NOAA & partners plan to launch a large fleet of new Argo floats across Atlantic ocean to collect data supporting ocean, weather and climate research, and prediction: Research Data NOAAResearch WHOI FishOceansCAN PechesOceansCAN
“Coming at a moment when we need meaningful action to tackle the climate crisis, this low carbon emission research mission sets a strong example for future ocean observing research,” said NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad, Ph.D. “This voyage is a model of global public-private partnership that is helping us improve data that drive life-saving weather and climate forecasts.”
“Argo has revolutionized our ability to detect and monitor how the global ocean is changing as climate changes,” said Peter de Menocal, Ph.D., president and director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. “The whole ocean warming trends observed by Argo floats is proof positive that climate change is due to greenhouse gas emissions.
The French sailing vessel Iris arrived in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, after a three-week long journey across the Atlantic ocean where 17 Argo floats were deployed in support of ocean, weather and climate research and predictions. While in Woods Hole, the Blue Observer crew picked up the additional floats for the second leg of the voyage in the South Atlantic, towards the island of St. Helena, off the coast of Namibia.
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