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ARGO
ARGO Float

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NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Overview

ARGO is a global network of free-drifting profiling floats that collect profile measurements of temperature, salinity, and other ocean parameters. ARGO floats are deployed from ships where they drift at a depth of 1 km. After about 10 days, the float descends to a depth of about 2 km before returning to the surface, collecting profile measurements as it ascends. These observations are relayed to satellites, then to receiving stations, before the float repeats its 10-day cycle. Currently, there are around 3,800 ARGO floats that collect about 13,000 data profiles each month.

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