The Australian Prime Minister, the Hon Julia Gillard, has been introduced to Argo during a January 16 briefing from Argo co-Chair, CSIRO’s Susan Wijffels, during a tour of CSIRO facilities by the Australian leader. Ms Gillard ventured to the Hobart waterfront home of CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research where she toured the CSIRO research vessel, Southern Surveyor, was briefed by … Read More
The Lady Amber completes its first long cruise to deploy floats
The Lady Amber’s first real cruise, chartered for Australian Argo via JCOMMOPS, was originally planned to deploy about 20 floats from Cape Town to Mauritius, then from Mauritius to Seychelles, then back to South of Mauritius to transect to Perth around 35°S. The transect to Seychelles was restricted for security reasons; the high risk piracy area starts at 10°N. Several float positions … Read More
Advice on pressure biases in the Argo data set
A part of the global Argo data are subject to biases in reported pressures. These biases are usually less than 5db, but occasionally can be larger (> 20db). These bias errors are being steadily removed by the reprocessing of historical Argo data. We expect that by the end of 2010 these errors will be removed from the global Argo data … Read More
Dean Roemmich elected as a 2010 AGU Fellow
The American Geophysical Union has elected Dean as a 2010 Fellow. Only one in each thousand members is elected to Fellowship each year. This means that Dean has made exceptional scientific contributions and was chosen by a committee of Fellows. Look for the announcement in Eos on 9 February 2010. Congratulations, Dean, this recognition is richly deserved.
Susan Wijffels wins the 2009 Priestley Medal of AMOS and M R Banks Medal
The Australian Meteorological & Oceanographic Society (www.amos.org.au) has informed Susan Wijffels that she has won the 2009 Priestley Medal of AMOS. This award is given to younger scientists for personal excellence in meteorological, oceanographic or climate research done mostly in Australia. The award is based largely on the quality of research publications and the initiation of significant new areas of … Read More
Notice 1: problem with SBE CTD pressure sensors on Argo floats, recommendation to stop float deployments and return CTDs to Sea-Bird for repair
Dear Argo colleagues, As many of you are aware, we have been working to understand the details of a problem with the Druck pressure sensors used in SBE-41 and SBE-41CP CTDs on Argo floats. The name given to the problem is “Druck micro-leaks” because in 3 instances, in the last two years, we have identified that oil from the sealed … Read More
Pacific Marine Data and Observations Training Workshop
Copy of an article from the PI-GOOS website Over the last decade the number of coastal and open ocean programs collecting marine environmental data in the Pacific has grown substantially. Uptake and use of the data being generated by these programs is relatively low amongst Pacific Island countries. A training workshop was therefore held in Nadi, Fiji, from 22-25 Sept … Read More