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Reference Database for Argo DMQC

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Actual Reference databaseActual Reference database

In progress :

New version with recent CTD from PIs, CCHDO, NODC

CTD from NODC : PRE-1990 data

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Recent CTDRecent CTD

Mainly in South Atlantic OceanMainly in South Atlantic Ocean

From PIsFrom PIs

•AWI (Alfred Wegener Institute)AWI (Alfred Wegener Institute)

From CCHDOFrom CCHDO

•3 cruises : CTD in South Atlantic Ocean3 cruises : CTD in South Atlantic Ocean

From NODCFrom NODC

•Update since WOD2005 release → WOD 2009Update since WOD2005 release → WOD 2009

Need to process pre-1990 dataNeed to process pre-1990 data

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From the Alfred Wegener Institute ( Olaf Klatt) CTD data in the South Atlantic Ocean

Ship Polarstern

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From the Alfred Wegener Institute (Olaf Klatt) CTD data in the South Atlantic Ocean

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cDrake/CPIES cruise CTD data as Sea-Bird SBE 9 (cnv format) data files.

Name: Teresa Chereskin/SIO

Country: USA Date: 2008-11-19

Action: Non-public data for Argo calibration (proprietary, rapid-delivery)

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SOFINE Cruise (Southern Indian Ocean)

Alberto Naveira Garabato/NOC-Southampton

Nov/Dec 2008

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DIMES: Diapycnal and Isopycnal Mixing Experiment in the Southern Ocean

(Ledwell/WHOI and Gille/SIO)

DIMES is a US/UK field program aimed at measuring diapycnal and isopycnal mixing in the Southern Ocean, along the tilting isopycnals of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

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cDrake

Dimes

Sofine

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NODC New CTD since WOD2005 release

February 2009 : 3485 stations but 720 with Depth> 999

May 2009 : 2342 stations but with 644 Depth> 999

August 2009 : 3968 stations but with 1327 Depth> 999

TOTAL 2691 stations

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NODC WOD2009

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Argo Climatology (John Gilson)

Last version : ARGO_for_DMQC_2009V02