MARINE OBSERVATION SOURCE · S003
BGC-Argo
Discover marine observations available through BGC-Argo, including parameters, platforms, spatial and temporal coverage, metadata, and access methods.
- Operator
- Argo / BGC-Argo
- Role
- Observation archive + NRT network
- Platforms
- BGC profiling floats
- Observed variables
- Temperature; salinity; oxygen; nitrate; pH; chlorophyll fluorescence; backscatter; irradiance; other BGC parameters
- Spatial coverage
- Global, heterogeneous; strong Southern Ocean coverage
- Period
- ~2000s-present; parameter-dependent
- Depth coverage
- Surface to ~2000 m typical
- QC and data mode
- RT + delayed-mode QC; variable-specific adjusted values/errors
- Access method
- GDAC S-prof/b-prof index files or selection tools
- Indexed download targets
- 11
Canonical parameters
- Beam attenuation / transmissivity
beam_attenuation - CDOM fluorescence
cdom_fluorescence - Chlorophyll-a concentration
chlorophyll_a - Chlorophyll fluorescence
chlorophyll_fluorescence - Dissolved oxygen concentration
dissolved_oxygen - Downwelling irradiance
downwelling_irradiance - Nitrate
nitrate - Photosynthetically available radiation (PAR)
par - Particulate backscattering coefficient
particulate_backscatter - pH
ph - Turbidity
turbidity
Discovery and access
For app discovery, ingest S-prof and bio-profile index files because they explicitly list which BGC parameters exist.