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Dataset Title:	Argo Float Vertical Profiles
Institution:	Argo (Dataset ID: argoFloats)
Range:	longitude = -179.997 to 180.0°E, latitude = -77.585 to 61.092°N, time = 2014-01-01T00:00:31Z to 2016-03-07T20:10:00Z
Information:	Summary \| License \| FGDC \| ISO 19115 \| Metadata \| Background \| Subset \| Data Access Form \| Files

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The Dataset Attribute Structure (.das) for this Dataset

Attributes {
 s {
  fileNumber {
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "File Number";
  }
  data_type {
    String conventions "Argo reference table 1";
    String ioos_category "Unknown";
    String long_name "Data type";
  }
  format_version {
    String ioos_category "Unknown";
    String long_name "File format version";
  }
  handbook_version {
    String ioos_category "Unknown";
    String long_name "Data handbook version";
  }
  reference_date_time {
    Float64 actual_range -6.31152e+8, -6.31152e+8;
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Date of reference for Julian days";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  date_creation {
    Float64 actual_range 1.427734647e+9, 1.457397341e+9;
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Date of file creation";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  date_update {
    Float64 actual_range 1.427734647e+9, 1.457397341e+9;
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Date of update of this file";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  platform_number {
    String cf_role "trajectory_id";
    String conventions "WMO float identifier : A9IIIII";
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "Float unique identifier";
  }
  project_name {
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "Name of the project";
  }
  pi_name {
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "Name of the principal investigator";
  }
  cycle_number {
    Int32 _FillValue 99999;
    Int32 actual_range 0, 999;
    String cf_role "profile_id";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 200.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String conventions "0...N, 0 : launch cycle (if exists), 1 : first complete cycle";
    String ioos_category "Statistics";
    String long_name "Float cycle number";
  }
  direction {
    String actual_range 
"A
D";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 360.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String conventions "A: ascending profiles, D: descending profiles";
    String ioos_category "Currents";
    String long_name "Direction of the station profiles";
  }
  data_center {
    String conventions "Argo reference table 4";
    String ioos_category "Unknown";
    String long_name "Data centre in charge of float data processing";
  }
  dc_reference {
    String conventions "Data centre convention";
    String ioos_category "Identifier";
    String long_name "Station unique identifier in data centre";
  }
  data_state_indicator {
    String conventions "Argo reference table 6";
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Degree of processing the data have passed through";
  }
  data_mode {
    String actual_range 
"A
R";
    String conventions "R : real time; D : delayed mode; A : real time with adjustment";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Delayed mode or real time data";
  }
  platform_type {
    String conventions "Argo reference table 23";
    String ioos_category "Unknown";
    String long_name "Type of float";
  }
  float_serial_no {
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String ioos_category "Statistics";
    String long_name "Serial number of the float";
  }
  firmware_version {
    String ioos_category "Unknown";
    String long_name "Instrument firmware version";
  }
  wmo_inst_type {
    String conventions "Argo reference table 8";
    String ioos_category "Unknown";
    String long_name "Coded instrument type";
  }
  time {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Time";
    Float64 actual_range 1.388534431e+9, 1.4573814e+9;
    String axis "T";
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Julian day (UTC) of the station relative to REFERENCE_DATE_TIME";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  time_qc {
    String actual_range 
"1
8";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 150.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String conventions "Argo reference table 2";
    String ioos_category "Quality";
    String long_name "Quality on date and time";
  }
  time_location {
    Float64 actual_range 1.388534431e+9, 1.457382429e+9;
    String ioos_category "Time";
    String long_name "Julian day (UTC) of the location relative to REFERENCE_DATE_TIME";
    String standard_name "time";
    String time_origin "01-JAN-1970 00:00:00";
    String units "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z";
  }
  latitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lat";
    Float64 _FillValue 99999.0;
    Float64 actual_range -77.585, 61.092;
    String axis "Y";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 90.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -90.0;
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Latitude of the station, best estimate";
