Argo Reference Measurements — ERDDAP Variable Metadata

Name: Argo Reference Measurements — ERDDAP Variable Metadata
Creator: Argo Program
License: CC BY 4.0 / open data

One row per ERDDAP variable or variable attribute for the Argo reference-measurement dataset used in delayed-mode quality control. The documented fields cover reference locations, platform and cycle identifiers, principal investigator, time, pressure, temperature, potential temperature, salinity, levels, and profile counts. This table contains 108 metadata rows for 13 variables and describes the reference schema, not the full reference observation records.

argo-program-argofloats-reference·7 columns·5 KB·CC BY 4.0 / open data·updated 3mo ago

Source: Argo Program · connector code

Schema

dataset_id	string
row_type	string
variable_name	string
attribute_name	string
data_type	string
value	string
source_url	string

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