UNESCO/IOC Project Office for IODE
Wandelaarkaai 7 - Pakhuis 61
B-8400 Oostende
Belgium
| 1. | OPENING OF THE MEETING |
| 1.1. | Introductions of participants |
| 1.2. | Adoption of the agenda |
| 1.3. | Introduction of working documents |
| 2. | AN OVERVIEW OF OCEANOGRAPHIC QUALITY CONTROL AND QUALITY ASSESSMENT SCHEMES AND THE BASIS FOR A STANDARD QF SCHEME |
| 2.1. | Presentations by participants |
| 2.1.1. | Dokuz Eylul University, Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology: Nihayet Bizsel |
| 2.1.10. | Quality Control of CTD data using proposed IODE QF scheme – Greg Reed, Andrew Walsh, RAN Hydrography and Metoc Branch |
| 2.1.11. | SeaDataNet QC, Flags and Emodnet Chemistry experience – Matteo Vinci, Alessandra Giorgetti, OGS NODC, Trieste, Italy |
| 2.1.2. | Examples of Data Quality Indicators for Data Contributed to BCO-DMO: Ms Cyndy Chandler |
| 2.1.3. | Quality control on biological data before and after data integration: Klaas Deneudt, VLIZ, Belgium |
| 2.1.4. | Quality Control of Bottle Data at Institut Maurice-Lamontagne - Fisheries and Oceans Canada Québec Region - Laure Devine and Caroline Lafleur |
| 2.1.5. | The quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) procedure (GLODAP example) – Alex Kozyr |
| 2.1.6. | Quality Control and Quality Flag of PACIFICA - Toru Suzuki, Marine Information Research Center, Japan |
| 2.1.7. | Ukrainian NODC (Marine Hydrophysical Institute and Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas, Sevastopol) – Sergey Konovalov, Alexey Khaliulin (MHI), Volodymyr Vladymyrov (IBSS) |
| 2.1.8. | World Ocean Database Data Quality Control - Hernan Garcia, NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA |
| 2.1.9. | Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) Data Quality Tests – Charles Sun, Chair SG-GTSPP |
| 2.2. | Open discussion |
| 3. | AN OVERVIEW OF HE PROPOSED STANDARD QF SCHEME |
| 3.1. | Justification of the need for QF/QC standard for data exchange |
| 3.2. | Proposed standard |
| 3.3. | Comments by the ad hoc ODS group |
| 3.4. | Current situation and further steps |
| 4. | QUALITY TESTS AND QUALITY FLAGS |
| 4.1. | Assignment and relationship between quality flag (QF) and measured or calculated data (data fit for purpose) |
| 4.2. | Relationship between the first level (FL) and second level (SL) tests and flags |
| 4.3. | Minimum recommended list of SL flag codes and working towards and documented approach |
| 4.4. | Relationship between existing QF and results of additional quality tests (closed vs open SL flag list) |
| 5. | WRAP-UP SESSION: RECOMMENDATIONS OF A BEST PRACTICE SET OF QC CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES |
| 6. | THE WAY FORWARD |
| 7. | CLOSING OF THE MEETING |