DBCP drifting buoys data are subject to only coarse fully-automated quality control checks on a limited list of parameters such as pressure, temperature, salinity.

DBCP drifting buoys delayed-mode procedures for checking sensor drifts and offsets in salinity rely on a statistical comparison of the buoy data with reference data. An adjustment is made when the float PI judges that it will improve the quality of the dataset.

Users should include the supplied error estimates in their usage of delayed-mode salinity data.

For both near real-time and delayed mode data, proper and appropriate use is the responsibility of the user.

To properly acknowledge DBCP drifting buoys data usage, please use the following sentence and place the appropriate DOI afterwards as described below.
"These data were collected and made freely available by the International Data Buoy Cooperation Program and the national programs that contribute to it (http://www.jcommops.org/dbcp)."

There are two options when picking an DBCP-drifting buoys DOI:
(1) Pick the one associated with when you obtained the data from the DBCP GDAC. Please refer to the DBCP's DOI page (http://...) to find the correct DOI to include in your publication or product.
or
(2) If you did not obtain the DBCP data from the GDAC, but from a data product or other source without a date for the Argo data attached to it, use the general one with no time associated with it:
DBCP drifting buoys data and metadata from Global Data Assembly Centre (DBCP GDAC). SEANOE. http://doi.org/10.17882/xxx

DBCP data management documentation is available on http://...