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 |<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/euroargodev/argopy/master/docs/_static/argopy_logo_long.png" alt="argopy logo" width="200"/><br>``argopy`` is a python library dedicated to Argo data access, visualisation and manipulation for regular users as well as Argo experts and operators|
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 ### Documentation