Open AccessArgo Network reaches half‐way mark
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2004
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/eo085i049p00522-04
Subject(s) - argo , float (project management) , sink (geography) , meteorology , temperature salinity diagrams , environmental science , relay , salinity , oceanography , climatology , geology , geography , engineering , marine engineering , cartography , physics , power (physics) , quantum mechanics
Researchers with the international Argo program announced on 30 November that 1,500 ocean‐traveling float instruments, one‐half of the target number, are now in operation. Argo floats are programmed to sink far below the ocean surface and drift for up to 4 years. Every 10 days the instruments surface to relay temperature, salinity, and current information to satellites.