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Launching the Argo Armada An array of profiling floats to observe the global oceans ….in real time. A presentation to the Joint Technical Commission on Oceanography and Marine Meteorology June 25, 2001 by Stan Wilson, NOAA, . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Launching the Argo Armada
An array of profiling floats to observe the global oceans
….in real time
A presentation to the Joint Technical Commission on Oceanography and Marine Meteorology
June 25, 2001 by Stan Wilson, NOAA, <stan.wilson@noaa.gov>
We are entering a new era in ocean observations.
• 1870 - 1970 The Century of Undersampling
• 1970 - 2000 Transition to Large Programs
-- MODE, NORPAX, WOCE, TOGA…
-- Satellites as an observational tool
-- Modeling as an observational complement
-- Recognition of El Niño as a global issue
We are entering a new era in ocean observations.
• 1870 - 1970 The Century of Undersampling
• 1970 - 2000 Transition to Large Programs
• 2000 - Global & Operational Programs
-- WCRP/CLIVAR, GODAE, Argo….
-- GCOS, GOOS….
-- WMO/IOC JCOMM
-- Ocean.US
We have a capability to observe the sea surface--globally & ~synoptically.
We have a capability to observe the sea surface--globally & ~synoptically.
Courtesy of Rosanna Sumagaysay-Aouda, JPL
and NASA, NOAA, PO.DAAC, RSMAS
We have a capability to
observe the sea surface--
globally & ~synoptically.
We do not have a corresponding capability to observe beneath the surface of the ocean.
Ship tracks for ~20,000 WOCE Stations taken from 1990 to 1998.
We do not have a corresponding capability to observe beneath the surface of the ocean.
6,316 BATHY & TESAC reports collected
in real time during
December, 2000.
Argo will cover the global oceans with 3,000 profiling floats.
An Argo float can be thought of as an ‘oceanographic radiosonde’.
Courtesy of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Argo will supply the following properties globally, in real-time, and without restriction.
• Temperature and salinity profiles.
Argo will supply temperature & salinity profiles every 10 days.
Argo will supply the following properties globally, in real-time, and without restriction.
• Temperature and salinity profiles.
• Velocity estimates.
Argo will supply drift information, hence velocity estimates.
Float parking depth ~800m; tails are 50 days in length.
Courtesy of Howard Freeland.
While some floats may ground on shoaling topography, some skip over it.
Float parking depth ~1,000 m; sill depth in Tsugaru Strait ~140m.
Courtesy of Howard Freeland and Kuh Kim.
Argo will supply the following properties globally, in real-time, and without restriction.
• Temperature and salinity profiles.
• Velocity estimates.
• From these, the time-varying ocean circulation--at the broad scale, not mesoscale--can be determined.
• In effect, Argo will be a Real-Time Upper-Ocean WOCE.
Argo will have many applications.
• Improved seasonal/interannual forecasts.
We routinely observe the Tropical Pacific to
produce El Niño/La Niña-based forecasts
The El Niño/Southern Oscillation
The Pacific Decadal Oscillation
1947-1976
1977-1997
Courtesy of the National Geographic Magazine
Courtesy of the National Geographic Magazine
North Atlantic Oscillation(or the North Atlantic expression of the Arctic Oscillation)
Tropical Atlantic Variability
Courtesy of the
National Geographic Magazine
Correlation of dominant modes of variability
of SST and Precipitation in & around Australia
(Based on the analysis of a 40-year record)
Courtesy of Warren White, Scripps
Courtesy of Toshio Yamagata, U of Tokyo
Correlation between Rainfall and the Indian Ocean Dipole Index
Argo will have many applications.
• Improved seasonal/interannual forecasts.
• Understanding the influence of the oceans on hurricanes
Blue = 0 m/s, Orange = 12 m/s; Courtesy of Tim Liu, Hua Hu, and Wenqing Tang, JPL
Sea Surface Temperature (SST)
Courtesy of Frank Wentz and Chelle Gentemann, RSS
Argo will have many applications.
• Understanding climate change in the oceans.
• Improved seasonal/interannual forecasts.
• Understanding the influence of the oceans on hurricanes.
Warming of the World Ocean
Courtesy of: Sydney Levitus,
National Oceanographic
Data Center, NOAA
When can we achieve the 3,000-float array?
• Assuming 90% of the floats live four years (the other 10% fail early), it is necessary to provide floats at a sustained rate of 825 per year.
• Funding for Argo floats by year:
FY99 -- 55 FY00 -- 255 FY01 -- 535 FY02 -- 703 (proposed)
• We could achieve global coverage by the end of 2005.
International Commitments for Argo Floats.
Number of Argo Float Argo Float Argo Float Proposed Prop FloatFloats by Country Funded Equiv's Funded Equiv's Funded Equiv's over next Equiv's
FY99 FY99 FY00 FY00 FY01 FY01 3 years over 3 yrsAustralia 10 10 90Canada 10 42 90China 10 80Denmark 5 30European Commission 80France 8 70 65 200Germany 18 22 100 35India 6 150Japan 20 90 300New Zealand 2 10Republic of Korea 20 90Spain 24United Kingdom 13 50 5 150 40U.S.A. 55 132 51 150 40 825 60TOTALS 55 8 255 69 525 72 2109 165
TOTALS BY YEAR FY99 = 63 FY00 = 324 FY01 = 597 Ave/Yr = 758
What does Argo cost?
