Check out the new float deployment best practices webpage for resources and best practices for deploying Argo floats.
OGS will host ADMT-25 in Trieste, Italy
Thank you to OGS for offering to host the ADMT-25 meeting in Trieste, Italy. The dates have been set for 21 – 25 October 2024.
Status of Argo float deployments
The Argo array is in net decline due to fewer float deployments since 2016 caused by flat budgets and inflation. The current array number stands at roughly 3,600 floats, which is down from 4,000 floats in the array as of January 2020. The figure below shows how well Argo float deployments in the last 12 months are meeting the worldwide … Read More
Notice of Argo data flow interruption
There will be an interruption in telecommunications service starting around 18 October 2023 that will halt real-time transmissions from as many as 813 of the 2000+ operational US Argo floats. This interruption amounts to as much as 21% of the global Argo array going temporarily offline. Many US Argo float providing activities will also have to be curtailed or halted … Read More
SBS issues notice for some CDOM fluorometers
Sea-Bird Scientific issued a notification that some CDOM fluorometers have been reported to measure biased values. The bias has been traced back to three distinct root causes: Incorrect primary CDOM standard In situ bias Out-of-tolerance UV LED For more information, please see their notification.
Argo robots are free roaming ocean adventurers
Frontiers for Young Minds just published a fun article explaining Argo to the kid in all of us. Thanks to Blair Greenan, Annie Wong, Tammy Morris, Emily Smith and Marine Bollard for helping people of all ages understand how Argo floats work, what they can tell us and why that matters. Click here to read the article.
Argo Technicians Community of Practice meeting announcement
The University of Washington will host the Argo Technician’s Community of Practice meeting 9 – 13 September 2024. Check back here for more information.
Submit an abstract for the 8th WMO Workshop
The 8th WMO Workshop on the Impact of Various Observing Systems on Numerical Weather Prediction and Earth System Prediction will be hosted by the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), at their headquarters in Norrköping, Sweden, from 27 to 30 May 2024. The workshop will be held in a hybrid mode, thus also enabling online participation. We are happy to announce that we have just started to … Read More
Save the date! AST-25 will be 18 – 22 March, 2024
The National Oceanography Centre in Southampton is hosting the 25th Argo Steering Team meeting which will be the week of 18 – 22 March 2024.