SOCCOM and GO-BGC float data - Snapshot 2023-12-20. In Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modeling (SOCCOM) and Global Ocean Biogeochemistry (GO-BGC) Biogeochemical-Argo Float Data Archive

This .zip archive contains Quality Controlled float data for biogeochemical profiling floats deployed by the Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observation and Modeling (SOCCOM) and Global Ocean Biogeochemistry Array (GO-BGC) projects. Additional University of Washington/MBARI floats deployed outside of these programs have also been included in the archive. Data for all floats within this archive were processed by the float data management team at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). A comprehensive listing of floats processed by MBARI (including internal floatID, WMOID, float platform type, and program) is included within each archive. Note that historical snapshots, frozen prior to December 2022, can be found under the SOCCOM collection (https://doi.org/10.6075/J0TX3C9X). FORMAT: The ascii files contained herein were formatted to be compatible with Ocean Data View (ODV). Character encoding is UTF-8. ODV is freely available at https://odv.awi.de/. In addition, a Matlab function has been provided in each .zip archive for parsing the .txt files into data structures within Matlab (see get_FloatViz_data.m). Please note that the data files within this .zip archive represent a snapshot of all SOCCOM and GO-BGC float data processed at MBARI as of the date listed in the file name. Therefore, be aware that processing updates (** AND THUS CHANGES TO THE DATA **) may have occurred since the time the snapshot was created. For the most up-to-date files (processed every 4 hours), visit https://ftp.mbari.org/pub/SOCCOM/FloatVizData/ or https://www.mbari.org/science/upper-ocean-systems/chemical-sensor-group/floatviz/ ALTERNATE FORMATS: NetCDF and Matlab Matlab and NetCDF formatted files are provided for each ODV text file. The Matlab format is loaded as structure, FloatViz, with the ODV parameter names as the structure's fieldnames. The NetCDF format is similar to ARGO Float NetCDF format in its structure. The parameter names and flagging, however, match the ODV text parameter names. In addition to the quality control flag string entries, a numeric array of quality control flags is provided in the NetCDF files for programming convenience. Additionally, note that an explanation of Quality Flag Identifiers is included in each alternate format file. QUALITY CONTROL DOCUMENTATION: Delayed-mode quality control (DMQC) of biogeochemical float data within this archive is performed routinely by data managers at MBARI following Maurer et al (2021), https://doi.org/