Category: Argo Floats
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20 years of Argo: a significant contribution to global ocean observing through IMOS
For more than two decades, autonomous Argo floats have been transforming our ability to observe the ocean beneath its surface. Drifting through the upper ocean, Argo floats repeatedly profile from the surface to around 2,000 metres, measuring temperature, salinity and pressure before returning their observations by satellite. Biogeochemical Argo floats measure properties such as oxygen,…
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Decoding the ocean’s hidden language
IMOS and National Science Week 2025 As we celebrate National Science Week 2025 and this year’s theme, “Decoding the Universe – Exploring the unknown with nature’s hidden language,” we dive beneath the waves to explore how IMOS is helping scientists unlock the mysteries of Australia’s oceans. From the coast to the deep sea, two of…
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Diving further into the ocean with Deep Argo Floats
IMOS is expanding our Argo Floats Facility to include Deep Argo Floats to better understand the deep ocean to inform climate and weather.
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The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) State of the Global Climate report confirms climate change indicators reached record levels in 2023.
The WMO released the new report last week ahead of World Meteorological Day.
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Deep-sea diving Biogeochemical Argo Float recovered from Southern Ocean
In a first for CSIRO’s research vessel (RV) Investigator, a state-of-the-art robotic float has been recovered from the Southern Ocean after its three-year mission sampling deep waters about 500 kilometres south of Tasmania.
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IMOS data supports RV Investigator voyage observing EAC eddies
Scientists aboard the current CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator voyage are taking a close look at the structure of East Australian Current (EAC) eddies.