argopy.DataFetcher.to_index

argopy.DataFetcher.to_index

DataFetcher.to_index(full: bool = False)

Create an index of Argo data, fetch data if necessary

Build an Argo-like index of profiles from fetched data.

Parameters

full (bool) – Should extract a full index, as returned by an IndexFetcher or only a space/time index of fetched profiles (this is the default choice, i.e. full=False).

Returns

Argo-like index of fetched data

Return type

pandas.DataFrame