It has just been learned that Argo profiles from SOLO floats with FSI CTD (Argo Program WHOI) may have incorrect pressure values. Profile data may be offset upward by one or more pressure levels, resulting in a significant cold bias for these instruments. Problematic floats are mostly in the Atlantic Ocean (198 out of the 211 presently active FSI SOLO instruments). The problem does not affect any other combination of instrument and sensor. That is, SOLO SBE, PROVOR (FSI or SBE), APEX and all other instrument combinations are unaffected. In GTS TESAC messages, potentially affected instruments can be identified by instrument type 852 (SOLO FSI, see WMO Code Table 1770). The problem is presently being analyzed, and once the detailed nature is understood, further information regarding identification and/or correction (if possible) of affected profiles will be provided. Please subscribe to the Argo Data Management mailing list (argo-dm@jcommops.org, see http://argo.jcommops.org ) if you want updates.

Users are advised they should either exclude all SOLO FSI data from analyses or apply other quality control measures appropriate to their specific application. As a reminder, near real-time (R/T) Argo data are subjected to only coarse, automated quality control procedures. The Argo project endeavors to provide the best quality data possible, but R/T data may contain errors and should be used with due caution. For full documentation of the Argo data system, see the documentation section of the ADMT website.

List of WMO numbers for both active and inactive SOLO floats with FSI CTD

For txt file of WMO list, click here.

1900167
1900168
1900201
1900202
1900203
1900244
1900245
1900248
1900249
1900255
1900257
1900258
1900259
1900260
1900261
1900262
1900359
1900360
1900361
1900366
1900415
1900423
1900424
1900425
1900426
1900427
1900428
1900429
1900430
1900431
1900444
1900446
1900447
1900448
1900487
1900491
1900494
1900498
1900500
1900501
1900502
1900503
1900504
1900505
1900525
1900526
1900527
1900529
1900530
1900531
1900533
1900534
1900535
1900536
1900537
1900539
1900560
1900561
1900562
1900563
1900564
1900566
1900567
1900569
1900570
1900571
1900573
1900574
1900582
1900583
1900635
1900636
1900637
1900639
1900640
1900641
1900642
1900643
1900645
1900646
1900688
1900690
1900702
1900703
1900704
1900706
1900707
1900709
1900710
1900711
1900712
1900713
1900714
1900715
3900148
3900149
3900150
3900151
3900152
3900153
3900174
3900175
3900176
3900177
3900184
3900185
3900186
3900187
3900188
3900189
3900190
3900191
3900192
3900193
3900194
3900199
3900200
3900265
3900266
3900296
3900351
3900352
3900353
3900357
3900364
3900365
3900368
3900369
3900370
3900399
3900400
3900401
3900415
3900418
3900435
3900437
3900438
3900439
3900440
3900441
3900442
3900443
3900444
3900445
3900478
3900479
3900480
3900481
3900484
3900485
3900486
3900489
3900490
3900492
3900493
3900494
3900495
3900564
3900565
3900567
3900568
3900569
3900570
3900577
3900578
3900579
3900581
3900601
3900602
3900608
3900797
3900798
4900228
4900229
4900230
4900268
4900269
4900270
4900271
4900272
4900273
4900358
4900361
4900364
4900365
4900366
4900367
4900368
4900382
4900383
4900385
4900426
4900427
4900428
4900429
4900430
4900431
4900432
4900435
4900436
4900437
4900438
4900439
4900440
4900444
4900445
4900446
4900455
4900456
4900457
4900458
4900459
4900460
4900461
4900462
4900463
4900464
4900469
4900470
4900471
4900544
4900545
4900546
4900548
4900549
4900552
4900554
4900559
4900561
4900564
4900567
4900572
4900576
4900581
4900582
4900584
4900589
4900592
4900596
4900599
4900600
4900602
4900604
4900605
4900606
4900612
4900613
4900614
4900615
4900616
4900617
4900618
4900619
4900620
4900621
4900622
4900684
4900685
4900686
4900727
4900728
4900730
4900731
4900732
4900745
4900746
4900747
4900748
4900749
4900750
4900751
4900752
4900753
4900754
4900755
4900756
4900757
4900758
4900759
4900771
4900772
4900778
5901102
5901105
6900117
6900123
6900124