CONVENTION OF THEWORLD METEOROLOGICAL

ORGANIZATION

PART IIARTICLE 2

WMO RESOLUTION 40 (Cg-XII)

Resolution XXII-6

IOC OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA EXCHANGE POLICY

SOLAS REGULATION V/5 (2002)Meteorological services and warnings

Data delivery

Real-time:

Argo data are freely available via the internet (GDACs) and GTS.

90% of profiles are available within 24 hours.

Automated RTQC procedures are applied; bad data are excluded from the GTS.

Delayed-mode: Salinity drift and other known problems are corrected through DMQC within about 1 year.

~100K profiles not yet eligible (< 1 year)

Backlog, ~150K profiles, to be done this year.

Completed DMQC, ~270K profiles.

Caution: best-quality data may require several years.

XBT+CTD Profiles at CoriolisJan.-Feb 2008 (158)

XBT+CTD Profiles at Coriolis2008 (297)

XBT Profiles at NODC 2008 (172)(Jan.-Feb 2008 - 168)

All Profiles at Coriolis Week Ending 4 May 2010(3502 Profiles; 49 XBT)

XBT+CTD Profiles atCoriolis 2008

XBT Profiles atNODC 2008