Advanced automatic QC Argo DataJAMSTEC releases a data set of temperature, salinity and pressure profiles from Argo floats. The data set conduts more advanced quality control (AQC) than real-time QC to remove fundamental error from real-time QCed Argo float data.
Important Notice (2026.08.14)
AQC V1.3 is now available. We have carried out debugging and improvements of the quality‑control tests. Details are provided in the materials below.Please note that the AQC version differs depending on the period.
V1.2: Data files from January 2001 to December 2015
V1.3: Data files from January 2016 onward.
Update(2018.02.06)
V 1.2a : When the sea surface rise acquisition time and the GPS measurement time intersect at the end of the month, the problem contained in the data set as the next month date was fixed.
About data set
- Document
- Format
- Ascii and NetCDF (CF format compliance）
- Parameters
- Pressure, temperature and salinity
- Usage of AQC data set
- Reprint without permission, the re-distribution, the modification, and the commercial use are prohibited though JAMSTEC does not disturb the free use of this data in principle.
- Please describe a sentence of use of AQC like this: “AQC ver.1.2 produced by JAMSTEC is used for this study” with address of web site (https://www.jamstec.go.jp/argo_research/dataset/aqc/aqc_en.html) when you make the result using this data public.
- JAMSTEC doesn't assume the responsibility to any damage of the user of this data.
Please click here (ver1.3) in order to download dataset files.
contact: