Accession Number:

ADA516181

Title:

The Argo Project: Global Ocean Observations for Understanding and Prediction of Climate Variability

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

CALIFORNIA UNIV REGENTS LA JOLLA CA SCRIPPS INST OF OCEANOGRAPHY

Personal Author(s):

• Roemmich, Dean H.
• Davis, Russ E.
• Riser, Stephen C.
• Owens, W. B.
• Molinari, Robert L.
• Garzoli, Silvia L.
• Johnson, Gregory C.

Report Date:

2002-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

The U.S. component of the international Argo Project httpwww.argo.ucsd.edu is implemented through this award. The present report covers Year 1 of the 5-year project, plus cumulative progress from previous awards Phases 1 and 2 for pilot float arrays and data system development. By 2006, Argo will deploy a global array of 3000 profiling CTD floats Argo Science Team, 1998, Roemmich and Owens, 2000, Roemmich et al, 2002, and establish a data system to meet the needs of both operational and scientific users. The Argo array will provide unprecedented real-time views of the evolving physical state of the ocean. It will reveal the physical processes that balance the large-scale heat and freshwater budgets of the ocean and will provide a crucial dataset for initialization and assimilation in seasonal-to-decadal forecast models. Argo is a major initiative in oceanography, with research and operational objectives, providing a global dataset for climate science and other applications.

Descriptors:

• *OCEANOGRAPHY
• PREDICTIONS
• PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
• FRESH WATER
• BUDGETS
• OCEANS
• HEAT
• ASSIMILATION
• INFORMATION SYSTEMS
• CLIMATE

Subject Categories:

• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE