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Published September 6, 2023 | Version V1
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Processing and Data for "A Census of Quality-Controlled Biogeochemical-Argo Float Measurements"

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • 2. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, California, United States of America
  • 3. School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States of America
  • 4. Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemunde, Rostock Germany
  • 5. CNRS & Sorbonne Université, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
  • 6. Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Trieste, Italy
  • 7. Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • 8. National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Marine Sciences, Rome, Italy
  • 9. CNRS & Sorbonne Université, Institut de la Mer de Villefranche, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
  • 10. OSU Ecce Terra, CNRS & Sorbonne Université, Paris, France

Description

Summary:

This document contains the associated data and software for the article "A census of quality-controlled biogeochemical-Argo float measurements".

Data Citation:

Stoer, A.C., Takeshita, Y., Maurer, T., Begouen Demeaux, C., Bittig, H., Boss, E., Claustre, H., Gordon, C., Greenan, B., Johnson, K., Johnson, K., Organelli, E., Sauzède, Raphaëlle, Schmechtig, C., and Fennel, K. (2023). Processing and Data for "A census of quality-controlled biogeochemical-Argo float measurements". Zenodo. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.8322118.

Journal Article Citation:

Stoer, A.C., Takeshita, Y., Maurer, T., Begouen Demeaux, C., Bittig, H., Boss, E., Claustre, H., Gordon, C., Greenan, B., Johnson, K., Johnson, K., Organelli, E., Sauzède, Raphaëlle, Schmechtig, C., and Fennel, K. (2023). A census of quality-controlled biogeochemical-Argo float measurements. Front. Mar. Sci.

File Description: 

bgc.float.qa.py: This software extracts the quality data from the BGC-Argo database. The software provides a summary of data quality and quantity for each BGC variable of interest. You will need to download the data locally prior to running this software. More details can be found in the code itself.

Data Variables Available in fig_1a_data.csv.
Variable Name Description Unit
year Year float was deployed Year
oxy_floats Number of floats with an oxygen sensor deployed Floats Deployed
nit_floats Number of floats with a nitrate sensor  deployed Floats Deployed
ph_floats Number of floats with a pH sensor deployed Floats Deployed
chla_floats Number of floats with a chlorophyll-a fluorescence sensor deployed Floats Deployed
bbp700_floats Number of floats with a particle backscattering sensor deployed Floats Deployed
pared_floats Number of floats with PAR + irradiance sensor deployed Floats Deployed
atleast_1_floats Number of floats with at least 1 BGC sensor deployed Floats Deployed
all_6_floats Number of floats with all 6 BGC sensors deployed Floats Deployed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data Variables Available in fig_1b_data.csv.
Variable Name Description Unit
year Year float was deployed Year
oxy_floats Number of active floats with an oxygen sensor Active Floats
nit_floats Number of active floats with a nitrate sensor Active Floats
ph_floats Number of active floats with a pH sensor Active Floats
chla_floats Number of active floats with a chlorophyll-a fluorescence sensor Active Floats
bbp700_floats Number of active floats with a particle backscattering sensor Active Floats
pared_floats Number of active floats with PAR + irradiance sensor Active Floats
atleast_1_floats Number of active floats with at least 1 BGC sensor Active Floats
all_6_floats Number of active floats with all 6 BGC sensors Active Floats

