The DMQC operators have filled in this Google spreadsheet with information on which floats have exhibited signs of Fast Salty Drift. It has been set up to perform calculations and create plots automatically, so please follow the instructions. There are several sheets to look at including some that pertain to just European floats and others that are international.
Updated Sea-Bird SBE41CP and SBE61 CTD Quality Concern
Please see this important announcement from Sea-Bird regarding SBE41CP and SBE61 CTDs in certain serial number ranges. There is a ‘do not deploy’ directive for the following: SBE 41CP and SBE41CP Deep: 10482-11252 SBE 61: 5669-5724
Apex pneumatic bladder issue
Dana Swift describes issues with the pneumatic system for APEX floats purchased in the 2018 – 2019 period. See the document for more details.
New version of OWC available on GitHub
Version 3.0.0 is available here: https://github.com/ArgoDMQC/matlab_owc/releases Notes about what is new in release 3.0.0 from Annie Wong and Cecile Cabanes: To resolve some legacy issues with the old OW variables: “scale_age” is renamed “scale_age_small”; “scale_age_large” is set to NaN for the old OW mapped profiles. “build_ptmp_xyt_cov.m” is now used in “calculate_piecewisefit.m” to compute the number of degrees of freedom (NDF) … Read More
Revised notice of an error in pressure calibration of SBE Argo CTDs manufactured between September 2015 and June 2018
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Statement from RBR on conductivity pressure correction for the 2000db conductivity cell
Statement from RBR on conductivity pressure correction for the 2000db conductivity cell List of affected RBR cells by serial number