    String standard_name "latitude";
    String units "degrees_north";
    Float64 valid_max 90.0;
    Float64 valid_min -90.0;
  }
  longitude {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Lon";
    Float64 _FillValue 99999.0;
    Float64 actual_range -179.997, 180.0;
    String axis "X";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 180.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum -180.0;
    String ioos_category "Location";
    String long_name "Longitude of the station, best estimate";
    String standard_name "longitude";
    String units "degrees_east";
    Float64 valid_max 180.0;
    Float64 valid_min -180.0;
  }
  position_qc {
    String actual_range 
"1
9";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 150.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String conventions "Argo reference table 2";
    String ioos_category "Quality";
    String long_name "Quality on position (latitude and longitude)";
  }
  positioning_system {
    String ioos_category "Unknown";
    String long_name "Positioning system";
  }
  profile_pres_qc {
    String actual_range 
" 
F";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 150.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String conventions "Argo reference table 2a";
    String ioos_category "Quality";
    String long_name "Global quality flag of PRES profile";
  }
  profile_temp_qc {
    String actual_range 
" 
F";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 150.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String conventions "Argo reference table 2a";
    String ioos_category "Quality";
    String long_name "Global quality flag of TEMP profile";
  }
  profile_psal_qc {
    String actual_range 
" 
F";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 150.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String conventions "Argo reference table 2a";
    String ioos_category "Quality";
    String long_name "Global quality flag of PSAL profile";
  }
  vertical_sampling_scheme {
    String conventions "Argo reference table 16";
    String ioos_category "Unknown";
    String long_name "Vertical sampling scheme";
  }
  config_mission_number {
    Int32 _FillValue 99999;
    Int32 actual_range -999, 530;
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 100.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String conventions "1...N, 1 : first complete mission";
    String ioos_category "Statistics";
    String long_name "Unique number denoting the missions performed by the float";
  }
  pres {
    String _CoordinateAxisType "Height";
    Float32 _FillValue 99999.0;
    Float32 actual_range -3276.7, 6553.5;
    String axis "Z";
    String C_format "%10.3f";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 5000.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String comment_on_resolution "resolution is unknown";
    String FORTRAN_format "F10.3";
    String ioos_category "Sea Level";
    String long_name "Sea water pressure, equals 0 at sea-level";
    String standard_name "sea_water_pressure";
    String units "decibar";
    Float32 valid_max 12000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  pres_qc {
    String actual_range 
"\u0000
9";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 150.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String conventions "Argo reference table 2";
    String ioos_category "Quality";
    String long_name "quality flag";
  }
  pres_adjusted {
    Float32 _FillValue 99999.0;
    Float32 actual_range -3276.8, 6553.8;
    String C_format "%10.3f";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 5000.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String comment_on_resolution "resolution is unknown";
    String FORTRAN_format "F10.3";
    String ioos_category "Sea Level";
    String long_name "Sea water pressure, equals 0 at sea-level";
    String standard_name "sea_water_pressure";
    String units "decibar";
    Float32 valid_max 12000.0;
    Float32 valid_min 0.0;
  }
  pres_adjusted_qc {
    String actual_range 
"\u0000
9";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 150.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String conventions "Argo reference table 2";
    String ioos_category "Quality";
    String long_name "quality flag";
  }
  pres_aqdjusted_error {
    Float32 _FillValue 99999.0;
    Float32 actual_range 1.4e-45, 2.90292e+32;
    String C_format "%10.3f";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 50.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String FORTRAN_format "F10.3";
    String ioos_category "Statistics";
    String long_name "Contains the error on the adjusted values as determined by the delayed mode QC process";
    String units "decibar";
  }
  temp {
    Float32 _FillValue 99999.0;
    Float32 actual_range -116.96, 962.3;
    String C_format "%10.3f";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 32.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String comment_on_resolution "resolution is unknown";
    String FORTRAN_format "F10.3";
    String ioos_category "Temperature";
    String long_name "Sea temperature in-situ ITS-90 scale";
    String standard_name "sea_water_temperature";
    String units "degree_Celsius";
    Float32 valid_max 40.0;
    Float32 valid_min -2.5;
  }
  temp_qc {
    String actual_range 
" 
