Argo float data and metadata from Global Data Assembly Centre (Argo GDAC)

Argo is a global array of 3,000 free-drifting profiling floats that measures the temperature and salinity of the upper 2000 m of the ocean. This allows, for the first time, continuous monitoring of the temperature, salinity, and velocity of the upper ocean, with all data being relayed and made publicly available within hours after collection.


The array provides 100,000 temperature/salinity profiles and velocity measurements per year distributed over the global oceans at an average of 3-degree spacing. Some floats provide additional bio-geo parameters such as oxygen or chlorophyll.


All data collected by Argo floats are publically available in near real-time via the Global Data Assembly Centers (GDACs) in Brest (France) and Monterey (California) after an automated quality control (QC), and in scientifically quality controlled form, delayed mode data, via the GDACs within six months of collection.

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Date (Publication)
2000-09-12
Citation identifier
1282383d-9b35-4eaa-a9d6-4b0c24c0cfc9
Credit

Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la MER (France)
Status
On going
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Argo

codac@ifremer.fr

Author

IFREMER

codac@ifremer.fr

Publisher
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Theme

  • float

  • Argo

  • global ocean observing system

  • ocean circulation

  • in-situ

  • ocean pressure

  • sea water salinity

  • sea water temperature

  • multi-year

  • weather climate and seasonal observation

  • global-ocean

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Environmental monitoring facilities

Centre de données ODATIS

  • CDS-IS-CORIOLIS

Type de jeux de donnée ODATIS

  • Observational data

Thèmatiques ODATIS

  • Observation system for research

  • Operational oceanography

AtlantOS Element

  • Networks

Thèmes Sextant

  • /Human Activities/Ocean Observation Network

Sous-regions marines

  • National

Mission Atlantic - Resources

  • Database

Mission Atlantic - BODC Parameters

  • /Physical oceanography/Currents

  • /Physical oceanography/Waves

  • /Physical oceanography/Other physical oceanographic measurements

  • /Physical oceanography/Water column temperature and salinity

Mission Atlantic - Data type (DMP)

  • Environmental data

Ocean Hackathon - Ville

  • Brest

Mission Atlantic - Case Studies

  • Atlantic Ocean

Research Infrastructure

  • IR-ARGO

National Services Observation

  • SNO-ARGO France

ODATIS aggregation parameters and Essential Variable names

  • Dissolved Organic Matter

  • Dissolved oxygen

  • Pigments

  • Turbidity

  • Ocean colour

  • Nutrients

  • Salinity

  • Sea temperature
Use limitation

A user should acknowledge use of Argo data in all publications and products where such data are used, preferably with the following standard sentence:"These data were collected and made freely available by the international Argo project and the national programs that contribute to it."
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

No limitations on public access
Use limitation

A user of Argo data is expected to read and understand this manual and the documentation about the data contained in the "attributes" of the NetCDF data files, as these contain essential information about data quality and accuracy.
Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
1000000
Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Oceans
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Begin date
1995
Reference system identifier
EPSG / WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) / 7.9
Topology level
Geometry only
Geometric object type
Point
Geometric object count
1000000000
Distribution format
Name Version
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:LINK

 		http://www.coriolis.eu.org/

Coriolis Web Site

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--metadata-URL

 		http://doi.org/10.17882/42182

Argo GDAC snapshots access

WWW:LINK

 		http://www.jcommops.org/board?t=Argo&modules=%5B%7B"id":48%7D%5D

Web app avec carte interactive Flotteurs Argo opérationnels

WWW:LINK

 		http://www.jcommops.org/board?t=Argo&qparams=%7B"lastLocOnly"%3A"on"%2C"allNotGdacs"%3A"1"%2C"networks"%3A"1"%2C"status"%3A"6"%7D&modules=%5B%7B"id":48%7D%5D

Web app avec carte interactive Flotteurs BGC-Argo opérationnels

WWW:LINK

 		http://www.jcommops.org/maps/interactive_new/?theme=Argo

WWW:LINK

 		http://www.jcommops.org/maps/interactive_new/?theme=Argo&ptfStatuses=%5B6%5D&ptfNetworks=%5B%22Argo%20BioGeoChemical%22%5D

Carte interactive seule (tout BGC-Argo opérationnel)

WWW:LINK

 		http://map.argo-france.fr/

Carte Argo France

NETWORK:LINK

 		/home/ref-argo/gdac

WWW:LINK

 		https://fleetmonitoring.euro-argo.eu/dashboard

Argo Dashboard
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-link--download

 		ftp://ftp.ifremer.fr/ifremer/argo/

FTP ARGO
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-link--download

 		http://www.ifremer.fr/erddap/tabledap/ArgoFloats.html

ERDDAP Download link
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Creation)
2012-01-16
Explanation

Non évalué
Pass
No
Statement

http://www.argodatamgt.org/Documentation

Metadata

File identifier
3df904de-e47d-4bf9-85a0-7c0942aff8b6 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Series
Date stamp
2024-07-30T09:50:51.778Z
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115:2003/19139 - SEXTANT
Metadata standard version

1.0
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Ifremer

codac@ifremer.fr

Point of contact
Other language
Language Character encoding
French UTF8
English UTF8
 
 

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Keywords

Argo float global ocean observing system global-ocean in-situ multi-year ocean circulation ocean pressure sea water salinity sea water temperature weather climate and seasonal observation
AtlantOS Element
Networks
Centre de données ODATIS
CDS-IS-CORIOLIS
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Environmental monitoring facilities
Mission Atlantic - BODC Parameters
/Physical oceanography/Currents /Physical oceanography/Other physical oceanographic measurements /Physical oceanography/Water column temperature and salinity /Physical oceanography/Waves
Mission Atlantic - Case Studies
Atlantic Ocean
Mission Atlantic - Data type (DMP)
Environmental data
Mission Atlantic - Resources
Database
National Services Observation
SNO-ARGO France
ODATIS aggregation parameters and Essential Variable names
Dissolved Organic Matter Dissolved oxygen Nutrients Ocean colour Pigments Salinity Sea temperature Turbidity
Research Infrastructure
IR-ARGO
Thèmatiques ODATIS
Observation system for research Operational oceanography
Thèmes Sextant
/Human Activities/Ocean Observation Network
Type de jeux de donnée ODATIS
Observational data

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