1. Enter values in the text fields below:

North:
West:	Reset	East:
South:

Select an area from the map below.

(a) Use click and drag to position the map.
(b) Use the zoom control (upper left) or scroll wheel to re-size the map.
(c) Select area of interest, hold the SHIFT key down plus click and drag (also known as rubber-banding the area).
(d) Release both and the coordinates for the area selected will appear in the text fields above.
or,
2. Select one of the radio buttons below to select an ocean basin
Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Indian Ocean
Note: Default (Use ocean boundaries defined in the above map box or text fields.)

Select begin and end dates using the pull-down lists, or enter dates in the text areas.
The range of acceptable dates is from January 1, 1990 to present.
Examples of acceptable text date formats include:
    'February 20, 2002'   '20 Feb 2002'   '02/20/2002'   '2002 02 20'   '20020220'
If you wish to use the pull-down lists, leave the text areas blank. If there is a text entry, it will be used in preference to the pull-down list selection.

In addition to the date range (above), you may also specify a range of days to define a season; for example,
if you want to retrieve only winter data, you might select December 15 through March 14, or January 1 through March 31.
As with the date range, you may enter the begin and end dates for the season as text (month and day),
which will be used instead of the pull-down selection if it is filled in.
To make no season selection, leave the default entry (Jan 01 to Dec 31).

ALL (Include all instruments and sources) BOT (Bottle Station Data) CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth) MBT (Mechanical Bathy Thermograph) XBT (Expendable Bathy Thermograph) BA (GTS BATHY Message Data: Real-Time XBT) TE (GTS TESAC Message Data: Real-Time CTD, Floats, Buoys) PROFILING FLOATS - ARGO PROFILING FLOATS - PRE-ARGO FIXED BUOYS - GOMOOS FIXED BUOYS - PIRATA FIXED BUOYS - TOGA-TAO FIXED BUOYS - TRITON FIXED BUOYS - OTHER
Check here to specifically EXCLUDE all Argo data

Enter either an optional 4-character PLAT Code or up to 8-character Call Sign
Leave one or both blank; Do not enter a value for both.

   PLAT CODE:    or  CALL SIGN: 

NOTE: The maximum number of stations that can be retrieved in one selection is 100,000. If the criteria specified would retrieve more, only the station count will be returned. You may retrieve larger numbers of stations by making several smaller selections.
Warning: The time required to complete your search will depend on the complexity of the selection criteria as well as the size of the data you requested.