Ã";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 150.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String conventions "Argo reference table 2";
    String ioos_category "Quality";
    String long_name "quality flag";
  }
  temp_adjusted {
    Float32 _FillValue 99999.0;
    Float32 actual_range -4.095, 65.792;
    String C_format "%10.3f";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 32.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String comment_on_resolution "resolution is unknown";
    String FORTRAN_format "F10.3";
    String ioos_category "Temperature";
    String long_name "Sea temperature in-situ ITS-90 scale";
    String standard_name "sea_water_temperature";
    String units "degree_Celsius";
    Float32 valid_max 40.0;
    Float32 valid_min -2.5;
  }
  temp_adjusted_qc {
    String actual_range 
"\u0000
ù";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 150.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String conventions "Argo reference table 2";
    String ioos_category "Quality";
    String long_name "quality flag";
  }
  temp_adjusted_error {
    Float32 _FillValue 99999.0;
    Float32 actual_range 2.578485e-9, 962.3;
    String C_format "%10.3f";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 1.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String FORTRAN_format "F10.3";
    String ioos_category "Statistics";
    String long_name "Contains the error on the adjusted values as determined by the delayed mode QC process";
    String units "degree_Celsius";
  }
  psal {
    Float32 _FillValue 99999.0;
    Float32 actual_range -1073753.0, 7.746463e+31;
    String C_format "%10.3f";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 37.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 32.0;
    String comment_on_resolution "resolution is unknown";
    String FORTRAN_format "F10.3";
    String ioos_category "Salinity";
    String long_name "Practical salinity";
    String standard_name "sea_water_practical_salinity";
    String units "PSU";
    Float32 valid_max 41.0;
    Float32 valid_min 2.0;
  }
  psal_qc {
    String actual_range 
"\u0000
ù";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 150.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String conventions "Argo reference table 2";
    String ioos_category "Quality";
    String long_name "quality flag";
  }
  psal_adjusted {
    Float32 _FillValue 99999.0;
    Float32 actual_range -4.095, 65.535;
    String C_format "%10.3f";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 37.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 32.0;
    String comment_on_resolution "resolution is unknown";
    String FORTRAN_format "F10.3";
    String ioos_category "Salinity";
    String long_name "Practical salinity";
    String standard_name "sea_water_practical_salinity";
    String units "PSU";
    Float32 valid_max 41.0;
    Float32 valid_min 2.0;
  }
  psal_adjusted_qc {
    String actual_range 
" 
Ã";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 150.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String conventions "Argo reference table 2";
    String ioos_category "Quality";
    String long_name "quality flag";
  }
  psal_adjusted_error {
    Float32 _FillValue 99999.0;
    Float32 actual_range 1.356316e-19, 235.5;
    String C_format "%10.3f";
    Float64 colorBarMaximum 1.0;
    Float64 colorBarMinimum 0.0;
    String FORTRAN_format "F10.3";
    String ioos_category "Statistics";
    String long_name "Contains the error on the adjusted values as determined by the delayed mode QC process";
    String units "psu";
  }
 }
  NC_GLOBAL {
    String cdm_altitude_proxy "pres";
    String cdm_data_type "TrajectoryProfile";
    String cdm_profile_variables "cycle_number, data_type, format_version, handbook_version, reference_date_time, date_creation, date_update, direction, data_center, dc_reference, data_state_indicator, data_mode, firmware_version, wmo_inst_type, time, time_qc, time_location, latitude, longitude, position_qc, positioning_system, profile_pres_qc, profile_temp_qc, profile_psal_qc, vertical_sampling_scheme";
    String cdm_trajectory_variables "platform_number, project_name, pi_name, platform_type, float_serial_no";
    String Conventions "Argo-3.1, CF-1.6, COARDS, ACDD-1.3";
    String creator_email "support@argo.net";
    String creator_name "Argo";
    String creator_url "http://www.argo.net/";
    Float64 Easternmost_Easting 180.0;
    String featureType "TrajectoryProfile";
    Float64 geospatial_lat_max 61.092;
    Float64 geospatial_lat_min -77.585;
    String geospatial_lat_units "degrees_north";
    Float64 geospatial_lon_max 180.0;
    Float64 geospatial_lon_min -179.997;
    String geospatial_lon_units "degrees_east";
    String history 
"2025-07-19T10:39:51Z (local files)
2025-07-19T10:39:51Z https://data.pmel.noaa.gov/generic/tabledap/argoFloats.das";
    String infoUrl "http://www.argo.net/";
    String institution "Argo";
