Argo Science Team
Terms of Reference
GODAE and CLIVAR UOP have agreed to form an Argo Science Team with the following Terms of Reference:
i. Develop an Implementation Plan for a global network of profiling (temperature and salinity) floats, using the GODAE/UOP Prospectus and Workshop Report as representative of the CLIVAR and GODAE requirements.
ii. Provide scientific guidance to, and receive advice from, the Upper Ocean Panel of CLIVAR and the International GODAE Steering Team on the scientific and technical issues associated with the implementation of the profiling float contribution to the sustained (ocean) observing system of CLIVAR and the global ocean climate observing system of GODAE and GOOS/GCOS.
iii. Develop an international consortium, to undertake the implementation and maintenance of the global network, and provide advice to the consortium as necessary.
iv. Promote and evaluate observing system studies to guide the initial Argo sampling design and to guide the long-term development and evolution.
v. Provide advice and guidance technical innovations relevant to the float array.
vi. Liaise as appropriate with other groups associated with the (sustained) global ocean observing system, including the ship-of-opportunity program, the tropical atmosphere-ocean array, and remote sensing program such as Topex/Poseidon and Jason.
vii. Provide regular reports on progress to the GODAE and CLIVAR International Project Offices.
AST Members:
Name/Email |
Location |
Association |
| Mikhail Danchenkov danchenk@fastmail.vladivostok.ru |
Russia | Far Eastern Hydrometeorological Research Institute |
| Yves Desaubies Yves.Desaubies@ifremer.fr |
France | IFREMER |
| Jurgen Fischer jfischer@ifm-geomar.de |
Germany | IFM-GEOMAR (Leibniz Institute of Marine Science) |
| Howard Freeland freelandhj@dfo-mpo.gc.ca |
Canada | Institute of Ocean Sciences |
| Mark Ignaszewski Mark.Ignaszewski@fnmoc.navy.mil |
U.S.A. (Data Team co-chair) |
FNMOC |
| Kuh Kim kuhkim@ocean.snu.ac.kr |
Korea | Seoul National University |
| Brian King bak@soc.soton.ac.uk |
U.K. | Southampton Oceanography Centre |
| Pierre-Yves LeTraon letraon@cls.fr |
France | CLS Space Oceanography Division |
| Breck Owens bowens@whoi.edu |
U.S.A. | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| Gregorio Parrilla gregorio.parrilla@md.ieo.es |
Spain | Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia |
| Sylvie Pouliquen Sylvie.Pouliquen@ifremer.fr |
France (Data Team;co-chair) |
IFREMER |
| Kopillil Radhakrishnan radhakr_incois@vsnl.in |
India | Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Service |
| Steve Riser riser@ocean.washington.edu |
U.S.A. | University of Washington |
| Dean Roemmich droemmich@ucsd.edu |
U.S.A. (Chairman) |
Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
| Andreas Sterl sterl@knmi.nl |
Netherlands | KNMI |
| Philip Sutton p.sutton@niwa.cri.nz |
New Zealand | National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research |
| Kensuke Takeuchi takeuchk@jamstec.go.jp |
Japan | JAMSTEC |
| Susan Wijffels Susan.Wijffels@csiro.au |
Australia | CSIRO, Marine Research |
| Jianping Xu sioxu@zgb.com.cn |
China | Second Institute of Oceanography |