Vocabulary
Argo float ending cause
| URI | http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/R31/current/ |
|---|---|
| Description | Lists the float end-of-life reasons. This information is allocated manually after analysis of the float's end of life. Argo netCDF variable ANOMALY syntax uses R31 altLabel preceeded by the 'ending_cause:' keyword and separated from the other anomaly items by commas. |
| Creator | Argo Data Management Team |
| Modified | 2025-08-29 |
| Version Info | 1 |
| Identifier | R31 |
| Register Manager | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Register Owner | Argo Data Management Team |
| See Also | https://github.com/OneArgo/ArgoVocabs |
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| ID ↑ | Preferred Label ↑ | Definition ↑ | Date ↑ |
|---|---|---|---|
| ballast | ballast | Ballast issues have been identified (e.g. loss of external ballast, etc). | 2025-08-28 |
| battery_end_of | battery end of | The float exhausted its battery after an expected level of operation at sea (close to theoretical lifetime). | 2025-08-28 |
| battery_failure | battery failure | The float exhausted its battery after an unexpected level of operation at sea. | 2025-08-28 |
| beached | beached | The float beached at the coastline. | 2025-08-28 |
| bluetooth | bluetooth | Bluetooth problem. | 2025-08-28 |
| buoyancy | buoyancy | Issues with the hydraulic components or hydraulic behaviour have been identified. | 2025-08-28 |
| deployment | deployment | Issues with the deployment procedure resulted in the loss of the float (e.g. shocks, unwanted items left attached to the float, etc). | 2025-08-28 |
| electrical | electrical | Electrical issues with the float or sensor have been identified. | 2025-08-28 |
| grounded | grounded | Single or repeated groundings at the seafloor may have resulted in the premature loss of the float. | 2025-08-28 |
| hardware_other | hardware other | Miscellaneous hardware issues (e.g. anode corrosion, etc). | 2025-08-28 |
| iced | iced | The float permanently left under sea ice. | 2025-08-28 |
| internal_vacuum | internal vacuum | Issues with the internal vacuum have been identified. | 2025-08-28 |
| leak | leak | Leak in the float resulted in the damage of the float. | 2025-08-28 |
| location | location | Positioning issues (e.g. GPS hardware or firmware) have been identified. | 2025-08-28 |
| manual | manual | Use of downlink to terminate the float mission. | 2025-08-28 |
| recovered_intentional | recovered intentional | The float was recovered deliberately as a result of an Argo community initiative. | 2025-08-28 |
| recovered_unintentional | recovered unintentional | The float was picked up by a ship (fishermen, etc). | 2025-08-28 |
| sensor_ctd | sensor ctd | The defect of the primary CTD sensor equipping the float resulted in the float being inoperant. | 2025-08-28 |
| sensor_other | sensor other | The defect of any other sensor than CTD equipping the float resulted in the float being inoperant. | 2025-08-28 |
| software_issues | software issues | Issues with the software have been identified. | 2025-08-28 |
| stuck_on_surface | stuck on surface | The float ended its life drifting at surface. | 2025-08-28 |
| telemetry | telemetry | Telemetry issues have been identified. | 2025-08-28 |
| transfer_ownership | transfer ownership | The float mission has been closed due to a transfer of ownership of the float during its mission (country, program, institution, etc). | 2025-08-28 |
| unchecked | unchecked | Default value - no investigation on the float ending cause has been conducted yet. | 2025-08-28 |
| unknown | unknown | The ending cause of the float was not determined after analyses. | 2025-08-28 |
