Tag: oceanography
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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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20 years of animal-borne ocean observing by the IMOS Animal Tagging Facility
For two decades, the IMOS Animal Tagging Facility has equipped seals and sea turtles with ocean sensors to collect temperature, salinity and depth data from the Southern Ocean to the tropics. With more than 1,100 tagged animals generating over 440,000 ocean profiles filling major gaps in remote ocean observation. These animal-borne sensors improve our understanding…