• Each float costs approximately $25 K over a 4-yr life (including hardware, deployment & data management)
• Cost per profile ~ $25K / (36 profiles/yr x 4 yrs) ~ $170 (similar XBT cost per profile ~ $100)
• Cost of the 3,000-float array ~ $20 M / year
WMO & IOC have endorsed/accepted Argo...
• As an important component of the operational observing system of GOOS and GCOS.
• As a major contribution to CLIVAR and other research programs.
• Assuming that the data and derived products from Argo floats are...
“freely available in real-time and delayed mode”
How will we co-ordinate deployments?
• Argo Information Centre established under JCOMM
• Mathieu Belbéoch hired as full-time Technical Coordinator to provide services for Argo, just as they are for DBCP & SOOP
• AIC to provide notification for, and assist with, float deployments
• http://argo-forum.jcommops.org
What are the Argo Implementation Planning Meetings?
• Pacific Ocean -- Tokyo, April 13-14, 2000
• Atlantic Ocean -- Paris, July 10-11, 2000
• Indian Ocean -- Hyderabad, July 26-27, 2001
Deployment plans for 2001 compared with EEZ coverage in the western Pacific.
Consensus Approach for Deployment in the Central & Western Pacific
The Float-Providing Countries will:
• Provide advance notice of plans for ships & aircraft coming into the collective EEZ of the Pacific Island Region for float deployment
• Provide assistance identifying and linking with operational forecast centers which will generate forecasts using Argo data.
The Pacific Island Nations will:
• Concur with plans for ships & aircraft coming into the collective EEZ of the Pacific Island Region for float deployment.
135 Argo floats are already in the water.
CA-46
US-16JP-19
JP-13
RoK-10
JP-4
PRC-10US/CORC-55US-78
RoK-10
US-12US-5
NZ-2
US-15
UK-15
IN-6 JP-10
AU-20
GE-10
US-50
CA-6
US-16 EU-15
FR-10
GE-10
US-10GE-7
EU-15
UK-13UK-5
DK-5
Funded Argo floats to be deployed in 2001.
Planned deployments in 2002.
CA-46,12
US-16JP-19,15
JP-13,50
RoK-10,10
JP-4,35
PRC-10,25
PRC-5
US-15
US/CORC-55US-78,65
RoK-10, 10
US-12US-5,5
NZ-2,3
US-15,15
UK-15
IN-6,25 JP-10,15
UK-25AU-20,10
US-40 GE-10
US-20
UK-10
FR-35
GE-10
US-50,30
FR-10
CA-6,8
US-16,20 EU-15,25
FR-10,20
GE-10,5
US-10GE-7
EU-15,20
UK-13UK-5
DK-5
GE-20
How will we deploy in remote areas?
Floats can be packaged for lowering
over the side of a vessel
while underway.
Courtesy of Steve Riser, U. of Washington.
Courtesy of Sylvie Pouliquen,
IFREMER
Floats can also be launched over the side
using a protective cover.
How will we deploy in remote areas?
Or they can simply be lowered into the water …weather permitting.
How will we deploy in remote areas?
Courtesy of Howard
Freeland, DFO
How will we deploy in remote areas?
Courtesy of Jon Turton, UK Met Office.
The “burial at sea” approach to float deployment while a ship is underway.
How will we deploy in remote areas?
Movie courtesy of Webb Research, Falmouth, Mass.
Floats have been certified for
deployment from C-130 aircraft.
What have we learned from WOCE floats?
Indian Ocean Trajectories from Non-Profiling
Floats
@ 1000-m depth
25-day steps
Jan 95 - Dec 98
Courtesy ofBreck Owens,
WHOI &Russ Davis,
SIO
What have we learned from WOCE floats?
Labrador SeaTrajectories from
Temperature-Profiling Floats
@ 600 & 1400 m
10-day steps
Jan 97 - Dec 98
Courtesy ofBreck Owens,
WHOI &Russ Davis,
SIO
What have we learned from WOCE floats?
Mixed Layer Depth
Deepest Blue 1,000 m or more
600 & 1400 m
10-day steps
Jan 97 - Dec 98
Courtesy ofBreck Owens,
WHOI &Russ Davis,
SIO
How we get the data back.
Real-time data via GTS within 24 hours
Scientific data via Internet within 3 months
Argo and Jason are two elements of a broader concept.
GODAE
Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment
Jason will be launched in mid-September from
Vandenberg AFB
In addition to existing systems, we will need complementary in-situ observations
from fixed Time-Series Observatories.
Courtesy of Uwe Send, IfM Kiel.
Where are we headed?
GODAE
The
Global
Ocean Data
Assimilation
Experiment
Images courtesy of Detleff Stammer, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography
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