Links to other initiatives relevant to chemical and biogeochemical data QA/QC:
[please add links which you feel are relevant] EMODNET Chemical lot (http://www.emodnet-chemistry.eu/portal/portal/ ) EMODNET Chemical lot is a pilot project of the European programme EMODNET, which is being implemented by SeaDataNet. Contact is Allessandra Giorgetti. GO-SHIP (http://www.go-ship.org/ ) GO-SHIP aims to develop a globally coordinated network of sustained hydrographic sections as part of the global ocean/climate observing system. They are or will be recommending best practice protocols for the sampling and processing of some chemical variables (see their Hydro Manual). INSS and SGONS (http://www.mri-jma.go.jp/Dep/ge/INSSindex/index.html ) The International Nutrient Scale System aims to improve the comparability and traceability of nutrients data in the world’s oceans by developing Certified Reference Materials and organising interlaboratory comparison exercises. They had an international workshop in February 2009, Paris (http://www.mri-jma.go.jp/Dep/ge/2009INSSworkshop/2009inss_workshop_index.html ). The group is chaired by Michio Aoyama from Japan and was at the origine of the formation of a Joint IOC-ICES Study Group on Nutrients Standards (SGONS). SGONS first meeting was on 22-24 March 2010 (http://www.mri-jma.go.jp/Dep/ge/2010SGONSmeeting/index.html). MMI (http://marinemetadata.org/ ) Marine Metadata Interoperability (MMI) maintains a portal which can be used to publicize vocabularies and ontologies. MyOcean (http://www.myocean.eu.org/) A European-funded project (2009-11) which will lead the setting up of a pan-European service delivering ocean-related monitoring and forecasting data and information, based on in situ and remote sensing observations, assimilated in 3D simulation models, covering global and regional scales (European Seas). The project will include biological and chemical parameters, and intends to develop Quality Control procedures for in situ sensors. OceanSITES (http://www.oceansites.org/)
OceanSITES is deploying chemical sensors on buoys and moorings. They have started compiling a list of protocol documents for data collection and processing. Contact for data QA/QC is Bill Burnett, co-chair of the OceanSITES data management team. QARTOD (http://qartod.org) QARTOD (Quality Assurance of Real Time Oceanographic Data) is a US multi-agency effort to address the quality assurance and quality control issues of the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) community, including data from chemical sensors. Contact is Bill Burnett. Useful published references:
Aoyama, 2006: 2003 Intercomparison Exercise for Reference Material for Nutrients in Seawater in a Seawater Matrix, Technical Reports of the Meteorological Research Institute No. 50, 91pp
Aoyama, M., S. Becker, M. Dai, H. Daimon, L. I. Gordon, H. Kasai, R. Kerouel, N. Kress, D. Masten, A. Murata, N. Nagai, H. Ogawa, H. Ota, H. Saito, K. Saito, T. Shimizu, H. Takano, A. Tsuda, K. Yokouchi, A. Youenou, 2007: Recent comparability of Oceanographic Nutrients Data: Results of a 2003 Intercomparison Exercise using Reference Materials, Analytical Science, 23, 1151-1154. Aoyama M., J. Barwell-Clarke, S. Becker, M. Blum, Braga E. S., S. C. Coverly,E. Czobik, I. Dahllof, M. H. Dai, G. O. Donnell, C. Engelke, G. C. Gong, Gi-Hoon Hong, D. J. Hydes, M. M. Jin, H. Kasai, R. Kerouel, Y. Kiyomono, M. Knockaert, N. Kress, K. A. Krogslund, M. Kumagai, S. Leterme, Yarong Li, S. Masuda, T. Miyao, T. Moutin, A. Murata, N. Nagai, G.Nausch, M. K. Ngirchechol, A. Nybakk, H. Ogawa, J. van Ooijen, H. Ota, J. M. Pan, C. Payne, O. Pierre-Duplessix, M. Pujo-Pay, T. Raabe, K. Saito,K. Sato, C. Schmidt, M. Schuett, T. M. Shammon, J. Sun, T. Tanhua, L. White, E.M.S. Woodward, P. Worsfold, P. Yeats, T. Yoshimura, A.Youenou, J. Z. Zhang, 