Argo: The Challenge of Continuing 10 Years of Progress

Argo: The Challenge of Continuing 10 Years of Progress

In only 10 years, the Argo Program has grown from an idea into a functioning global observing system for the subsurface ocean. More than 3000 Argo floats now cover the world’s ocean. With these instruments operating on 10-day cycles, the array provides 9000 temperature/salinity/depth profiles every...

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Main Authors: Brian King, Birgit Klein, Pierre-Yves Le Traon, Kjell Arne Mork, W. Brechner Owens, Dean Roemmich, Mark Ignaszewski, Fiona Grant, W. John Gould, Sylvia Garzoli, Howard Freeland, Mathieu Belbéoch, Stephen Riser, Muthalagu Ravichandran, Pedro J. Vélez-Belchí, Toshio Suga, Andreas Sterl, Virginie Thierry, Sylvie Pouliquen, Jianping Xu, Susan Wijffels, Moon-Sik Suk, Philip Sutton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Oceanography Society 2009-09-01
Series:Oceanography
Subjects:
GODAE
Argo
global ocean observing system
ocean data assimilation
Online Access:http://tos.org/oceanography/issues/issue_archive/issue_pdfs/22_3/22-3_roemmich.pdf

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