Usage guide

This section guides you through OceanGraph's core functionality, from searching for Argo float data to visualizing and analyzing oceanographic observations.

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 T-S diagrams to identify water masses
• Apply clustering analysis to group similar profiles
• Calculate mixed layer depth across multiple profiles
• Detect subsurface oxygen maximum layers

Visual Lab

Use Visual Lab to browse, organize, and revisit your saved analysis results. This feature helps you manage multiple analyses and compare results across different time periods or geographic regions.

Analysis Lab

For advanced users, Analysis Lab provides a Python environment where you can write custom code to analyze Argo data. This allows you to perform specialized analyses beyond the built-in features.