AST-27 registration is open

The meeting website for the AST-27 meeting is live and it includes the registration link. Please look at the website for information about the meeting location, hotel accommodations, travel and food sugggestions. If you need a visa invitation letter, please email argo@ucsd.edu. Please register for the meeting by 30 March 2026.    

RBR update on salinity

In 2024, RBR issued a service bulletin for the correction of the salinity. Thanks to Cecile Cabanes, RBR realized that it was not affecting the salinity with dynamic correction channel, just the salinity without dynamic correction onboard. A revision of the previously field service bulletin states clearly it does not affect the salinity with dynamic correction channel.

Register now for BGC DMQC workshop

Registration is open for the BGC DMQC workshop in Villefranche the 26 – 30th of January, 2026. Register via this link before 1 December 2025.

Dates set for AST-27

AST-27 will be 20 – 24, April 2026. Thank you to South Africa for hosting!  More information will be posted soon.

Latest DataBytes is here

The latest issue of the OneArgo DataBytes newsletter is available here. The topics include: Deep Argo is dominant source of deep ocean profiles Confidence in Deep Argo data quality calls for changes to Deep Argo QC flags Deep Argo Implementation goes global All newsletters are listed here.

Framework document is available

The ‘Framework for adding new sensors and mission parameters in Argo’ document is available here and will be incorporated into the Argo website shortly. https://doi.org/10.13155/108751

Argo in the Arctic

Oceangraphic Magazine features an Argo float deployment in the Arctic:  https://oceanographicmagazine.com/features/ocean-robots-in-the-arctic-studies-in-northeast-greenland/