2008: 2006 Intercomparison Exercise for Reference Material for Nutrients in Seawater in a Seawater Matrix, Technical Reports of the Meteorological Research Institute No. 58, 104pp. Boyer, T. and S. Levitus, 1994: Quality control of oxygen, temperature and salinity data. NOAA Technical Report No. 81, National Oceanographic Data Center, Washington., D.C., 65 pp. Download PDF Boyer, T. P., J. I. Antonov, H. Garcia, D. R. Johnson, R. A. Locarnini, A. V. Mishonov, M. T. Pitcher, O. K. Baranova, and I. Smolyar, 2006: World Ocean Database 2005, Chapter 1: Introduction, NOAA Atlas NESDIS 60, Ed. S. Levitus, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 182 pp., DVD. Download PDF. Clancy, V. and S. Willie, 2003: NOAA/NRC Intercomparison for Nutrients in Seawater, NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS CCMA 158, 32 pp. Conkright, M.E., T. Boyer, and S. Levitus 1994: Quality control and processing of historical oceanographic nutrient data. NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 79, National Oceanographic Data Center, Wash., D.C., 75 pp. Download PDF. Garcia, H. E., R. A. Locarnini, T. P. Boyer, and J. I. Antonov, 2006a: World Ocean Atlas 2005, Volume 3: Dissolved Oxygen, Apparent Oxygen Utilization, and Oxygen Saturation. S. Levitus, Ed. NOAA Atlas NESDIS 63, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 342 pp, CD-ROM. Download PDF. Garcia, H. E., R. A. Locarnini, T. P. Boyer, and J. I. Antonov, 2006b: World Ocean Atlas 2005, Volume 4: Nutrients (phosphate, nitrate, silicate). S. Levitus, Ed. NOAA Atlas NESDIS 64. Download PDF. [ICES] International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, 1967: Report on the analysis of phosphate at the ICES intercalibration trials of chemical methods held at Copenhagen, 1966. ICES CM 1967/C: 20. [ICES] International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, 1977: The International Intercalibration Exercise for Nutrient Methods, ICES Cooperative Research Report No. 67. 44 pp. IOC, 2009. A joint ICES-IOC study group on nutrient standards (SGONS). IOC/INF-1260, Paris, 11 May 2009. Download PDF (http://ioc-unesco.org/components/com_oe/oe.php?task=download&id=6688&version=1.0&lang=1&format=1) IOC/IODE-BICH-IV/3, 2009. IODE Group of Experts on Biological and Chemical Data Management and Exchange Practices (GE-BICH), Fourth Session, IOC Project Office for IODE Oostende, Belgium 27-30 January 2009. Download PDF. IOC, 1996. Workshop # 22. IOC-EU-BSH-NOAA-(WDC-A) International Workshop on Oceanographic Biological and Chemical Data Management, Hamburg, Germany, 20-23 May 1996. Download PDF. IODE/JCOMM, 2008. Forum on Oceanographic Data Management and Exchange Standards, IOC Project Office for IODE, Oostende, Belgium, 21-25 January 2008. Download PDF. Johnson G.C., P. E. Robbins, and G.E. Hufford. 2001. Systematic adjustments of hydrographic sections for internal consistency. J. Atmos. and Oceanic Tech. 18:1234-1244. Pissierssens P., 2007. Report on the QC/QA survey. IOC/IODE-XIX/13. Trieste, Italy, 12-16 March 2007. Download PDF. Rojas R., 2007. Analysis of the QC/QA survey. IOC/IODE-XIX/13aa, Trieste, Italy, 12-16 March 2007. Download PDF. UNESCO, IOC 1990. Manuals and guides
#21. Standards and reference materials in marine science. Download PDF. UNESCO, 1993. CEC/DG XII, MAST and IOC/IODE, Manual of quality control procedures for validation of oceanographic data. In: IOC Manual and Guides vol. 26, p. 436. Willie, S. and V. Clancy, 2000: NOAA/NRC Intercomparison for Nutrients in Seawater, NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS CCMA 143, 176 pp. Zhang, J.-Z. C.W. Mordy, L.I. Gordon, A. Ross, and H. E. Garcia. 2000. Are reported temporal trends in the deep ocean Redfield Ratios real? Science, 289:1839. |