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MedArgo or Argo Activities in the Mediterranean Sea

MedArgo or Argo Activities in the Mediterranean Sea. P.-M. Poulain Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS) Trieste, Italy. MedArgo. Outline Argo, EuroArgo and MedArgo Status of MedArgo as of March 2008 MedArgo future plans. Argo, EuroArgo & MedArgo

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MedArgo or Argo Activities in the Mediterranean Sea

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  1. MedArgoor Argo Activities in the Mediterranean Sea P.-M. Poulain Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale(OGS) Trieste, Italy AST-9, Exeter, UK 18-20 Mar '08

  2. MedArgo Outline • Argo, EuroArgo and MedArgo • Status of MedArgo as of March 2008 • MedArgo future plans AST-9, Exeter, UK 18-20 Mar '08

  3. Argo, EuroArgo & MedArgo The International Argo Project Argo Status AST-9, Exeter, UK 18-20 Mar '08

  4. Argo, EuroArgo & MedArgo The International Argo Project http://www.argo.ucsd.edu AST-9, Exeter, UK 18-20 Mar '08

  5. Argo, EuroArgo & MedArgo EuroArgo Research Infrastructure included in the 2006 ESFRI (European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures) Roadmap Development & consolidation of the European contribution to the global Argo network (fleet of 800 European floats, 250 deployments per year). For instance, Italian sustained contribution of 30 floats per year! AST-9, Exeter, UK 18-20 Mar '08

  6. Argo, EuroArgo & MedArgo EuroArgo Preparatory Phase • FP7 (Jan 2008 – June 2010, 15 partners) • Agreement for the long-term (>10 years) operation of EuroArgo, including: • Governance • Financial • Pan-European Organization • Technical Issues • Improve data systems, technical developments (telemetry and additional sensors), impact/demonstration exercises, capacity building in new EU and non-EU countries. http://www.ifremer.fr/euro-argo/index.html AST-9, Exeter, UK 18-20 Mar '08

  7. Argo, EuroArgo & MedArgo MedArgo Mediterranean & Black Sea Argo Center • Component of the North Atlantic Argo Regional Center • Coordination of float deployments in Med and BS • Production and distribution of Med/BS Argo products and services • Delayed Mode Operator • Delayed-mode processing specific to Med/BS Argo data • Part of MOON (Mediterranean Operational Oceanography Network) AST-9, Exeter, UK 18-20 Mar '08

  8. Argo, EuroArgo & MedArgo MedArgo Web Site http://poseidon.ogs.trieste.it/sire/medargo AST-9, Exeter, UK 18-20 Mar '08

  9. Argo, EuroArgo & MedArgo MedArgo Maps http://poseidon.ogs.trieste.it/sire/medargo AST-9, Exeter, UK 18-20 Mar '08

  10. Argo, EuroArgo & MedArgo MedArgo Float Deployments From Ships of Opportunity AST-9, Exeter, UK 18-20 Mar '08

  11. Argo, EuroArgo & MedArgo MedArgo Sampling Cycle Characteristics 5% 11% Sea-Bird CTD 5,10,…,100,110,…,700,750,…,2000 dbar 37% AST-9, Exeter, UK 18-20 Mar '08

  12. MedArgo Status “Oldest” MedArgo Float Last Fix APEX-SBE WMO 6900282 ARGOS 50764 Deploy 15-Aug-2004 10:46 Last Fix 12-Mar-2008 11:05 Filetime 3 years 7 months Number of cycles 257 Deploy Float speed at 350 db AST-9, Exeter, UK 18-20 Mar '08

  13. MedArgo Status MedArgo Network: All floats 27 MFSTEP + 1 SPAIN + 19 FRANCE + 29 NAVO + 4 US/GREECE = 80 Floats 20 floats still active on 17/03/2008 60 non-active floats (including 12 stranded units, out of which 6 were recovered) AST-9, Exeter, UK 18-20 Mar '08

  14. MedArgo Status MedArgo Network: Active floats 5 MFSTEP + 12 FRANCE + 1 US/GREECE + 2 NAVO = 20 active floats on 17/03/08 AST-9, Exeter, UK 18-20 Mar '08

  15. MedArgo Status MedArgo Network: Histograms MFSTEP NAVO FRANCE Provor Apex AST-9, Exeter, UK 18-20 Mar '08

  16. MedArgo Status MedArgo Network: Deployments Mediterranean Deployments per year 2000 : 3 (NAVO) = 3 2001 : 4 (NAVO) = 4 2002 : 9 (NAVO) = 9 2003 : 4 (MFSTEP) + 9 (NAVO) = 13 2004 : 15 (MFSTEP) + 3 (NAVO) = 18 2005 : 3 (France) + 1 (Spain) + 7 (MFSTEP) + 1 (NAVO) + 2 (US/GR) = 14 2006 : 7 (France) + 1 (MFSTEP) + 2 (US/GR) = 10 2007 : 4 (France) = 4 2008 : 5 (France) = 5 (+3 in June/July) TOTAL: 80 FLOATS …… more than 6000 CTD profiles AST-9, Exeter, UK 18-20 Mar '08

  17. MedArgo Status MedArgo Network: Black Sea • 7 US/TURKEY = 7 floats • 4 units still active on 17/03/08 AST-9, Exeter, UK 18-20 Mar '08

  18. MedArgo Future Plans Contributions to Argo in Med and BS from individual countries for operational or scientific purposes (encouraged by EuroArgo PP) Improved organization, NRT data processing, NRT data dessimination & archival in databases via MedArgo and CORIOLIS Limited EU support (GMES) via EuroArgo to buy floats in order to maintain minimum fleet in Med (30 floats?) and BS (5 floats?) Limited support in EuroArgo PP for tests of Argos3 and Iridium telemetry with 4 floats in the Med and/or BS. Plans to equip all new BS floats with oxygen sensors, … AST-9, Exeter, UK 18-20 Mar '08

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