A novel near-real-time quality-control procedure for radiometric profiles measured by bio-argo floats: Protocols and performances

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 937-951

  Organelli, Emanuele ^a   Claustre, Hervé ^a   Bricaud, Annick ^a   Schmechtig, Catherine ^a   Poteau, Antoine ^a   Xing, Xiaogang ^b,c   Prieur, Louis ^a   D'Ortenzio, Fabrizio ^a   Dall'Olmo, Giorgio ^d   Vellucci, Vincenzo ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data quality control; In situ oceanic observations; Observational techniques and algorithms; Profilers, oceanic

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOMETRY;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; DATA QUALITY CONTROL; MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; NEAR REAL-TIME DATUM; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY AVAILABLE RADIATIONS; PROFILERS, OCEANIC; SITU OCEANIC OBSERVATIONS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ALGORITHM; ARGO; DATA QUALITY; IN SITU TEST; IRRADIANCE; MODEL TEST; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROFILER; QUALITY CONTROL; REAL TIME;

EID: 84984710815     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0193.1     Document Type: Article

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