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Argo: Tracking the Pulse of the Global Oceans
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How do Argo floats work?Argo floats collect a temperature and salinity profile and a trajectory every 10 days, with data returned by satellite and made available within 24 hours via the GTS and internet (http://www.argo.net) .
Temperature Salinity
Map of float trajectory Temperature/Salinity relation
Cost of an Argo T,S profile is ~ $150 (all-inclusive).Cost of a WOCE T,S profile was ~$15,000
20 min on sea surface
1000 m
2000 m
9 days drifting
Collect T/S profile on ascent
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Data from a typical Argo float
Temperature is shown in the white contours.Salinity is shown in the colours.This is only the upper 500m of a surface - 2000m depth record.
The subsurface ocean is full of interesting variability!
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The Argo array in 2015: 3800 floats, 30 nations
Concept diagram: Argo was planned in 1998
2014 deployments
Yearly deployments – 863 in 2013
Left: from the 1998 Argo Design document: See http://www.argo.ucsd.edu/argo-design.pdf
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Argo’s view of the polar ocean
Canada’s Bedford Institution of Oceanography uses Argo to track conditions in the Labrador Sea
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Argo is used in climate forecasting:the 2015 El Nino
NOAA NCEP Climate Prediction Centre
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A warming hiatus? The subsurface view is very different
• near cancellation of surface variability by 400m• steadier warming below this – extending to 2000m
Roemmich, et al, NCC, 2015
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A warming hiatus? Argo sees it at the surface too.
Roemmich, et al, NCC, 2015
Argo NOAA/Reynolds
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Ocean warming has continued unabated over the Argo record
• integrated globally and to 2000m, the warming rate is very steady: 0.4-0.6W/m2
Argo allows detection of this small signal in only 8 years – this is remarkable and due to the uniform coverage and the high quality of the data
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Argo trajectories give unprecedented details of ocean circulation at 1000m
Ollitrault and Colin De Verdiere, 2014
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Summary
• Argo has revolutionised our ability to measure the pulse of the ocean
• Argo now provides a key dataset for global change studies, delivering >120,000 temperature/salinity profiles every year.
• The coming decade will see Argo extended into the deep ocean, marginal and coastal seas, and seasonal ice zones, and including new biogeochemical sensors
For more information or to access Argo Data go to:
www.argo.net
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The international Argo partnership:Argo is a key component of the Global Ocean Observing System.All Argo data are freely available: http://www.argo.net
The 90-foot N.Z. RV Kaharoa has deployed over 1200 floats in the remotest regions of the globe!
Deployment locations: RV Kaharoa
CSIRO
JAMSTEC
AWI
NIWA
NIWA
NOAA IFREMER
NOAA
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New Missions ?Deep Argo
Why?• Sparse repeat ship data show us that the ocean below Argo is warming
consistently, particularly in the Southern Hemisphere• This matters for sea level rise and the Earth’s energy budget• Ocean and climate forecasters also want data below 2000 m
Bottom Water warming from 1990’s to 2000’s Purkey and Johnson (2010)
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Deep ArgoReadiness?Deep floats are being developed and tested by several
groupsA new CTD sensor is under parallel development with
improved stability is needed for the smaller deep signalsField tests of handfuls of floats are underwayA regional pilot is being discussed
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New Missions?Bio-Argo
Why?• Understand the fundamental bio-geo-chemical cycling in the
oceans, and thus the foundation of biological productivity patterns
• To track any long term trends – there is already evidence of significant ocean oxygen changes
Subsurfacepartner of ocean colour satellite data
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Argo transformed global-scale oceanography into global oceanography.
20th Century: 500,000 T/S profiles > 1000 m
Argo: 1,000,000 T/S profiles milestone achieved in 2012.
5 years of August Argo T,S profiles (2008-2012).
All August T/S profiles (> 1000 m, 1951 - 2000).
The World Ocean Circulation Experiment was a global survey of 8,000 T/S profiles in 7 years (1991-1997).
Argo is a global survey of 10,000 T/S profiles every month.
Argo
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Bio-ArgoReadiness?• > 200 floats already carry oxygen – QC and sensor stability is still a work in
progress• nitrate, pH (acidity), and bio-optical sensors are being developed and
proposed on a subset of Argo floats (regional pilot)
Challenges • ongoing improvement in sensor stability • resourcing and development of data management protocols, especially for quality control.• Territorial sensitivities are high with many nations