DATE_CREATION:_FillValue = " "; DATE_UPDATE char DATE_UPDATE(DATE_TIME); DATE_UPDATE:long_name = "Date of update of this file"; DATE_UPDATE:conventions = "YYYYMMDDHHMISS"; DATE_UPDATE:_FillValue = " "; Date and time (UTC) of update of this file. Format : YYYYMMDDHHMISS Example : 20011230090500 : December 30th 2001 09 :05 :00 Technical data This section contains a set of technical data for each profile. For each cycle, for each technical parameter, the name of the parameter and the value of the parameter are recorded. The parameter name and its value are recorded as strings of 128 characters. All parameter names are standardized and available in reference table 14. Name Definition Comment TECHNICAL_PARAMETER_NAME char STRING128) of technical parameter”; = " "; Name of the technical parameter. Example : “CLOCK_FloatTime_HHMMSS” See reference table 14a for standard technical parameter names. TECHNICAL_PARAMETER_VALUE char STRING128) of technical parameter”; = " "; Value of the technical parameter. Example : "125049" CYCLE_NUMBER int CYCLE_NUMBER(N_TECH_PARAM); CYCLE_NUMBER:long_name = "Float cycle number"; CYCLE_NUMBER:conventions = "0...N, 0 : launch cycle (if exists), 1 : first complete cycle"; CYCLE_NUMBER:_FillValue = 99999; Cycle number of the technical parameter. Example : 157
Reference table 3: parameter code table The following table describes the parameter codes used for Argo data management. The detailed parameter codes tables is available on Argo data-management web site: http://www.argodatamgt.org/Documentation Core-Argo parameters Parameter name long_name cf standard_name unit CNDC Electrical conductivity sea_water_electrical_conductivity mhos/m 0.f 8.5f PRES Sea water pressure, equals 0 at sea-level sea_water_pressure decibar 0.f PSAL Practical salinity sea_water_salinity psu 2.f 41.f TEMP Sea temperature in-situ ITS-90 scale sea_water_temperature degree_Celsius -2.5f 40.f B-Argo parameters Parameter name long_name cf standard_name unit DOXY Dissolved oxygen 0.f 600.f TURBIDITY Sea turbidity sea_water_turbidity ntu - - CHLA Chlorophyll-A mg/m3 - - CDOM of coloured dissolved organic matter in sea water - ppb - - NITRATE Nitrate - - BISULFIDE Bisulfide - - - pH sea_water_ph_reported_on_total_scale - -
NB_SAMPLE Number of samples in bin - dimensionless RPHASE_DOXY Uncalibrated red phase shift reported by oxygen sensor - degree 10.f 70.f BETA_BACKSCATTERING Total angle specific volume from backscattering sensor at x nanometers - count - - FLUORESCENCE_CHLA Chlorophyll-A signal from fluorescence sensor - count - - TEMP_CPU_CHLA Thermistor signal from backscattering sensor - - - FLUORESCENCE_CDOM Raw fluorescence from colored dissolved organic sensor - - - Turbidity signal from side scattering sensor - count - - Beam attenuation from transmissiometer sensor at x nanometers - count - - UV_INTENSITY_NITRATE Intensity of violet flux from nitrate sensor - - - Intensity of violet flux dark measurement from nitrate sensor - count - -
Intensity of flux dark sea water from nitrate sensor - count - - E_NITRATE E nitrate??? - cm - - Ultra-violet intensity reference from nitrate sensor - count - - E_SWA_NITRATE ??? - dimensionless - - TEMP_CAL_NITRATE Temperature calibration from nitrate sensor - degree_Celsius - - ABSORBANCE _COR_NITRATE Absorbance cor??? from nitrate sensor - dimensionless - - MOLAR_NITRATE Nitrate - micromole/l - - FIT_ERROR_NITRATE Nitrate fit - dimensionless - - VRS_PH Voltage difference between reference and source from pH sensor - volt - - PH_IN_SITU_FREE pH - dimensionless - - PH_IN_SITU_SEAWATER pH - dimensionless - -
STATUS FMT First Message Time JULD_FIRST_MESSAGE STATUS Earliest time of all received float messages. FLT First Location Time JULD_FIRST_LOCATION JULD_FIRST_LOCATION_ STATUS Earliest location of all float locations. LLT Last Location Time JULD_LAST_LOCATION JULD_LAST_LOCATION_ STATUS Latest location of all float locations. LMT Last Message Time JULD_LAST_MESSAGE STATUS Latest time of all received float messages. TET Transmission End Time JULD_TRANSMISSION_END JULD_TRANSMISSION_END_ STATUS Time when floats stops transmitting.