ARGO

Argo is an international project and a major component of the oceans observing system. Approximately 3000 profiling floats will be deployed around the world. Once at sea, the float sinks to a preprogrammed target depth of 2000 meters for a preprogrammed period of time. It then floats to the surface, taking temperature and salinity values during its ascent at set depths. At the surface, the float drifts along for a day or two and transmits the data to a satellite run by Service Argos which then determines the position of the float. Service Argos sends the data to various data centers such as ISDM.

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• General Information

	Canadian Tracked Argo Data Describes the Argo programme in Canada and provides data and information about Canadian floats.
	Canadian Products Displays or links to products derived from Argo data and generated by Canadian researchers.
	Global Information Basic data management information about the Argo program.
	Argo Information Centre The official site for information about the Argo program.
	The latest publication on the Argo Program

• Other sites cooperating in Argo:
  • Argo Science Team
  • U.S. GODAE Argo Server
  • IFREMER Argo Server