AOML Biogeochemical Argo Floats
Operational Tracking and Visualization
See the locations of the six Biogeochemical-Argo (BGC-Argo) floats owned and operated by NOAA AOML currently in the Caribbean and Gulf region in the maps below. Four floats are set for deployment in May 2026 in the Gulf. Click the WMO numbers listed on the right side of the map to access information about individual floats.
Caribbean
Gulf region
Float Data
Argo Float WMO # 4903622
(data from https://data-argo.ifremer.fr/dac/aoml/4903622/)
Metadata:
WMO #: 4903622
PI: Emily Osborne and Molly Baringer
DAC: AOML
DAC #: 8958
Instrument: APEX
Deployed: 2021-10
Deployment location: Gulf of America
Deployment Partner: R/V Ronald H. Brown
Argo Float WMO # 7901009
(data from https://data-argo.ifremer.fr/dac/aoml/79010009/)
Metadata:
WMO #: 7901009
PI: Emily Osborne and Molly Baringer
DAC: AOML
DAC #: 6000
Instrument: NAVIS
Deployed: 2021-10
Deployment location: Gulf of America
Deployment Partner: R/V Ronald H. Brown
Argo Float WMO # 2904010
(data from https://data-argo.ifremer.fr/dac/aoml/2904010/)
Metadata:
WMO #: 2904010
PI: Jennifer McWhorter and Candice Hall
DAC: AOML
DAC #: 10397
Instrument: APEX
Deployed: 2025-05
Deployment location: Gulf of America
Deployment Partner: SEAMAP Fisheries Cruise
Argo Float WMO # 2904011
(data from https://data-argo.ifremer.fr/dac/aoml/2904011/)
Metadata:
WMO #: 2904011
PI: Jennifer McWhorter and Candice Hall
DAC: AOML
DAC #: 10398
Instrument: APEX
Deployed: 2025-05
Deployment location: Gulf of America
Deployment Partner: SEAMAP Fisheries Cruise
Argo Float WMO # 6999992
(data from https://data-argo.ifremer.fr/dac/aoml/6999992/)
Metadata:
WMO #: 6999992
PI: Jennifer McWhorter and Candice Hall
DAC: AOML
DAC #: 10399
Instrument: NAVIS
Deployed: 2025-06
Deployment location: Caribbean
Deployment Partner: CariCOOS
Argo Float WMO # 4903904
(data from https://data-argo.ifremer.fr/dac/aoml/4903904/)
Metadata:
WMO #: 4903904
PI: Jennifer McWhorter and Candice Hall
DAC: AOML
DAC #: 10400
Instrument: NAVIS
Deployed: 2025-6
Deployment location: Caribbean
Deployment Partner: CariCOOS
