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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2012.33.6.554

A Review of the Quality Control of Global Ocean Temperature and Salinity Data  

Chang, You-Soon (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory of National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, Princeton University Forrestal Campus)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.33, no.6, 2012 , pp. 554-566 More about this Journal
Abstract
High-density temperature and salinity profiles from the successful international Argo project made it possible to reproduce the three-dimensional global ocean state in near-real time, which also increased much attention on the data analysis studies of global ocean. This paper reviewed several important issues on the recent data analysis studies such as systematic biases of XBT (eXpendable BathyThermograph) and Argo data, sea level budget discrepancy between steric height and satellite observed data, heat content change, and the current status of the development of objective analysis fields. This study also emphasized that it is required to carry out very cautious ocean data quality control and understand global-scale ocean variability prior to analyzing the regional-scale ocean climate change, particularly, in the East Asian marginal Seas.
Keywords
Argo; XBT; sea level; heat content; objective analysis;
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