Documentation
How is Argo data management organized ?
A beginners' guide to accessing Argo data
The Argo data management handbook
The organisation of the Argo Global Data Centers
Argo data formats
The Argo data formats are described in :
Argo user's manual, version 3.3, November 28th 2019
http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/29825
Platform vocabularies, platform models
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet Argo physical parameters list: core-Argo and BGC-Argo, July 7th 2020
Information on the Version 3 of the Argo format : http://www.argo.ucsd.edu/Data_FAQ.html#v3stat
more detail for profile http://www-argo.ucsd.edu/Prof3files.html
more detail for metadata: http://www-argo.ucsd.edu/Meta3files.html
more detail for Trajectory : http://www-argo.ucsd.edu/Traj3files.htm
Argo user manual for technical files
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet Technical parameters names, version 8.0 October 28th 2018
application/msword Technical parameters naming convention rules, version 4, May 11th 2015
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet Technical and configuration parameters units, version 2.3, May 11th 2016
Argo metadata files
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet Configuration parameter names, core-Argo, July 2nd 2020
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet Configuration parameter names, BGC-Argo, July 10th 2019
application/vnd.ms-excel Surface pressure correction table, January 13th 2015
Quality control
Argo quality control manual for CTD and trajectory data
http://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
http://dx.doi.org/10.13155/40879