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Float Data

Floats, sometimes referred to as ocean profiling floats, are designed to drift at a fixed pressure and depth. This is a Google Maps presentation of oceanographic data stored in the Global Temperture and Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) database in the vicinity of the BP Deepwater oil spill.

Click any data point to get detailed information about that point.