Argo Synthetic BGC Profiles — ERDDAP Variable Metadata

One row per ERDDAP variable or variable attribute for the Argo synthetic biogeochemical profile dataset. The metadata documents 196 variables and 874 rows covering biogeochemical and physical ocean profile fields such as backscatter, chlorophyll, nitrate, pH, dissolved oxygen, irradiance, salinity, temperature, pressure, position, time, and profile-level quality-control variables. This is schema and attribute metadata for the BGC profile product, not the full profile measurements.

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Argo Program

Source: Argo Program · connector code

Schema

dataset_idstring
row_typestring
variable_namestring
attribute_namestring
data_typestring
valuestring
source_urlstring

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

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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-synthetic-bgc\" LIMIT 5"}'

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