BGC-Argo session at Ocean Sciences 2022

There will be a BGC-Argo session (OB07) at Ocean Sciences 2022. Click here for more details. Submission deadline is extended to 11:59pm EDT on 29 September 2021.

Register now for the BGC-Argo and 3rd Deep-Argo Workshop

The registration for the virtual BGC-Argo & 3rd Deep-Argo Workshop during the week 27 September – 1 October 2021 is open:  register here. The agenda for this meeting and other additional information can be found here: BGC-Deep-Argo-Workshop Please be aware that the deadline for registration is 20th September 2021. Please note that all sessions are from 13:00 to 16:00 UTC. Zoom … Read More

Call for abstracts for 2nd Ocean Observers Workshop

The 2nd Ocean Observers workshop, an online event focusing on educational activities linked with in situ ocean observations, will be organized on November 29th, 30th and December 1st, 2021. The Ocean Observers is an international educational network of marine scientists and communicators, teachers, and other stakeholders who are willing to share marine science educational resources and experiences for exploring the … Read More

Fresh salinity anomalies found in Argo float 5906299

RBR has analyzed the salinity from Argo APEX float 5906299 equipped with an RBRargo3 CTD and has found a clear and sudden fresh salinity anomaly after about 30 cycles.  It was determined that the float spent an abnormally long amount of time at the surface on several occasions, often preceding a clear salinity anomaly event.  It is hypothesized that the … Read More

New Argo data selection tool available

EuroArgo has released their new data selection tool.  This interactive site allows users to choose parameters, times, regions of interest, data quality and Argo Mission type (core, BGC, Deep).  After making your selection, the data will be prepared and sent to you in csv, Argo netCDF or Copernicus netCDF.  Data from individual floats can also be viewed on the site … Read More

ADMT-22 scheduled for 6 – 10 December, 2021

The ADMT-22 meeting will take place the week of 6 – 10 December 2021 and is currently planning to be a hybrid meeting with in-person attendance in Miami, FL, USA with virtual sessions.  A final decision on whether to stay with a hybrid meeting or move to virtual only will occur in early September. There will be targeted three hour … Read More

New leaflet about the environmental impacts of Argo floats

This leaflet, created by the EuroArgo team, takes the Environmental Impact Statement crafted by S. Riser and S. Wijffels and uses graphics and simple wording to assess the impact of Argo floats by weighing the risk in relation to other human activities. There is a pdf version to be printed and folded, projected onto a screen or printed as a … Read More

Argo “Salty drift” Salinity Data Issue Notice 2021

Starting in 2015, an increased number of Sea-Bird conductivity cells used on Argo floats have drifted salty (https://argo.ucsd.edu/data/data-faq/#sbepsal).   The fraction of “salty drifters” has been correlated with particular CTD batches, with some percentages being greater than 50% by the end of their second year after deployment.  Sea-Bird Scientific has implemented a manufacturing change at the end of 2018, and … Read More