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Beginner's guide to Argo data

The Argo data management policy is described in : Argo Data Management Handbook

The organization of the Argo Global Data Centers is described in  :  GDAC data servers as part of the Argo data distribution network

The Argo data formats are described in : Argo User's Manual (version 2.1 updated on 01/03/2006)

The Argo quality controls are described in : Argo quality control manual (version 2.31 updated on 21/01/2008)

A simple example of Matlab program to read Argo NetCDF files is available in : Argo Matlab Reader (September 3rd, 2004 release)

Argo Real time : results of the standard dataset (action 23 of the ADMT7)  Argo standard tests -   Annex

	Delayed Mode Reference Database. Access to the reference data necessary for delayed mode Argo Quality control
	2006 DMQC inter-comparison report

Argo Data Management Team: meetings and reports

meeting	location	date	link
8th Argo Data Management meeting ARC workshop	Hobart (Australia)	14-16 November 2007 13 November 2007	Report ADMT8 Action List http://www.marine.csiro.au/~gronell/ADMT8_web/ADMT8.html
7th Argo Data Management meeting	Tianjin(China)	1-3 November 2006	Report http://www.cadc.org.cn/argo-eng/meeting/ADMT-2006.htm
2nd Trajectory Workshop	Seoul(Korea)	27-28 Oct 2006	Report
2nd Delayed Mode workshop	WHOI (USA)	4-7 Oct 2006	Report
6th Argo Data Management meeting	Tokyo(Japan)	8-10 November 2005	Report http://argo.kishou.go.jp/ADMT6
1st Delayed Mode workshop	San Diego (USA)	8-13 April 2005	Report
5th Argo data management meeting	Southampton (UK)	September 29-October 1st, 2004	Report http://www.bodc.ac.uk/projects/argo/adm2004/
4th Argo data management meeting	Monterey (USA)	5-7 November, 2003	Report http://usgodae2.fnmoc.navy.mil/argodm/
3rd  Argo Data Management Team Meeting	Ottawa (Canada)	18-20 October 2002	Final report and annexes
2nd Argo Data Management Team Meeting	Brest (France)	12-14 November 2001	Agenda & documents Final report (pdf), Annexes (pdf)
1st Argo Data Management meeting	Brest (France)	3-5 October 2000	Final report Documents