Hurricane Data

Aircraft Radar

Data Formats

Dropsonde Data

Reanalysis Project

Models & Visualization Products

Argo Data

Argo is a long-term ocean observation program that measures temperature and salinity in the upper 2,000m of the ocean providing 100,000 T/S profiles and reference velocity measurements per year. This broad-scale global array of profiling floats has already grown to be a major component of the ocean observing system. It has changed the way scientists think about collecting data and has prompted other discussions about international collaboration in the scientific community. This kind of data is crucial for weather forecasts and it provides information related to climate and biology of the ocean. The Argo community has a web portal to access project information. Visit it by going to the portal below.

Mooring Data

PIRATA Northeast Extension

The PIRATA Northeast Extension (PNE) project is a joint AOML and PMEL effort to expand the PIRATA array of tropical Atlantic ATLAS moorings into the northern and northeastern sectors of the Tropical Atlantic Ocean. Links below provide more information on PIRATA, the climate significance of the Tropical North Atlantic, PNE cruises, and related projects such as AMMA, TACE and AEROSE.

Western Boundary Time Series

This project consists of two components to monitor the western boundary currents in the subtropical Atlantic: the Florida Current transport measurements using a submarine telephone cable plus calibration cruises and the Deep Western Boundary Current transport and property measurements using dedicated research ship time and moorings.

South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

Several projects, which include analysis of in-situ observations, satellite observations, and modelling efforts, are being carried out at PhOD to monitor and investigate the variability of the MOC in the South Atlantic. In addition, a series of international workshops were conducted to discuss how the present observation systems may contribute to estimate the meridional and inter-basin fluxes of mass, heat and salt; how the present array ought to be upgraded to better capture these fluxes and their variability; and how to transition from the initial array to a long-term sustained program.

State of the Ocean Observing System

Every year, the Office of Climate Observations (OCO) at OGP/NOAA publishes an Annual Report on the State of the Ocean and the Ocean Observing System for Climate. This Annual Report provides an overview of the ocean, its role in climate, and the connections between ocean observations and economic and societal impact, based on the observations collected and analysis performed as part of the NOAA Ocean Observing System.

AOML contributes to the OCO’s report through its varied data collection efforts, and as of 2005, through Quarterly Reports on certain key ocean state variables: Global Heat Storage, Global Surface Currents, and Atlantic Meridional Heat Transport. Visit the Portal below.

High Density XBT Transect Data

AOML studies the Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) in the north and south Atlantic. This research allows us to learn about the structure of the different currents and gyres that distribute the heat within the Atlantic Ocean, and how they change over time.

South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Data

Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Data

Omics Data

The Omics program at AOML works to promote coral resilience, develop and transfer emerging technologies, advance Omics for fisheries and microbiome applications, and foster the bioinformatics and infrastructure capabilities upon which all Omics research and operations rely. This work engages coral, fisheries, and microbiome experts across the agency and through international engagement. See published data below.

Click the buttons below each project to access the data. To access the code associated with our research projects, visit our Visit Github Account.

The Microbiome of Disease Resistant and Susceptible Acropora

In this study, we aimed to evaluate the microbiomes of corals that were tested for disease resilience and susceptibility in nursery-reared Caribbean Acropora spp. Diseased coral were grafted onto healthy fragments and diseased fragments may have harbored distinct pathogens. In 2017, three histological samples were examined that suggested that disease fragments were causing rapid tissue loss. To identify potential disease agents and identify bacteria associated with resilience we used 16S rRNA high-throughput sequencing to evaluate these data.