A climatology‐based quality control procedure for profiling float oxygen data.

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2013Author
Takeshita, Y.
Martz, T.R.
Johnson, K.S.
Plant, J.N.
Gilbert, D.
Riser, S.C.
Neill, C.
Tilbrook, B.
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Over 450 Argo profiling floats equipped with oxygen sensors have been deployed, but no quality control (QC) protocols have been adopted by the oceanographic community for use by Argo data centers. As a consequence, the growing float oxygen data set as a whole is not readily utilized for many types of biogeochemical studies. Here we present a simple procedure that can be used to correct first‐order errors (offset and drift) in profiling float oxygen data by comparing float data to a monthly climatology (World Ocean Atlas 2009). Float specific correction terms for the entire array were calculated. This QC procedure was evaluated by (1) comparing the climatology‐derived correction coefficients to those derived from discrete samples for 14 floats and (2) comparing correction coefficients for seven floats that had been calibrated twice prior to deployment (once in the factory and once in‐house), with the second calibration ostensibly more accurate than the first. The corrections presented h.....
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Journal of Geophysical Research: OceansVolume
118Page Range
pp. 5640–5650Document Language
enEssential Ocean Variables (EOV)
OxygenMaturity Level
TRL 8 Actual system completed and "mission qualified" through test and demonstration in an operational environment (ground or space)Best Practice Type
Standard Operating ProcedureDOI Original
10.1002/jgrc.20399.Citation
Takeshita, Y.; Martz, T.R.; Johnson, K.S.; Plant, J.N.; Gilbert, D.; Riser, S.C.; Neill, C. and Tilbrook, B. (2013) A climatologybased quality control procedure for profiling float oxygen data, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 118, pp.5640–5650. DOI:10.1002/jgrc.20399.Collections