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data Variables Available in fig_2_data.csv.
Variable Name Description Unit
parameter BGC parameter of interest  
R n/ QC Real-time unadjusted and no QC flags Profiles
R w/ QC Real-time unadjusted with QC flags Profiles
A Real-time adjusted Profiles
D Delayed-mode Profiles
N No mode specified Profiles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data Variables Available in fig_3_data.csv. <var> indicates the BGC parameter of interest.
Variable Name Description Unit
year Year profiles were collected Year
total_<var>_prof Total number of profiles Profiles
hq_<var>_prof Number of high-quality profiles Profiles
lq_<var>_prof Number of low-quality profiles Profiles
ur_<var>_prof Number of profiles where the sensor is deemed unresponsive Profiles
n_<var>_prof Number of profiles with missing QC flags Profiles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data Variables Available in fig_4_data.csv. Pre-2017 rates and float numbers are not pre-calculated. here.
Variable Name Description Unit
year Year profiles were collected Year
total_<var>_prof Total number of profiles Profiles
hq_<var>_prof Number of high-quality profiles Profiles
lq_<var>_prof Number of low-quality profiles Profiles
ur_<var>_prof Number of profiles where the sensor is deemed unresponsive Profiles
n_<var>_prof Number of profiles with missing QC flags Profiles
<var>_phq Number of profiles Profiles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data Variables Available in fig_5_data.csv. Pre-2017 rates and float numbers are pre-calculated here.
Variable Name Description Unit
year Year profiles were collected Year
<var>_floats_deployed Total number of floats deployed Floats Deployed
<var>_rfloat Float survival rate % Remaining at 36.5 Cycles
<var>_rhq Float survival rate of high-quality profiles % Remaining at 36.5 Cycles

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data Variables Available in fig_6_data.csv.
Variable Name Description Unit
parameter BGC parameter of interest  
geometry Polygon of each grid cell (need GeoPandas to plot)  
dens Density of high-quality profiles per area of ocean High-quality profiles km2
grid_area Area of ocean in the grid cell km2

 

 

 

 

 

Data Variables Available in fig_7_data.csv.
Variable Name Description Unit
year Year profiles were collected Year
region Marine region according to Flanders Marine Institute (2021)  
parameter BGC parameter of interest  
perc_g Density of high-quality profiles as a percentage of target density %

 

 

 

 

 

Data Variables Available in fig_8_data.csv.
Variable Name Description Unit
year Year profiles were collected Year
region Marine region according to Flanders Marine Institute (2021)  
parameter BGC parameter of interest  
g_area_targ Total area of ocean where the profile density is above the target density km2
g_area_tot Total area of the region km2
p_area_targ Percentage of area where the the profile density is above the target density %

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data Variables Available in fig_8_data.csv.
Variable Name Description Unit
year Year profiles were collected Year
region Marine region according to Flanders Marine Institute (2021)  
parameter BGC parameter of interest  
g_area_targ Total area of ocean where the profile density is above the target density km2
g_area_tot Total area of the region km2
p_area_targ Percentage of area where the the profile density is above the target density %

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data Variables Available in fig_s1_data.csv.
Variable Name Description Unit
parameter BGC parameter of interest  
R n/ QC Real-time unadjusted and no QC flags Profiles
R w/ QC Real-time unadjusted with QC flags Profiles
A Real-time adjusted Profiles
D Delayed-mode Profiles
N No mode specified Profiles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data Variables Available in fig_s2_data.csv. Pre-2017 rates and float numbers are pre-calculated here.
Variable Name Description Unit
year Year profiles were collected Year
<var>_floats_deployed Total number of float deployed Float Deployed
<var>_rfloat Float survival rate % Remaining at 36.5 Cycles
<var>_rfunc Float survival rate of functional profiles % Remaining at 36.5 Cycles

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data Variables Available in fig_s3_data.csv.
Variable Name Description Unit
year Year profiles were collected Year
region Marine region according to Flanders Marine Institute (2021)  
parameter BGC parameter of interest  
dens Density of high-quality profiles in the region of interest High-quality profiles km-2

 

 

 

 

 

Data Variables Available in fig_s4_data.csv.
Variable Name Description Unit
year Year profiles were collected Year
region Marine region according to Flanders Marine Institute (2021)  
parameter BGC parameter of interest  
perc_g Density of high-quality profiles as a percentage of target density %

 

 

 

 

 

Data Variables Available in fig_s5_data.csv.
Variable Name Description Unit
year Year profiles were collected Year
region Marine region according to Flanders Marine Institute (2021)  
parameter BGC parameter of interest  
g_area_0 Total area of ocean where the profile density is above 0 km2
g_area_tot Total area of the region km2
p_area_min Percentage of area where the the profile density is above 0 profiles km-2 %

 

 

 

 

 

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