Argo reaches its goal of 3000 active floats! During the month of October 2007, over 100 floats were deployed by various Argo scientists around the world to reach 3000 active Argo floats. Since we cannot tell exactly which float was the 3000th, float deployers were invited to submit photos of “Argo_3000” float candidates. Below are the winning Argo_3000 photos (starting … Read More
AMS awards the Sverdrup Gold Medal Award to Dean Roemmich
It was announced today (8 November 2007) by the American Meteorological Society (www.ametsoc.org) that the Sverdrup Gold Medal is awarded this year to Prof. Dean H. Roemmich. The citation reads “For major contributions to the measurement and understanding of the ocean’s role in climate, and for leading the development and implementation of the Argo profiling float array.” While we know … Read More
2nd Important notice to Argo users pressure offset errors
This is to provide an update to the earlier notice (see previous notice), with regard to progress in correcting pressure offset errors. Pressure offset errors in WHOI/FSI Argo float profiles include a subset (a) that can be corrected exactly using automated procedures and a subset (b) that requires expert examination to produce an approximate correction. Profiles in subset (a) have now … Read More
Important notice to Argo users about pressure offset errors
It has just been learned that Argo profiles from SOLO floats with FSI CTD (Argo Program WHOI) may have incorrect pressure values. Profile data may be offset upward by one or more pressure levels, resulting in a significant cold bias for these instruments. Problematic floats are mostly in the Atlantic Ocean (198 out of the 211 presently active FSI SOLO instruments). The … Read More