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.
- 01
Sea-level planning
Plan for sea-level rise and storm surge.
Because it has: Ocean Temperature
- 02
Saline intrusion
Track salt moving into rivers and aquifers.
- 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.
- 01
Surge forecasts
Forecast surge and coastal water levels quickly.
- 02
Shoreline change
Detect erosion and accretion from imagery.
- 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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