This ftp location is designated to facilitate sharing of Argo-related files between the US
Argo Data Assembly Center at NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
and the Principal Investigators from US based Argo partner institutions.

If you would like to access Argo Data for research purposes, please use one of the
Global Data Assembly Centers for Argo - direct links to the data they host are:

http://www.usgodae.org/ftp/outgoing/argo/ and ftp://www.usgodae.org/pub/outgoing/argo/  for GODAE

ftp://ftp.ifremer.fr/ifremer/argo/ for IFREMER

To learn more about the International Argo project please go here:
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http://www.argo.net/        - web site with links to Argo partners and organizational web pages
http://www.argo.ucsd.edu/   - Argo project information, including getting started, FAQ, publications, ...
http://www.argodatamgt.org/ - Argo data management, including user manuals, ...

Information about the US Argo Data Assembly Center can be found here:
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http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/argo/index.php

Our contact information can be found here: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/argo/contact.php

Description of contents:
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  ARGOQC            - Float specific html files and figures for determining data quality.

  nc                - Directories set up to provide Principal Investigators easy access to
                      real-time NetCDF files of their floats.

  docu              - Manuals on various instrument types of floats.

  pi_info           - Location that contains lists with float WMOIDs for every Principal Investigator from US based Argo partner institutions.

  hex, prv,         - Directories set up to provide data in raw format to the Principal Investigators
  prv_cdrom,          for the purpose of data tracking and decoding
  prv_equivalent
               
  phy,qc,qcall      - Directories that had been used initially to exchange intermediate files
                      with Principal Investigators

  section_products  - Directories with preliminary zonal section data and maps generated using
                      real-time Argo data. No scientific quality control has been applied.

  temporary         - Temporary location to share data with Principal Investigators.