Global Argo Data Repository

We have made the Argo data viewable through Google Earth™* via the Keyhole Markup Language (KML)*. Argo KML files are distributed as KMZ files, which are zipped KML files with a .kmz extension.

To view the Argo data in Google Earth™, you have to obtain the Google Earth™ software and instructions from the Google Earth™ site at http://earth.google.com*. Users who are not familiar with Google Earth™ should visit the Google Earth™ Help Center * for more information on using Google Earth™.

1. Ocean profile data (approximate 7.2 MB) and/or
2. Argo float surface trajectory data (approximate 2.9 MB)

then open those files using the Google Earth™ software.

The monthly archives of the ocean profile and surface trajectory data collected by Argo floats are available via HTTP or FTP:

• http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/argo/data/kmz/
• ftp://ftp.nodc.noaa.gov/pub/data.nodc/argo/data/kmz/

In addition, we have prepared a much smaller .kmz file known as argoGE.kmz ( approximate 2.8KB) . The "argoGE.kmz" contains network links to the above latest and monthly archives of the Argo .kmz files and is updated on a monthly basis.