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

4D-BGC Webinar on 26th March

There is an upcoming 4D-BGC webinar on Wednesday, March 26th, at 4pm CET / 3pm GMT. Cara Nissen from the University of Amsterdam will present: A new synthetic float dataset to assess uncertainties in (BGC) Argo-based analyses. The registration link for the upcoming webinar is below: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/105bFzzASo6qQkrJWoMWFA You can view and subscribe to the 4D-BGC webinar calendar here: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/2?cid=c2Nvci53Zy4xNjhAZ21haWwuY29t 4D-BGC seminars are … Read More

Bibliographies updated

The Argo bibliographies have been updated! The OneArgo bibliography now includes a total of 6778 publications. The BGC Argo bibliography added 84 in 2024 and the Deep Argo bibliography added 10. As always, if your citation is missing, please email argo@ucsd.edu.  

25 years of Argo observations!

NOAA recently celebrated 25 years of Argo observations with an article entitled, ‘Argo, the ‘crown jewel’ of ocean observing systems, turns 25′ and featured four scientists in this piece.