ArgoFloats Index — ERDDAP Variable Metadata

One row per ERDDAP variable or variable attribute for the ArgoFloats profile index dataset. The source index describes profile file references and their date, latitude, longitude, ocean, profiler type, institution, and update timestamp fields. This published table contains 64 metadata rows for 9 variables; it documents the index schema rather than listing every Argo profile file.

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Schema

dataset_idstring
row_typestring
variable_namestring
attribute_namestring
data_typestring
valuestring
source_urlstring

Get this dataset on your machine

subsets sync --bundle medium clones the mid-size tiers as queryable local tables — use --bundle large for the widest tier

pip install subsetsio
subsets sync --bundle small # or medium, or large
subsets serve # search + SQL at http://localhost:8080

Free and open — the data syncs straight from the public bucket, and search + SQL run entirely on your machine. See docs →

Query it locally

Full docs →
Bash
subsets serve   # local API on http://localhost:8080
curl -s -X POST "http://localhost:8080/query" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"sql": "SELECT * FROM \"argo-program-argofloats-index\" LIMIT 5"}'

No account, no API key — the data syncs straight from bundles.subsets.io and every query runs on your machine. See the local API reference.