Usage Guide
This section guides you through OceanGraph’s core functionality, from searching for Argo float data to visualizing and analyzing oceanographic observations.
Open OceanGraph to follow these workflows with real Argo data.
OceanGraph provides three main workflows:
Basic Features
Start by searching for Argo float profiles using geographic bounds, date ranges, and data quality filters. Once you’ve found profiles of interest, you can:
- View float trajectories and bookmark profiles for later analysis
- Generate time-series vertical sections showing how temperature, salinity, and other parameters evolve
- Create θ-S diagrams to identify water masses
- Apply clustering analysis to group similar profiles
- View derived map overlays for mixed layer depth, subsurface oxygen maximum, and profile-level mode water detections
Some analysis and export features in this section require signing in, including θ-S diagrams, clustering, MLD, SOM, mode water map overlays, profile downloads, saved searches, bookmarks, and screenshots.
Visual Lab
Use Visual Lab to browse precomputed views of large-scale ocean patterns. The current Visual Lab pages are Ocean Basins and Mode Waters, both available to signed-in users from the app menu.
Analysis Lab
Analysis Lab provides tools for working with your own Argo-format profile data. The current Vertical Profiles tool lets signed-in desktop users upload JSON files, compare profile plots, add a note for exported files, and download charts.