SOCIB Argo profiling floats data and metadata

The Argo observing network is
composed of profiling floats which collect information from the ocean surface to
subsurface. These floats collect vertical profiles of ocean temperature and salinity,
and some also measure biogeochemical ocean properties. These data provide information
about the 4-dimensional ocean, helping to understand the oceans’ role in the Earth's
climate system and to improve future climate change estimates. As part of the Euro-Argo
ERIC (European Research Infrastructure Consortium), SOCIB has contributed to the program
in the Western Mediterranean Sea since 2011. Each year, SOCIB deploys three floats to
maintain a set of five floats, distributed across the sea with an average spacing of 2
degrees. This ensures continuous observation capability. This dataset compiles SOCIB's
contribution to Euro-Argo ERIC since January 2011.