Open AccessProfiling floats fully deployed
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2007eo450002
Subject(s) - argo , longitude , software deployment , latitude , profiling (computer programming) , temperature salinity diagrams , environmental science , meteorology , geology , geographic coordinate system , geodesy , oceanography , remote sensing , salinity , computer science , geography , operating system
The Argo network of sensor‐bearing profiling floats, which allows scientists to observe the basic physical state of the world's oceans, reached its full deployment of 3000 units on 1 November, according to the Argo steering committee. With the full deployment of these floats—which measure ocean water temperature, salinity, and velocity—data from every ocean region are available with an average coverage of one sensor per 3 degrees of latitude and longitude. The floats drift on ocean currents for 10 days, descend to up to 2000 meters in depth, and return to the surface to beam results to passing satellites.