On the use of the CRC for decoding Argo data CRC (cyclic redundancy check) = checksum used to detect potential transmission error Argo platforms using CRC : PROVOR, APEX, SOLO WHOI, NEMO Do all DACs use the CRC in a consistent way ? Recommendations for RT decoding: Ignore messages for which CRC check failed Keep all received messages with correct CRC and decode the most redundant message
-*- re-decoded data (CRC used) O data from DAC, flag 1 O data form DAC, flag ≠ 1 Temperature Salinity
Zoom on the temperature profile 5-point message corrupted 1 bad data with a flag ≠ 1 1 bad data with a flag = 1 3 data points are not obviously wrong but are they good ? Potential error in the flagging Extra work for the DM operator