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Argo data management User’s manual
2.2 Core-Argo profile format version 3.0
An Argo single-cycle profile file contains a set of profiles from a single cycle. The minimum number
is one profile per cycle. There is no defined maximum number of profiles per cycle.
A profile contains all parameters that are measured with the same vertical sampling scheme and at the
same location and time. For example, all Argo floats collect at least one profile per cycle that contains
the CTD measurements.
A core-Argo profile contains the CTD sensor parameters (pressure, temperature, salinity, conductivity)
that are measured with the same vertical sampling scheme and at the same location and time.
Additional parameters from other sensors are stored in a B-Argo profile file. The B-profile file is very
similar to core-Argo profile file; its additional features are listed in §2.6
Some speciality floats collect additional profiles per cycle. These speciality profiles contain
parameters measured at pressure levels that are different from the CTD levels, and can be at locations
and time that are different from the primary profile. When multiple profiles exist in a single cycle,
users are urged to check the information associated with each profile in order to determine their spatial
and temporal relations. Some examples of speciality profiles with different vertical sampling schemes
are:
Bouncing profiles: a series of shallow profiles performed during one cycle.
High resolution near-surface observations: higher resolution vertical sampling near the surface
from unpumped CTD.
Oxygen profiles: dissolved oxygen measured on vertical levels that are not the CTD levels.
Optical profiles: a series of optical profiles performed during one cycle.
For single-cycle profile file naming conventions, see §4.1.
2.2.1 Globalattributes
The global attributes section is used for data discovery. The following global attributes should appear
in the global section. The NetCDF Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Conventions (version 1.6, 5
December, 2011) are available from:
http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-conventions/1.6/cf-conventions.pdf
// global attributes:
:title = "Argo float vertical profile";
:institution = "CSIRO";
:source = "Argo float";
:history = "2011-04-22T06:00:00Z creation";
:references = "http://www.argodatamgt.org/Documentation";
:comment = "free text";
:user_manual_version = "3.04";
:Conventions = "Argo-3.0 CF-1.6";
:featureType = "trajectoryProfile";
Global attribute
name
Definition
title A succinct description of what is in the dataset.
institution Specifies where the original data was produced.
source The method of production of the original data. If it was model-generated, source should name
the model and its version, as specifically as could be useful. If it is observational, source should
characterize it (e.g., "surface observation" or "radiosonde").
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