The ARGO Project

Key collaborators: SANAP and UCT Argo is part of the integrated global observation strategy. It consists of a global array of 3,000 free-drifting profiling floats that measure the temperature and salinity of the upper 2 km of the ocean (http://www.argo.ucsd.edu/). The floats ascend approximately every 10 days collecting profiles which are then transmitted via satellite to data centres. The floats are designed to be deployed from voluntary observing ships, at a minimum cost.