flag
temp_adjusted_error
float
Contains the error on the adjusted values as determined by the delayed mode QC process
psal
float
Practical salinity
psal_qc
String
quality flag
psal_adjusted
float
Practical salinity
psal_adjusted_qc
String
quality flag
psal_adjusted_error
float
Contains the error on the adjusted values as determined by the delayed mode QC process
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