What is the Argo network?

What is the Argo network?#

%%HTML
<center>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OyrQ9ZIbZc-YjRXYaKmqer6baC09oWJu/preview" width="640" height="480" title="The Argo Data" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</center>

%%HTML
<center>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TdBc4tQumAzPuHKXC1yLdZkdDatNcB1e/preview" width="640" height="480" title="The Argo Data" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</center>

%%HTML
<center>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KTVaDgugqksmY14Pe6vV1Kgo_W2MvViZ/preview" width="640" height="480" title="The Argo Data" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</center>

The Argo Program is managed by teams of scientists and data experts who ensure that the program is run as efficiently and effectively as possible and that standards are maintained at the highest possible level. The total annual cost of Argo is estimated at $40million each year. The observations are used in a wide range of applications that focus on examining the relevant weather variability, from seasonal to decadal and multidecadal timescales, climate change, the improvement of models for the interactions between the ocean and the atmosphere and prediction systems. In addition, the Argo floats deliver quality-controlled data and products to researchers in the fields of climate and oceanography, and also to the operational communities, such as the Copernicus Marine Monitoring Service (CMEMS). Behind the Argo program, there is an array of management and coordination agencies of different types, whose existence has guaranteed the success of the program, from the initial stages to the present. More information about these will be provided in Lesson 2.