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Real-time monitoring of upper ocean variability in the Australian region of the Southern Ocean using Argo profiling floats
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2519
See the link below for public details on this project.
This dataset comprises of floating buoy data collected as part of the ARGO program. All of the data are automatically uploaded to the main ARGO data centre, and can be accessed from there (via the provided URL). Above the map of current float locations on this web page, there are buttons to allow you to access an interactive map, search for floats, and access the data.
The Argo floats are programmed to measure temperature and salinity profiles from 2000m to the sea surface every 10 days. When they surface they transmit the profile data, their location, and various engineering parameters to satellite. The data ares put on the Global Telecommunications System (GTS) and are available within 24 hours. Global data centres in the USA and France receive the raw data from the country of origin and also update the data when quality control is performed.
Some floats measure other data in addition to temperature and salinity. Dissolved oxygen and current velocity are two other parameters that are measured by a few floats.
See the ARGO website for further details about each float (information can be accessed using the WMO (World Meteorological Organisation) numbers provided in the download file).
The fields in this dataset are:
Launch Date
Latitude
Longitude
ARGO Number
WMO Number
Webb Number
Deployment Order Number
More information about the dataset is provided in a readme file as part of the download.
Data were last updated in early May, 2014.
Simple
Identification info
- Alternate title
- Real-time monitoring of upper ocean variability in the Australian region of the Southern Ocean using Argo profiling floats
- Date (Publication)
- 2013-03-19
- Edition
- 1
Originator
Publisher
Principal investigator
Principal investigator
Collaborator
Collaborator
- Name
- CAASM Metadata
- Status
- Completed
Custodian
- Topic category
-
- Oceans
Extent
))
Extent
- Description
- Temporal Coverage
Temporal extent
- TimePeriod
- 1999-10-12 2014-03-04
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
-
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > BUOY POSITION
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE
- EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY
- Keywords
-
- ARGO
- FLOATING BUOY
- SOUTHERN OCEAN
- WMO
- DATE
- LATITUDE
- LONGITUDE
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
-
- DRIFTING BUOYS
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
-
- BUOYS
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
-
- AMD/AU
- CEOS
- AMD
- NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords
-
- OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR
Resource constraints
- Use limitation
- This metadata record is publicly available.
Resource constraints
- Access constraints
- licence
- Other constraints
- These data are available from the ARGO website. Data from specific floats can be retrieved by using the corresponding WMO (World Meteorological Organisation) numbers. Data are also available from the GODAE website, and the IMOS web portal. Data are updated approximately every 24 hours. An excel spreadsheet providing a list of the floats deployed as part of the 2519 project is available for download from the provided URL.
Resource constraints
- File type
- Portable Network Graphic
- Title
- Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Website
-
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Legal code for Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 International license
- Use constraints
- licence
- Other constraints
- This data set conforms to the CCBY Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference provided at http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=ASAC_2519 when using these data.
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
Distributor
Distributor
Distributor
- Fees
- free
- Planned available datetime
- 2013-03-19T00:00:00
- Units of distribution
- kb
- Transfer size
- 128
- Distribution format
-
- excel, word, text
- OnLine resource
-
GET DATA
Download Point for the data - Excel Spreadsheet
- OnLine resource
-
GET DATA > KML
Download a kml file displaying the locations of ARGO floats
- OnLine resource
-
PROJECT HOME PAGE
Public information for ASAC project 2519
- OnLine resource
-
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
The ARGO Home Page
- OnLine resource
-
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
The USGODAE (US Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment) home page
- OnLine resource
-
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
The AODN Web Portal
- OnLine resource
-
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Latitudes and Longitudes provided in spatial coverage are approximate only.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- Maintenance note
- 2008-10-30 - record updated by Dave Connell to incorporate new data submitted by Ann Thresher. 2012-05-03 - record updated by Dave Connell to incorporate new data submitted by Ann Thresher. 2013-03-19 - record updated by Dave Connell to incorporate new data submitted by Ann Thresher. 2014-05-06 - record updated by Dave Connell to incorporate new data submitted by Ann Thresher. 2016-04-26 - record updated by Dave Connell - basic updates.
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- string/ASAC_2519
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Author
Sponsor
Owner
Type of resource
- Resource scope
- Dataset
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Citation identifier
- 52536ae6-03d2-4576-a9be-2873d1639e0b
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Date (Last Revision)
- 2015-11-29T18:39:35
Identifier
- Description
- metadata.extraction_date
Alternative metadata reference
- Title
- gov.nasa.gsfc.gcmd
- Citation identifier
- 8.6
- Metadata linkage
-
http://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_2519
Point of truth for the metadata record
- Date info (Creation)
- 2004-02-17T00:00:00
- Date info (Last Update)
- 2017-04-26
Metadata standard
- Title
- ISO 19115-3
- Edition
- 2014
- Other citation details
- Version 1
- Title
- DIF to ISO 19115-1 Profile
Overviews
Spatial extent
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