    String keywords "adjusted, argo, array, assembly, best, centre, centres, charge, coded, CONFIG_MISSION_NUMBER, contains, coriolis, creation, currents, cycle, CYCLE_NUMBER, data, DATA_CENTRE, DATA_MODE, DATA_STATE_INDICATOR, DATA_TYPE, date, DATE_CREATION, DATE_UPDATE, day, days, DC_REFERENCE, degree, delayed, denoting, density, determined, direction, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Pressure > Water Pressure, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Water Temperature, Earth Science > Oceans > Salinity/Density > Salinity, equals, error, estimate, file, firmware, FIRMWARE_VERSION, flag, float, FLOAT_SERIAL_NO, format, FORMAT_VERSION, gdac, geostrophic, global, handbook, HANDBOOK_VERSION, have, identifier, in-situ, instrument, investigator, its, its-90, JULD, JULD_LOCATION, JULD_QC, julian, latitude, level, longitude, missions, mode, name, number, ocean, oceanography, oceans, passed, performed, PI_NAME, PLATFORM_NUMBER, PLATFORM_TYPE, position, POSITION_QC, positioning, POSITIONING_SYSTEM, practical, pres, PRES_ADJUSTED, PRES_ADJUSTED_ERROR, PRES_ADJUSTED_QC, PRES_QC, pressure, principal, process, processing, profile, PROFILE_PRES_QC, PROFILE_PSAL_QC, PROFILE_TEMP_QC, profiles, project, PROJECT_NAME, psal, PSAL_ADJUSTED, PSAL_ADJUSTED_ERROR, PSAL_ADJUSTED_QC, PSAL_QC, quality, rdac, real, real time, real-time, realtime, reference, REFERENCE_DATE_TIME, regional, relative, salinity, sampling, scale, scheme, sea, sea level, sea-level, sea_water_practical_salinity, sea_water_pressure, sea_water_temperature, seawater, serial, situ, station, statistics, system, TEMP, TEMP_ADJUSTED, TEMP_ADJUSTED_ERROR, TEMP_ADJUSTED_QC, TEMP_QC, temperature, through, time, type, unique, update, values, version, vertical, VERTICAL_SAMPLING_SCHEME, water, WMO_INST_TYPE";
    String keywords_vocabulary "GCMD Science Keywords";
    String license "These data were produced by NOAA and are not subject to copyright protection in the United States. NOAA waives any potential copyright and related rights in these data worldwide through the Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (CC0-1.0).";
    Float64 Northernmost_Northing 61.092;
    String source "Argo float";
    String sourceUrl "(local files)";
    Float64 Southernmost_Northing -77.585;
    String standard_name_vocabulary "CF Standard Name Table v29";
    String subsetVariables "platform_number, project_name, pi_name, platform_type, float_serial_no, cycle_number, data_type, format_version, handbook_version, reference_date_time, date_creation, date_update, direction, data_center, dc_reference, data_state_indicator, data_mode, firmware_version, wmo_inst_type, time, time_qc, time_location, latitude, longitude, position_qc, positioning_system, profile_pres_qc, profile_temp_qc, profile_psal_qc, vertical_sampling_scheme";
    String summary 
"Argo float vertical profiles from Coriolis Global Data Assembly Centres
(GDAC). Argo is an international collaboration that collects high-quality
temperature and salinity profiles from the upper 2000m of the ice-free
global ocean and currents from intermediate depths. The data come from
battery-powered autonomous floats that spend most of their life drifting
at depth where they are stabilised by being neutrally buoyant at the
\"parking depth\" pressure by having a density equal to the ambient pressure
and a compressibility that is less than that of sea water. At present there
are several models of profiling float used in Argo. All work in a similar
fashion but differ somewhat in their design characteristics. At typically
10-day intervals, the floats pump fluid into an external bladder and rise
to the surface over about 6 hours while measuring temperature and salinity.
Satellites or GPS determine the position of the floats when they surface,
and the floats transmit their data to the satellites. The bladder then
deflates and the float returns to its original density and sinks to drift
until the cycle is repeated. Floats are designed to make about 150 such
cycles.
Data Management URL: http://www.argodatamgt.org/Documentation";
    String time_coverage_end "2016-03-07T20:10:00Z";
    String time_coverage_start "2014-01-01T00:00:31Z";
    String title "Argo Float Vertical Profiles";
    String user_manual_version "3.1";
    Float64 Westernmost_Easting -179.997;
  }
}

Using tabledap to Request Data and Graphs from Tabular Datasets

tabledap lets you request a data subset, a graph, or a map from a tabular dataset (for example, buoy data), via a specially formed URL. tabledap uses the OPeNDAP (external link)

Data Access Protocol (DAP) (external link)

and its selection constraints (external link)

The URL specifies what you want: the dataset, a description of the graph or the subset of the data, and the file type for the response.

(easy) You can get data by using the dataset's Data Access Form or Subset form. They make the URL for you.
(easy) You can make a graph or map by using the dataset's Make A Graph form. It makes the URL for you.
(not hard) You can bypass the forms and get the data or make a graph or map by generating the URL by hand or with a computer program or script.

Tabledap request URLs must be in the form
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/datasetID.fileType{?query}
For example,
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/pmelTaoDySst.htmlTable?longitude,latitude,time,station,wmo_platform_code,T_25&time>=2015-05-23T12:00:00Z&time<=2015-05-31T12:00:00Z
Thus, the query is often a comma-separated list of desired variable names, followed by a collection of constraints (e.g., variable<value), each preceded by '&' (which is interpreted as "AND").

For details, see the tabledap Documentation.