Float deployed in Gulf of Guinea

Alex Kinsella (WHOI) and James Brice (MIT/WHOI) deploy Argo float 3902687 from the GNS Aflao, assisted by Isabella Franco (SIO) and Sara Goheen (SIO). Deployment of two Argo floats in the Gulf of Guinea was made possible by the Ocean Margins Initiative research cruises organized by Professor Edem Mahu at University of Ghana in collaboration with the Ghana Navy, which … Read More

First Portuguese float deployed

The first Portuguese float was deployed by the Portuguese Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA). Click here to learn more!

Urgent call to strengthen Argo program

Ocean observations are key to monitoring the ocean and OneArgo needs sustained financial support to reach full implementation.  Read more from CNRS’ and Ifremer’s press release in anticipation of the third UN Ocean Conference and the recent publication of an article in Frontiers.

changes coming to GDACs on 30 June 2025

This post is to announce two changes that are coming to the Argo GDACs on 30 June 2025.  Please help us spread this news to other Argo data users. Removal of “ar_greylist.txt” Argo will be removing the aggregated list “ar_greylist.txt” from public access on the GDACs on 30 June 2025.  The aggregated grey list was created in the old TESAC era, … Read More

Argo brochure is published!

The latest Argo brochure has been published.  Thanks to the team led by Emanuela Rusciano that produced this new brochure. Here is a link to an electronic version of the brochure. Here is a link to a high resolution version for printing.

Argentina’s Servicio de Hidrografía Naval joins the global Argo team!

The  Servicio de Hidrografia Naval in Argentina deployed three Argo profiling floats from the ice-breaker Almirante Irizar near the Antarctic Shelf break in recent months.  Through a collaboration with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and supported by NOAA, the floats were deployed during resupply voyages to the Antarctic continent over the past Southern Hemisphere summer. Despite the cold and rough … Read More

Notice of upcoming changes at GDACs

This post is to announce two changes that are coming to the Argo GDACs on 30 June 2025.  Please help us spread this news to other Argo data users.   Removal of “ar_greylist.txt” Argo will be removing the aggregated list “ar_greylist.txt” from the GDACs on 30 June 2025.  The aggregated grey list was created in the old TESAC era, when … Read More