| Data
Management Workshop Brest (France) 3-4-5 Octobre |
Data transmission and ACCESS (Sylvie Pouliquen)
Argo data interests at least 3 main categories of Users
 | Meteorologists: they need real-time data |
| Operational Ocean Modellers/ Fisheries: they need near real time qualified data: » 24 hours. |
| Oceanographers: they prefer high-qualified data to quick data availability |
NEAR Real Time ACCESS
Functionalities to be provided to the users
WWW/FTP è possibility to distinguish different qualification for ARGO data
FTP è within one category distinguishes the latest data put on the site from the oldest ones.
Email è Possibility to receive periodically the more recent data
FTP/WWW è Enable an easy recovery for the users of all the ARGO data
WWW è Possibility to subset these data according the predefined criteria:
WWW should provide an easy access to all users
FTP is devoted to expert users or automatic access through softwares
FTP Organisation
Data Format Netcdf and ASCII
WWW
| On line access to data |
| On line Documentation |
| Browsing tools |
| QC information |
| Maps |
| Subsetting tools providing a multi-profile/multi-station files (Netcdf or ASCII) |
 | time and space |
| periodicity (week, month, year) |
| mono or multi float files |
| sensor type (Provor, Alace…) |
| parameter (Temperature, Salinity…) |