Argo

Access URI: https://www.incois.gov.in/argo/argo.jsp

Brief Description (Abstract):

Argo is an international project to collect information on the temperature and salinity of the upper part of the world's oceans. Argo uses robotic floats that spend most of their life drifting below the ocean surface. They make temperature and salinity measurements when they come up to the surface and after transmitting their data to satellites, they return to depth to drift for 10 days. The drifting depth and the cycle period can be programmed apriority based on individual requirements. By 2007, proposed array of 3000 floats producing 100,000 temperature/salinity profiles per year are deployed in the Global Ocean. In Indian ocean there is plan to deploy 450 float by various participating countries out of which India committed to deploy 150 floats.

Status: Ongoing

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Keyword(s): Earth Science-Oceans-Ocean Temperature-Water Temperature, Earth Science-Oceans-Salinity/Density-Salinity,

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Topic Category(s): Oceans,

Date(s): 2015-11-20 (Publication),

Resource Contact(s):
1. Name : Dr. M. Ravichandran
    Position : Head, Modelling and Ocean Observations Group
    Role : PrincipalInvestigator
    Phone : +91-40-23895004
    E-Mail : ravi [ at ] incois.gov.in
    Organization Name : Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)
    Address : Ocean Valley, Pragathi Nagar (BO), Nizampet (SO)
    City : Hyderabad
    State : Telangana
    Postal Code : 500090
    Country : IND

Distributor Contact(s):
1. Name : E. Pattabhi Rama Rao
    Position : Group Director, Ocean Observations, Modeling and Data Assimilation (OMDA) Group
    Role : Distributor
    Phone : 04023886008
    E-Mail : pattabhi [ at ] incois.gov.in
    Organization Name : Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)
    Address : Ocean Valley, Pragathi Nagar (BO), Nizampet (SO)
    City : Hyderabad
    State : Telangana
    Postal Code : 500090
    Country : IND

Metadata Contact(s):
1. Name : E. Pattabhi Rama Rao
    Position : Group Director, Ocean Observations, Modeling and Data Assimilation (OMDA) Group
    Role : PointOfContact
    Phone : 04023886008
    E-Mail : pattabhi [ at ] incois.gov.in
    Organization Name : Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS)
    Address : Ocean Valley, Pragathi Nagar (BO), Nizampet (SO)
    City : Hyderabad
    State : Telangana
    Postal Code : 500090
    Country : IND

Extent:
Start Date : 2000-01-01
End Date   : Till date