FTP will be disallowed on the US GDAC / ARGO in the near future.
We don’t know an exact date. We don’t expect to be give an exact date either. It could be as early as December 2023. At that point ftp’s to usgodae.org (for gets) will cease to work.
Folks that have been using ftp to download data from the US GDAC / ARGO should transition to using wget or similar tool that works over https.
The wget over https is currently supported.
There is an uncertainty of whether the US GDAC / ARGO will support SFTP downloads. The safe bet is to transition to wget over https.
- ftp://usgodae.org/pub/outgoing/argo: will be stopped soon
- https://usgodae.org/pub/outgoing/argo: should replace the above ftp service
- ftp://ftp.ifremer.fr/ifremer/argo: will remain active