@article{fdi:010079784,
  title = {{A}rgo {D}ata 1999-2019 : two million temperature-salinity profiles and subsurface velocity observations from a global array of profiling floats},
  author = {{W}ong, {A}. {P}. {S}. and {W}ijffels, {S}. {E}. and {R}iser, {S}. {C}. and {P}ouliquen, {S}. and {H}osoda, {S}. and {R}oemmich, {D}. and {G}ilson, {J}. and {J}ohnson, {G}. {C}. and {M}artini, {K}. and {M}urphy, {D}. {J}. and {S}canderbeg, {M}. and {B}haskar, {T}vsu and {B}uck, {J}. {J}. {H}. and {M}erceur, {F}. and {C}arval, {T}. and {M}aze, {G}. and {C}abanes, {C}. and {A}ndre, {X}. and {P}offa, {N}. and {Y}ashayaev, {I}. and {B}arker, {P}. {M}. and {G}uinehut, {S}. and {B}elbeoch, {M}. and {I}gnaszewski, {M}. and {B}aringer, {M}. {O}. and {S}chmid, {C}. and {L}yman, {J}. {M}. and {M}c{T}aggart, {K}. {E}. and {P}urkey, {S}. {G}. and {Z}ilberman, {N}. and {A}lkire, {M}. {B}. and {S}wift, {D}. and {O}wens, {W}. {B}. and {J}ayne, {S}. {R}. and {H}ersh, {C}. and {R}obbins, {P}. and {W}est-{M}ack, {D}. and {B}ahr, {F}. and {Y}oshida, {S}. and {S}utton, {P}. {J}. {H}. and {C}ancouet, {R}. and {C}oatanoan, {C}. and {D}obbler, {D}. and {J}uan, {A}. {G}. and {G}ourrion, {J}. {M}. and {K}olodziejczyk, {N}. and {B}ernard, {V}. and {B}ourl{\`e}s, {B}ernard and {C}laustre, {H}. and {D}'{O}rtenzio, {F}. and {L}e {R}este, {S}. and {L}e {T}raon, {P}. {Y}. and {R}annou, {J}. {P}. and {S}aout-{G}rit, {C}. and {S}peich, {S}. and {T}hierry, {V}. and {V}erbrugge, {N}. and {A}ngel-{B}enavides, {I}. {M}. and {K}lein, {B}. and {N}otarstefano, {G}. and {P}oulain, {P}. {M}. and {V}elez-{B}elchi, {P}. and {S}uga, {T}. and {A}ndo, {K}. and {I}wasaska, {N}. and {K}obayashi, {T}. and {M}asuda, {S}. and {O}ka, {E}. and {S}ato, {K}. and {N}akamura, {T}. and {S}ato, {K}. and {T}akatsuki, {Y}. and {Y}oshida, {T}. and {C}owley, {R}. and {L}ovell, {J}. {L}. and {O}ke, {P}. {R}. and van {W}ijk, {E}. {M}. and {C}arse, {F}. and {D}onnelly, {M}. and {G}ould, {W}. {J}. and {G}owers, {K}. and {K}ing, {B}. {A}. and {L}och, {S}. {G}. and {M}owat, {M}. and {T}urton, {J}. and {R}ao, {E}. {P}. {R}. and {R}avichandran, {M}. and {F}reeland, {H}. {J}. and {G}aboury, {I}. and {G}ilbert, {D}. and {G}reenan, {B}. {J}. {W}. and {O}uellet, {M}. and {R}oss, {T}. and {T}ran, {A}. and {D}ong, {M}. {M}. and {L}iu, {Z}. {H}. and {X}u, {J}. {P}. and {K}ang, {K}. {R}. and {J}o, {H}. and {K}im, {S}. {D}. and {P}ark, {H}. {M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n the past two decades, the {A}rgo {P}rogram has collected, processed, and distributed over two million vertical profiles of temperature and salinity from the upper two kilometers of the global ocean. {A} similar number of subsurface velocity observations near 1,000 dbar have also been collected. {T}his paper recounts the history of the global {A}rgo {P}rogram, from its aspiration arising out of the {W}orld {O}cean {C}irculation {E}xperiment, to the development and implementation of its instrumentation and telecommunication systems, and the various technical problems encountered. {W}e describe the {A}rgo data system and its quality control procedures, and the gradual changes in the vertical resolution and spatial coverage of {A}rgo data from 1999 to 2019. {T}he accuracies of the float data have been assessed by comparison with high-quality shipboard measurements, and are concluded to be 0.002 degrees {C} for temperature, 2.4 dbar for pressure, and 0.01 {PSS}-78 for salinity, after delayed-mode adjustments. {F}inally, the challenges faced by the vision of an expanding {A}rgo {P}rogram beyond 2020 are discussed.},
  keywords = {global ocean ; pressure ; temperature ; salinity ; {A}rgo ; profiling ; floats ; {MONDE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{F}rontiers in {M}arine {S}cience},
  volume = {7},
  numero = {},
  pages = {700 [23 p.]},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.3389/fmars.2020.00700},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010079784},
}