ITP63 Data Processing

The 2177 profiles that were recovered from the ITP were processed according to the procedures described in the ITP Updated Data Processing Procedures. The processing parameters are shown in the figures to the right. Buoy drift speeds were almost always less than 30 cm/s so the profiler covered the full extent of nearly every profile that it communicated to the surface package.

Some thermohaline staircases were present only during the beginning and other infrequent times during the time series, so that CTD lag corrections are mostly extrapolated. The quality of the CTD measurements was very consistent throughout the 1.5 year duration of the instrument.

See the Data Products tab to the left for descriptions of the three levels (I, II, III) of data processing and to access all data.