QARTOD Project Plan: Accomplishments for 2012-2016 and Update for 2017-2021.

Abstract

The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) of Real-Time Oceanographic Data (QARTOD) Project Plan was established in early 2012 and has now reached its five-year anniversary. This report marks that five-year point by documenting QARTOD history and successes, and then outlining opportunities for future accomplishments. Each section describes a different facet of the QARTOD Project. Part 1 summarizes the history of QARTOD and provides context for part 2 of the report. Part 2 documents the accomplishments of the first five years of QARTOD under the auspices of U.S. IOOS and references the original QARTOD Project Plan (appendix A) developed in 2012. Part 3 outlines the goals for the next five years of the U.S. IOOS QARTOD Project.