Common use of Temporal resolution Clause in Contracts

Temporal resolution.  It would be good if all platforms (Argo, Ice Tethered Profilers - ITPs) could report data at least once a week in order to catch the shoaling of the mixed layer and the onset of the primary production bloom.  For NRT assimilation, data can be assimilated with a latency up to 10 days old, but not older.  Interim applications need data in the interim time scale.  The access to data should not require the installation of specific software (like OceanDataView or other) that are not practical for NRT runs. The users should be allowed to extract data automatically by date and allowed to download the whole time-series on the command line.  Quality controlled observations are needed. CMEMS requires MFCs to update the reanalysis regularly until 1-month behind NRT, so the QC’ed data would be most useful if it comes within 1 month and 1 week from present time.

Temporal resolution.  It would be good if all platforms (Argo, Ice Tethered Profilers - ITPs) could report data at least once a week in order to catch the shoaling of the mixed layer and the onset of the primary production bloom.  • For NRT assimilation, data can be assimilated with a latency up to 10 days old, but not older.  • Interim applications need data in the interim time scale.  • The access to data should not require the installation of specific software (like OceanDataView or other) that are not practical for NRT runs. The users should be allowed to extract data automatically by date and allowed to download the whole time-series on the command line.  • Quality controlled observations are needed. CMEMS requires MFCs to update the reanalysis regularly until 1-month behind NRT, so the QC’ed data would be most useful if it comes within 1 month and 1 week from present time.