11 meeting of the International Argo Steering Team Scripps ...

– Part I) Argo network status (the floats…)
– Part II) Ocean state as seen by Argo (the products …)
And these will be regrouped in a package and presented via a tour.
Oceanographers will be encouraged to tell stories on floats, ocean, climate, etc in order to
“humanize” the Argo observing system and promote it as a pillar of the climate warning system.
TC then did a live demonstration of the layer.
Presentation with details on the layer:
(http://w3.jcommops.org/FTPRoot/Argo/Doc/Meetings/AST/11/AIC-AST11_Google.ppt)
Download the layer itself:
(http://www.jcommops.org/jcommops-kml/WebObjects/jcommopskml.woa/wa/initKml?prog=argo)
Megan Scanderbeg presented overlay images of temperature at the surface that have been
produced based on the gridded Argo product produced at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
The goal of these products is to be able to cover the globe with temperature, salinity, anomalies,
etc and let users drill down into the ocean and go both forwards and backwards in time to see
how the properties change. These global images will be available monthly and nicely
complement the individual, real time, data status seen in the balloons compiled by the ATC.
Action item 20: The AST strongly encourages continuing work on the development of
layers for Google Ocean to continue to make the Argo layer more efficient and user
friendly. AST members to provide feedback on the design and content of the balloons
created by the ATC for each float. Send comments directly to ATC.
Action item 21: AST members to provide feedback on which properties should be
overlaid onto the Google Earth globe. Send feedback to M. Scanderbeg on which
properties to include and any text that might be displayed with the images on Google
Earth.
7.5 Next Argonautics Newsletter
M. Scanderbeg presented ideas for the next Argonautics Newsletter which will likely be
published by the fall. The main focus will probably be on educational uses of Argo data as
EuroArgo has made strides in this department. M. Belbeoch has also worked on new layers for
Google Ocean that showcase Argo data and stories about different floats. Additional articles
might include information on new floats such as the SOLO-II and an update on the ARVOR.
There will possibly be an article describing the work M. Ollitrault has done on the trajectory files.
8 Argo outreach activities
Action item 22: M. Scanderbeg to add links to educational/training tools (e.g. work
done at the Gabon meeting, EuroArgo’s new education website, work done in Chile, etc)
to the AST website.
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