Correct documention regarding NEMO floats and pressure auto-correction #183
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Following a discussion between Olaf Boebel, Birgit and I, we learned that NEMO floats never applied any auto-correction for pressure, whatever the serial number or firmware/software version, but only the NEMO documention had changed to detail this aspect, which brought the confusion.
During this discussion, we also clarified which internal pressure_offset field should be recorded within the Argo Tech file PRES_SurfaceOffsetNotTruncated_dbar, depending on the format version of the intermediate ascii files (containing NEMO decoded data). Indeed, Nemo floats transmit this pressure surface offset at two moments: when the float reaches the surface after ascent and just before if dives for the descent. For the full match-up used to re-generate Tech files, the python code can be found here: https://github.com/delphinedobler/NEMO_legacy_handling/blob/main/TECH/scrpy_modification_of_Argo_techdata.ipynb
Please note that the correction has been performed for almost all NEMO floats (now in Argo TECH format_version 3.1), and that 12 have additionnal issues to solve before completing (they remained in Argo TECH format_version 3.0).
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