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South Atlantic Argo Regional Center. Main activities. Donation Program. Coordinate deployments. Training workshops. Last stage of delayed mode QC.
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Main activities Donation Program Coordinate deployments Training workshops Last stage of delayed mode QC
Training for deployment and data acquisition procedures, Onboard U.S. Navy Vessel Swift off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea, March 11-13, 2008.
"National Workshop on Data Analysis" in Lagos Nigeria, 20 to 26 March 2009. Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and on board the USS Nashville. • Presentations (Claudia Schmid): • Argo real time processing and QC • Argo delayed mode processing • Argo SA ARC (last stage of quality control) • Interactive training (Claudia Schmid) • - How to obtain the data • - How to work with profile and trajectory data.
Quality Control Activities at the South Atlantic Argo Regional Centre
Final steps of the QC As defined in the International Argo Data Management Team, after the delayed mode qc: • Comparison with nearby profiles. • Comparison with climatologies. • Analyse statistics as well as time-dependence of the differences. • Generate diagnostic graphics and tables. • Provide access to results via internet. • Provide reports to the float PIs.
List of DACs Prototype website
Blue dots are hot spots Float page Differences between the profile T and climatology Buddies S differences
Click on blue dot:Profile page Blue:Profile T Green: climatology Red:buddies
Buddies Float Reportto the PI Profile page
208 floats AO: AOML BO: BODC IF: Coriolis JM: JMA ME: Meds