RBR data may be distributed with improved quality control flags

Data from rbrargo3 CTDs calibrated after April 2021 will now be distributed with improved qc flags.  TEMP, PRES and PSAL may all receive a qc flag of ‘1’ if they pass the real time quality control tests.  The data can be distributed on the GTS. Data from rbrargo3 CTDs calibrated prior to April 2021 will continue to receive PSAL_QC flags … Read More

Russ Davis: 1941 – 2022

Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UC San Diego remember Russ Davis and his scientific and engineering accomplishments. There will be a memorial service at Scripps in 2023. Members of the research community are invited to add tributes to Russ Davis. Please submit them to scrippsnews@ucsd.edu.

Register now for the 7th Argo Science Workshop

Registrations for the 7th Argo Science Workshop are now open, until September 4th, 2022. The 3-day workshop will take place at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) in Brussels, Belgium, on October 11th-13th, 2022. It is organised as a hybrid event, with in-person and virtual attendance options. Please find more information on the workshop objectives and a draft programme … Read More

Argo thesis list updated

Students continue using Argo data in their dissertations.  There are now 435 thesis citations!

Argo receives the ‘Excellence in partnering’ award

In 2003, the National Oceanographic Partnership Program gave Argo their ‘Excellence in partnering‘ award.  Here is their description of Argo and why it won the award: “Argo is a global array of 3,000 free-drifting profiling floats that measures the temperature and salinity of the upper 2000 m of the ocean. This allows, for the first time, continuous monitoring of the … Read More

Argo wins IEEE Corporate Innovation Award

Argo was awarded the IEEE Corporate Innovation Award in the spring of 2022.  The award was “For innovation in large-scale autonomous observations in oceanography with global impacts in marine and climate science and technology.”  The Argo Program would like to thank both IEEE for this award and all the many, many people who have contributed to Argo over the years … Read More

Remembering Russ Davis

We are saddened to announce the passing of Russ Davis on June 9, 2022. He was 81 years old and a retired professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography where he was a distinguished research oceanographer.  Among his accomplishments was the development of both the SOLO float which was one of the original Argo floats and Spray gliders at the Instrument … Read More

Argo receives IEEE Corporate Innovation Award

Watch the award ceremony clip of Susan Wijffels and Megan Scanderbeg accepting the IEEE Corporate Innovation Award on behalf of Argo. Pictures of the event and award to be posted soon! Thank you to IEEE for this recognition.