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2 Draft two updated Argo mission statements: one for Argo and one for ABE-LOS purposes. Circulate the statement among AST members for approval. M. Belbéoch to circulate the updated Argo mission statement to ABE-LOS. A proposal is being drafted by Ann Thresher on new technical parameters to be added to technical files. When the proposal is finished, the AST requests the DACs to review it and make suggestions. When approved by all DACs, the AST requests the DACs adopt it as soon as possible. A. Thresher, DACs 4 Develop regional data range checks. 5 DACs and PIs asked to read the monthly AIC float reports and respond to issues relating to their DAC. DACs & PIs 6 The AST encourages its members and their colleagues to submit CTD cruise data for delayed mode calibration purposes to CCHDO. AST members, PIs who take CTD data. 7 The following request will be added into the call for national reports: Each country will be asked for the number and location of CTD cruise data that has been uploaded by PIs within their country to the CCHDO website in the past year. 8 The AST requests from the CCHDO global CTD data for delayed mode quality control purposes only (no public release of data until written permission received from the PI), with a first priority of long repeat lines. CCHDO/Diggs 9 The AST requests JAMSTEC to help the Southern Ocean ARC in doing ARC activities in the South Pacific and its southward extension. 10 Ask that B. Owens supplies the WMO numbers of floats that still have more than 5db pressure errors to be included in document on biases being prepared by the pressure working group. B. Owens 11 Ask B. Owens to work with J. Willis to qualify this group of floats with large errors and investigate whether this data needs to be flagged as '3'. 12 The AST encourages each basin deployment coordinator to be proactive in acquiring deployment information. Ask Atlantic Basin deployment coordinator (S.