New video about Argo aimed at young minds

Exploring By The Seat of Your Pants features Annie Wong in it’s latest video entitled ‘Deep Sea Robotic Ocean Exploration with Annie Wong’.  The video is aimed at 8 – 13 year old young minds and accompanies the Frontiers Young Mind’s article.  Please enjoy and share it with the young minds you know.

What’s new with Argo data?

Are you an Argo data user?  If so, browse through these slides (pdf or pptx version) to learn all about the Argo data set in 2022 and 2023. We share how many profiles have been measured, how fast the data is getting delivered onto the GTS as well as information about newly available tools to access Argo data. We also … Read More

New to deploying floats?

Check out the new float deployment best practices webpage for resources and best practices for deploying Argo floats.

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

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.