NOAA Near-Real-Time Profiling Float and Glider Positions

OpenL0Raw sensor dataOcean buoys

Locations in the NOAA OSMC profiling-floats-and-gliders classifications, including their generic class. Source platform labels are retained; this is not a complete Argo inventory or an inferred subsurface trajectory. The viewer retrieves a rolling 24-hour window; indexed observations persist.

Profiling floats and gliders

Access

Open data, retrieved directly from the source under its licence.

Access endpoints

https
https://osmc.noaa.gov/erddap/info/OSMC_flattened/index.html
Official schema, platform classifications, coordinate units and public data terms.
https
https://osmc.noaa.gov/erddap/tabledap/OSMC_flattened.html
Fixed platform-type filter; latest 24 hours; actual reported positions. Catalog inclusion date does not denote archive inception. No complete coverage or continuous tracking claim.

Licence

U.S. Government Public Domain

No restrictions on use; citation requested.

open: trueattribution: falsecommercial use: true

NOAA NDBC Buoy and Coastal Station Observations Argo Profiling Floats Copernicus Marine In Situ Observations Sofar Ocean Spotter Network NOAA Coastal Water Levels and Currents NOAA Near-Real-Time Drifting Buoy Positions

Machine view

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NOAA Near-Real-Time Profiling Float and Glider Positions

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