Welcome to Marine observations suite’s documentation#
The Marine Observations Suite is part of the code implemented to produce the data deliveries for the C3S Marine In Situ Component. Instructions to run the full set of suites, including this one, are available in the C3S Technical Service Document. The present manual includes the set of instructions needed to run the observations suite, and also more detailed information on this branch of the marine code.
The Observation Suite is a set of python and shell scripts to harmonize and convert input observational data sources to CDM formatted files.
It is based on a set of chained processes, each step feeding into the next one and with the initial dataset (previously prepared for inclusion in the marine processing) transitioning through a series of levels from the first mapping to the CDM in level1a to the final set of curated observational CDM compatible files in level2 (header and observations-*). Some levels are fed with data from additional external datasets or with the output of dedicated suites that run concurrently to the overall scheme (see figure below).
General marine data flow. The Observations Suite is highlighted in the red box.#



