Argo meta-data

The argopy approach to meta-data is not limited to the traditional meta netcdf files well known to operators and experts.

In argopy we consider Argo meta-data any related data that can complement the analysis, description or curation of Argo data. Here we document argopy tools related to:

• Argo reference tables (NVS)

• the ADMT collection of documentation manuals

• the global deployment plan from Ocean-OPS

• GDAC snapshot with DOIs

Note that data more specifically used in quality control are described in the dedicated Data quality control documentation section (e.g. topography, altimetry, in-situ reference data from Argo float and GOSHIP, etc …).