Argo profiling floats global network

Argo is a global array of 3800 free-drifting profiling floats that measures the temperature and salinity of the upper 2000 m of the ocean

Additional Info

Field Value
Country/Region Coverage
Data Accessibility Yes - without restrictions
Data Policy GEOSS Data Core
GEO Affiliation Participating Organisation
GEO Data Management Principles Label Discoverable - http://geolabel.info/Discoverable.htm, Accessible - http://geolabel.info/DataAccess.htm, Standard encoding using - http://www.geolabel.info/Encoding.htm, Well documented metadata- http://geolabel.info/Metadata.htm, Traceable - http://geolabel.info/Provenance.htm, Quality documented - http://geolabel.info/Quality.htm, Preserved - http://geolabel.info/Preservation.htm, Periodically verified - http://geolabel.info/Verified.htm, Reviewed and refreshed - http://geolabel.info/Processing.htm, Tagged with permanent ID - http://geolabel.info/Identifier.htm
Geographical Coverage Global
Institution Web Site URL http://www.argodatamgt.org/
Official Contact Point Email Belbeoch Mathieu (JCOMMOPS) <belbeoch@jcommops.org>
Official Contact Point Name Matthieu Belbeoch
Other Initiatives
Registration Date 2017-11-24
Relevant SBA Water Resources Management - http://earthobservations.org/area.php?a=wrm
Relevant SDG Goal 13: Climate Action
Service Endpoint http://www.argodatamgt.org/
Technical Contact Point Email Thierry.Carval@ifremer.fr
Technical Contact Point Name Thierry Carval
Type of Knowledge Body Document (including web pages)
Type of Resources Data (including imagery), Knowledge body