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Argo Float Program

Global ocean profiling network with 4000+ autonomous floats

argo.ucsd.edu

At a glance

Region
Global
Coverage
Global ocean to 2000m depth
Access
Free
Category
International
Last updated
2024

What's inside

  • Ocean Temperature
  • Salinity
  • Ocean Profiles
  • Real-time Data

Terms explained

What you can do with it

Typical work that data of this type supports.

  1. 01

    Sea-level planning

    Plan for sea-level rise and storm surge.

    Because it has: Ocean Temperature

  2. 02

    Saline intrusion

    Track salt moving into rivers and aquifers.

  3. 03

    Risk screening

    Screen projects and assets for climate risk.

Where AI adds value

Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.

  1. 01

    Surge forecasts

    Forecast surge and coastal water levels quickly.

  2. 02

    Shoreline change

    Detect erosion and accretion from imagery.

  3. 03

    Bias correction

    Correct and downscale climate model output for a site.

Machine access and documentation

Open API

Argo GDAC (ftp/erddap, argo.ucsd.edu)

Licence: Public domain / free unrestricted

Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.

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