Quality Assurance of Real-Time Oceanographic Data

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Quality Assuranceof Real-TimeOceanographic Data
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QARTOD is a multi-organization effort to address
the Quality Assurance and Quality Control issues
of the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS).

• Motivation
• Expected increase in the number of observations,
  observing systems, and users
• Need simple, accurate and consistent quality
  descriptions for the real-time data to convey
  expected level of data quality to users

Engaging the community to develop standards.
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The Workshops

• QARTOD I December 3-5, 2003 NDBC, Stennis
  Space Center, MS
• Task to develop minimum standards for QA/QC
  methods and metadata
• Considering existing observing systems and
  existing practices
• QARTOD II February 28-March 2, 2005 CO-OPS,
  Norfolk, VA
• Focus on wave, in situ current and remote current
  (HF Radar) measurements
• Identify unique calibration, metadata and QA/QC
  needs
• QARTOD III November 2-4, 2005 SIO, La Jolla,
  CA
• Continued waves, in situ currents and remote
  currents work
• Added CTD focus group
• Primarily addressed QC with some metadata
  emphasis
• QARTOD IV June 21-23, 2006 WHOI, Woods Hole,
  MA
• Continued wave, in situ current and CTD work
• Added DO focus group
• Primarily addressed QA increased emphasis on
  capturing metadata requirements
• International considerations

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