This dataset includes hourly sea surface temperature and current estimates using data collected by satellite-tracked surface drifting buoys (“drifters”) of the NOAA Global Drifter Program. The Drifter Data Assembly Center (DAC) at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) has applied quality control procedures and processing to edit these observational data and obtain estimates at […]
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AOML receives position data computed from Doppler measurements from Argos-tracked drifters or from GPS installed in all Iridium and some Argos drifters. Historically, these data are irregularly distributed in time and they also contain erroneous positions and/or bad Sea Surface Temperature values, therefore not suited for many kinds of analysis or displays. The Drifter Data
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The role of the DAC is to collect and quality control all of the Argo data collected by US scientific and governmental institutions. After the required quality for the data is achieved, it is transmitted to the two global data assembly centers (GDAC) in Brest, France and Monterey, California, who are the only two entities
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Several visualizations and web applications have been developed to help a wide range of users access and view Argo data. This page is a compilation of visualizations from various sources.
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The Argo Program office has compiled a list of products from various institutions that include Argo data. The products fall into the following categories: These data were collected and made freely available by the International Argo Program and the national programs that contribute to it.
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Software tools have been developed for a variety of audiences from beginners to Argo data experts. Some tools are designed to access data, manipulate it and visualize it while others help Argo experts perform quality control. In addition, some tools are targeted at the entire Argo collection, while others focus only on BGC or Deep
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For users interested in using the official Argo NetCDF files, the GDACs should be the route to access Argo data. Both GDACs offer access to the complete Argo data collection as managed by the Argo Data Management Team, including float metadata, detailed trajectory data, profile data and technical data all in NetCDF format. It is important
CCHDO (CLIVAR and Carbon Hydrographic Data Office) supports oceanographic research by providing access to high quality, global, vessel-based CTD and hydrographic data from GO-SHIP, WOCE, CLIVAR and other repeat hydrography programs. These data are openly accessible and served in standardized community formats (WHP-Exchange, WOCE, and netCDF). CCHDO also manages public and non-public CTD data for
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