Accessing Argo profile data in Argovis via API

The Argovis database contains Argo profiles with good quality data, times and locations as well as gridded data and weather events. The examples in this gallery currently focus on the Argo profile data and metadata. As a reminder, there are profiles with missing locations (likely under-ice profiles) which will be returned when data from the entire float is requested via the API. To learn more about which API calls are available and to see sample scripts, visit the Swagger page or the GitHub repository page.

Visualization of global metadata from Argovis

Density of profiles in 1° by 1° bins

How many profiles are real time, adjusted and delayed mode by age?

Positioning system used to determine profile position vs. time

Number of profiles from each Data Assembly Center (DAC) vs. time

Argo float types vs. time

Having trouble using an Argovis API?

There is a hard limit of 16mb that can be downloaded at a time, so if no data are returned for a region and time selection, please try reducing the size of the download. This can be done by reducing the region or the time period and then looping over several regions or time periods.

If that is not the issue, try looking through the API related FAQs or contact us with your questions. We are happy to help.