by Roemmich, Dean, Alford, Matthew H., Claustre, Herve, Johnson, Kenneth, King, Brian, Moum, James, Oke, Peter, Owens, W. Brechner, Pouliquen, Sylvie, Purkey, Sarah, Scanderbeg, Megan, Suga, Toshio, Wijffels, Susan, Zilberman, Nathalie, Bakker, Dorothee, Baringer, Molly, Belbeoch, Mathieu, Bittig, Henry C., Boss, Emmanuel, Calil, Paulo, Carse, Fiona, Carval, Thierry, Chai, Fei, Conchubhair, Diarmuid O., d’Ortenzio, Fabrizio, Dall’Olmo, Giorgio, Desbruyeres, Damien, Fennel, Katja, Fer, Ilker, Ferrari, Raffaele, Forget, Gael, Freeland, Howard, Fujiki, Tetsuichi, Gehlen, Marion, Greenan, Blair, Hallberg, Robert, Hibiya, Toshiyuki, Hosoda, Shigeki, Jayne, Steven, Jochum, Markus, Johnson, Gregory C., Kang, KiRyong, Kolodziejczyk, Nicolas, Kortzinger, Arne, Traon, Pierre-Yves Le, Lenn, Yueng-Djern, Maze, Guillaume, Mork, Kjell Arne, Morris, Tamaryn, Nagai, Takeyoshi, Nash, Jonathan, Garabato, Alberto Naveira, Olsen, Are, Pattabhi, Rama Rao, Prakash, Satya, Riser, Stephen, Schmechtig, Catherine, Schmid, Claudia, Shroyer, Emily, Sterl, Andreas, Sutton, Philip, Talley, Lynne, Tanhua, Toste, Thierry, Virginie, Thomalla, Sandy, Toole, John, Troisi, Ariel, Trull, Thomas W., Turton, Jon, Velez-Belchi, Pedro Joaquin, Walczowski, Waldemar, Wang, Haili, Wanninkhof, Rik, Waterhouse, Amy F., Waterman, Stephanie, Watson, Andrew, Wilson, Cara, Wong, Annie P. S., Xu, Jianping and Yasuda, Ichiro
Abstract:
The Argo Program has been implemented and sustained for almost two decades, as a global array of about 4000 profiling floats. Argo provides continuous observations of ocean temperature and salinity versus pressure, from the sea surface to 2000 dbar. The successful installation of the Argo array and its innovative data management system arose opportunistically from the combination of great scientific need and technological innovation. Through the data system, Argo provides fundamental physical observations with broad societally-valuable applications, built on the cost-efficient and robust technologies of autonomous profiling floats. Following recent advances in platform and sensor technologies, even greater opportunity exists now than 20 years ago to (i) improve Argo’s global coverage and value beyond the original design, (ii) extend Argo to span the full ocean depth, (iii) add biogeochemical sensors for improved understanding of oceanic cycles of carbon, nutrients, and ecosystems, and (iv) consider experimental sensors that might be included in the future, for example to document the spatial and temporal patterns of ocean mixing. For Core Argo and each of these enhancements, the past, present, and future progression along a path from experimental deployments to regional pilot arrays to global implementation is described. The objective is to create a fully global, top-to-bottom, dynamically complete, and multidisciplinary Argo Program that will integrate seamlessly with satellite and with other in situ elements of the Global Ocean Observing System (Legler et al., 2015). The integrated system will deliver operational reanalysis and forecasting capability, and assessment of the state and variability of the climate system with respect to physical, biogeochemical, and ecosystems parameters. It will enable basic research of unprecedented breadth and magnitude, and a wealth of ocean-education and outreach opportunities.
Reference:
On the Future of Argo: A Global, Full-Depth, Multi-Disciplinary Array (Roemmich, Dean, Alford, Matthew H., Claustre, Herve, Johnson, Kenneth, King, Brian, Moum, James, Oke, Peter, Owens, W. Brechner, Pouliquen, Sylvie, Purkey, Sarah, Scanderbeg, Megan, Suga, Toshio, Wijffels, Susan, Zilberman, Nathalie, Bakker, Dorothee, Baringer, Molly, Belbeoch, Mathieu, Bittig, Henry C., Boss, Emmanuel, Calil, Paulo, Carse, Fiona, Carval, Thierry, Chai, Fei, Conchubhair, Diarmuid O., d’Ortenzio, Fabrizio, Dall’Olmo, Giorgio, Desbruyeres, Damien, Fennel, Katja, Fer, Ilker, Ferrari, Raffaele, Forget, Gael, Freeland, Howard, Fujiki, Tetsuichi, Gehlen, Marion, Greenan, Blair, Hallberg, Robert, Hibiya, Toshiyuki, Hosoda, Shigeki, Jayne, Steven, Jochum, Markus, Johnson, Gregory C., Kang, KiRyong, Kolodziejczyk, Nicolas, Kortzinger, Arne, Traon, Pierre-Yves Le, Lenn, Yueng-Djern, Maze, Guillaume, Mork, Kjell Arne, Morris, Tamaryn, Nagai, Takeyoshi, Nash, Jonathan, Garabato, Alberto Naveira, Olsen, Are, Pattabhi, Rama Rao, Prakash, Satya, Riser, Stephen, Schmechtig, Catherine, Schmid, Claudia, Shroyer, Emily, Sterl, Andreas, Sutton, Philip, Talley, Lynne, Tanhua, Toste, Thierry, Virginie, Thomalla, Sandy, Toole, John, Troisi, Ariel, Trull, Thomas W., Turton, Jon, Velez-Belchi, Pedro Joaquin, Walczowski, Waldemar, Wang, Haili, Wanninkhof, Rik, Waterhouse, Amy F., Waterman, Stephanie, Watson, Andrew, Wilson, Cara, Wong, Annie P. S., Xu, Jianping and Yasuda, Ichiro), In Frontiers in Marine Science, volume 6, 2019.
