摘要：Seven oceanographic cruises in 5 years were organizedin the Sea of Sardinia with the repeated collection of physical, chemical andbiological data. An accurate and sustained quality assurance on physicalsensors was enacted through pre- and postcruise calibration and verifiedduring in situ acquisitions with the use of redundant sensors and otherinstruments. Moreover, for dissolved oxygen and conductivity, seawatersamples at standard depths were frequently analyzed on board. Then anaccurate quality control was used to verify all hydrological data profiles,which passed a further quality check following standard procedures. Finallyall hydrological data have been included in two online public open-accessdatasets in the SEANOE (SEA scieNtific Open data Edition) repository (https://doi.org/10.17882/59867 andhttps://doi.org/10.17882/70340; Ribotti et al., 2019a, b). During and afterall cruises Chlorophyll a and nutrient analyses were also carried out, but thesedata are not yet open access; the same applies for water current profiles, both atcasts and during vessel moves, and geophysical data. These ocean data arethe first covering the Sea of Sardinia for its whole extension. Here dataand assurance and control procedures used are described as they have become standardsin deep-sea acquisitions over the years.
