MARINE OBSERVATION SOURCE · S022
OceanOPS platform metadata
Discover marine observations available through OceanOPS platform metadata, including parameters, platforms, spatial and temporal coverage, metadata, and access methods.
- Operator
- IOC/WMO OceanOPS
- Role
- Metadata registry
- Platforms
- Argo floats; drifters; moorings; ships; gliders and other GOOS platforms
- Observed variables
- Metadata rather than measurement values
- Spatial coverage
- Global GOOS observing networks
- Period
- Historical + current platform metadata; registry spans long periods
- Depth coverage
- Deployment/end/last-location metadata; sensor types may imply vertical capability
- QC and data mode
- Metadata QC/registry curation
- Access method
- Use OSMC ERDDAP `OceanOPS_platform_metadata` / `oceanops_passport`, or OceanOPS REST API
- Indexed download targets
- 1
Canonical parameters
- No verified canonical parameter mapping is currently indexed.
Discovery and access
Critical metadata enrichment source: join observations to platform type/model/program/sensors.