Bibtex Entry:
@Article{Argo,
AUTHOR={Roemmich, Dean and Alford, Matthew H. and Claustre, Herve and Johnson, Kenneth and King, Brian and Moum, James and Oke, Peter and Owens, W. Brechner and Pouliquen, Sylvie and Purkey, Sarah and Scanderbeg, Megan and Suga, Toshio and Wijffels, Susan and Zilberman, Nathalie and Bakker, Dorothee and Baringer, Molly and Belbeoch, Mathieu and Bittig, Henry C. and Boss, Emmanuel and Calil, Paulo and Carse, Fiona and Carval, Thierry and Chai, Fei and Conchubhair, Diarmuid O. and d’Ortenzio, Fabrizio and Dall’Olmo, Giorgio and Desbruyeres, Damien and Fennel, Katja and Fer, Ilker and Ferrari, Raffaele and Forget, Gael and Freeland, Howard and Fujiki, Tetsuichi and Gehlen, Marion and Greenan, Blair and Hallberg, Robert and Hibiya, Toshiyuki and Hosoda, Shigeki and Jayne, Steven and Jochum, Markus and Johnson, Gregory C. and Kang, KiRyong and Kolodziejczyk, Nicolas and Kortzinger, Arne and Traon, Pierre-Yves Le and Lenn, Yueng-Djern and Maze, Guillaume and Mork, Kjell Arne and Morris, Tamaryn and Nagai, Takeyoshi and Nash, Jonathan and Garabato, Alberto Naveira and Olsen, Are and Pattabhi, Rama Rao and Prakash, Satya and Riser, Stephen and Schmechtig, Catherine and Schmid, Claudia and Shroyer, Emily and Sterl, Andreas and Sutton, Philip and Talley, Lynne and Tanhua, Toste and Thierry, Virginie and Thomalla, Sandy and Toole, John and Troisi, Ariel and Trull, Thomas W. and Turton, Jon and Velez-Belchi, Pedro Joaquin and Walczowski, Waldemar and Wang, Haili and Wanninkhof, Rik and Waterhouse, Amy F. and Waterman, Stephanie and Watson, Andrew and Wilson, Cara and Wong, Annie P. S. and Xu, Jianping and Yasuda, Ichiro},
TITLE={On the Future of Argo: A Global, Full-Depth, Multi-Disciplinary Array},
JOURNAL={Frontiers in Marine Science},
VOLUME={6},
PAGES={439},
YEAR={2019},
URL={https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2019.00439},
DOI={10.3389/fmars.2019.00439},
ISSN={2296-7745},
ABSTRACT={The Argo Program has been implemented and sustained for almost two decades, as a global array of about 4000 profiling floats. Argo provides continuous observations of ocean temperature and salinity versus pressure, from the sea surface to 2000 dbar. The successful installation of the Argo array and its innovative data management system arose opportunistically from the combination of great scientific need and technological innovation. Through the data system, Argo provides fundamental physical observations with broad societally-valuable applications, built on the cost-efficient and robust technologies of autonomous profiling floats. Following recent advances in platform and sensor technologies, even greater opportunity exists now than 20 years ago to (i) improve Argo’s global coverage and value beyond the original design, (ii) extend Argo to span the full ocean depth, (iii) add biogeochemical sensors for improved understanding of oceanic cycles of carbon, nutrients, and ecosystems, and (iv) consider experimental sensors that might be included in the future, for example to document the spatial and temporal patterns of ocean mixing. For Core Argo and each of these enhancements, the past, present, and future progression along a path from experimental deployments to regional pilot arrays to global implementation is described. The objective is to create a fully global, top-to-bottom, dynamically complete, and multidisciplinary Argo Program that will integrate seamlessly with satellite and with other in situ elements of the Global Ocean Observing System (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B81">Legler et al., 2015</xref>). The integrated system will deliver operational reanalysis and forecasting capability, and assessment of the state and variability of the climate system with respect to physical, biogeochemical, and ecosystems parameters. It will enable basic research of unprecedented breadth and magnitude, and a wealth of ocean-education and outreach opportunities.}
}