The table below provides basic information about the float, including primary sensors, mission parameters and current status of profiles.
Institute | CSIRO |
Principal Investigator | Susan Wijffels |
Pressure Sensor | Druck (serial number=10259) |
CTD Sensor | APEX-SBE-41 (serial number=2900) |
CTD Sampling Mode | Burst Sampler |
Controller Board | APF 8 |
Additional Sensors/Software | None |
Park Depth | 1000 m |
Profile Depth | 2000 m |
Launch Date | 16-04-2007 |
Number of D-moded Profiles | 147 |
Calibration Date | 05-06-2012 |
Pressure Drift | Surface Pressure Offset corrected |
Salinity Drift | No salinity drift detected |
This float was deployed in the Tasman Sea, in-between Tasmania and New Zealand, in a region bounded by 159 to 168 ºE and 42 to 48 ºS.
The surface pressure for this float is shown in the plot below.
Potential Temperature-Salinity (a), Location (b, Max Temperature (c) and Sea Surface Salinity (d) plots located below.
Surface temperatures generally varied between 9 and 15 ºC and surface salinities from 34.5 to 34.95.
The plot below shows the potential-temperature/salinity relationship for the deepest theta levels where the relationship between the two parameters should show the least variation.
The profiles seem reasonably distributed. There is some variability throughout the water column. The deep profiles look fine. One of the early profiles hangs fresh at depth. This is not TBTO but check it.
The two plots below show a). the location of this float (black circles) in relation to the position of other nearby argo floats (coloured circles) and b). The potential-temperature/salinity curve for this float (in black) compared to nearby argo floats (coloured).
The potential-temperature/salinity relation for the deepest theta levels for this float (in black) and nearby argo floats (coloured) is displayed below.
There are not many floats in this region therefore it is difficult to compare. Some of the early profiles which hang fresh at depth are isolated - however not enough neighbouring data to assist. Therefore check these profiles carefully to see whether the signal might be real.
There were inversions in profiles; 17,26,38,76,105,110,130,147. These were not significant and were not flagged.
Salt hooks were located in profiles; 3,6,10,12,13,15,17,19,21,23,25,27,29,31,33,35,37,41,43,46,48,51,53,55,58,60,66,68,70,72,74,76,78,80,81,83,86,87,89,90,92,96,101,105,107,109,114,116,117,119,120,122,123,125,126,127,129,130. These were flagged as QC 4 for both T & S.
The float did not ground anywhere and there were no missing profiles.
The plot below shows the analysis of salinity drift using the WJO/OW software.
This float requires no correction.
The four plots below show the salinity anomalies on theta surfaces compared to (a) the Gouretski and Kolterman climatology, (b) the CARS (CSIRO Atlas of Regional Seas)/WOA (World Ocean Atlas) climatology, (c) the anomalies within the float series itself, (i.e. the salinity anomaly of each profile from the mean profile average for the float and (d) the raw float salinity compared to the CARS and G&K climatological salinity on a deep theta surface.
The float is very close to climatologies at the start of the record. It appears fresh at the end but the float is in a very strong frontal region so look to nearby Argo to confirm.
The plots below show the raw float salinity data (solid blue line) compared to neighbouring argo floats (coloured symbols) on a deep potential temperature surface. The locality map shows the location of the profiles for this float and for neighbouring floats.
This float is in calibration and is right in the middle of the Argo envelope.
No salinity drift correction.
The plot below summarises the QC flags and salinity differences for the raw and adjusted salinity fields in the final delayed mode files submitted to the GDAC.
Created 05-06-2012