(Updated on May 23,2005)
This list is of paper in the refereed literature and is organized by year of publication.
For a more inclusive bibliography of recent neutrally buoyant float papers see www.woce.org - WOCE bibliography and search on “floats”

Centurioni, Luca, Gould, John 2004. Winter conditions in the Irminger Sea revealed by profiling floats. Journal of Marine Research, 62(3), 313-336.
Endoh, T., Mitsudera, H., Xie, S-P., Qiu, B., 2004. Thermohaline Structure in the Subarctic North Pacific Simulated in a General Circulation Model. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 34, 260-371.
Fischer, J., Schott, F.A., Dengler, M., 2004. Boundary Circulation at the exit of the Labrador Sea. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 34(7), 1548–1570
Gould, J., and the Argo Science Team, 2004. Argo Profiling Floats Bring New Era of In Situ Ocean Observations. EoS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 85,(19), 11 May 2004.
Guinehut, S., P-Y. Le Traon, G. Larnicol and S. Philipps S, 2004: Combining Argo and remote-sensing data to estimate the ocean three dimensional temperature fields - a first approach based on simulated observations. Journal of Marine Systems. 46(1-4),85-98
Hu, C.M., Montgomery, E.T., Schmitt R.W., et al. 2004: The dispersal of the Amazon and Orinoco River water in the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean Sea: Observation from space and S-PALACE floats Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 51(10-11): 1151-1171
Iwasaka N.,T. Okumura, E. Oka and K. Takeuchi, 2004: A simulation of Argo float distribution in the South Pacific. Report of Japan Marine Science and Technology Center , 49, 43-50.
Johnson GC , Stabeno PJ and Riser SC, 2004. The Bering Slope Current system revisited. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 34 (2): 384-398
McCulloch, M.E., Alves, J.O.S., and Bell, M.J., 2004: Modelling shallow mixed layers in the northeast Atlantic, JOURNAL of Marine Systems, 52(1-4): 107-119.
Molinari, R.L., 2004: Annual and decadal variability in the western subtropical North Atlantic: signal characteristics and sampling methodologies. Progress in Oceanography, 62,33-66.
Ohno, Y., Kobayashi, T., Iwasaka, N., Suga, T., 2004. The mixed layer depth in the North Pacific as detected by the Argo floats. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L11306, doi:10.1029/2004GL019576.
Ohshima, K.I., Simizu, D., Itoh, M., Mizuta, G., Fukamachi, Y., Riser S.C., Wakatsuchi, M., 2004. Sverdrup balance and the cyclonic gyre in the Sea of Okhotsk. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 34(2): 513-525.
Oka, E., Ando, K., 2004. Stability of temperature and conductivity sensors of Argo Profiling Floats. Journal of Oceanography, 60, 253-258.
Ohshima, K.I., D. Simizu, M. Itoh, G. Mizuta, Y. Fukamachi, S.C. Riser and M. Wakatsuchi, 2004: Sverdrup balance and the cyclonic gyre in the Sea of Okhotsk. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34 (2): 513-525.
Park, J.J., Kim, K., Crawford, W.R., 2004. Inertial currents estimated from surface trajectories of Argo floats, Geophysical Research Letters, 31,L13307, doi:10.1029/2004GL020191
Park, Y.-G., Oh, K.-H., Chang, K.-I., Suk, M.-S., 2004. Intermediate level circulation of the southwestern part of the East/Japan Sea estimated from autonomous isobaric profiling floats, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L13213, doi:10.1029/2004GL020424
Ravichandran M., Vinayachandran, P.N., Joseph, S., Radhakrishnan, K., 2004. Results from the first Argo float deployed by India. Current Science, 86(5), 651-659
Roemmich, D., Riser, S., Davis, R., Desaubies, Y., 2004. Autonomous profiling floats: Workhorse for broadscale ocean observations. Marine Technology Society Journal, 38(1), 31 – 39.
Sato, K., Suga, T., Hanawa, K., 2004. Barrier layer in the North Pacific subtropical gyre. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L05301, doi:10.1029/2003GL018590
Schiller, A., S.E. Wijffels, G.A. Meyers, 2004: Design requirements for an Argo float array in the Indian Ocean inferred from observing system simulation experiments. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 21(10), 1598-1620.
Schmid, C., Z.D. Garraffo, E. Johns, and S.L. Garzoli, 2003: Pathways and variability at intermediate depths in the tropical Atlantic. Pp 233-268 In Interhemispheric Water Exchange in the Atlantic Ocean, G.J. Goni and P. Malanotte-Rizzoli (eds.). Elsevier Oceanography Ser., 68.
Shimizu, Y., Iwao, T., Yasuda, I., Ito, S.-I., Watanabe, T., Uehara, K., Shikama, N., Nakano, T., 2004. Formation Process of North Pacific Intermediate Water Revealed by Profiling Floats Set to Drift on 26.7sigma Isopycnal Surface. Journal of Oceanography, 60(2), 453-462.
Steffen E.L., D'Asaro E.A., 2004: Meso- and submesoscale structure of a convecting field. J Phys Oceanogr 34 (1): 44-60
Vargas-Yáñez, Manuel, Parrilla, Gregorio, Lavín, Alicia, Vélez-Belchí, César González-Pola, Pedro, 2004. Temperature and salinity Increase in the Eastern North Atlantic along the 24.5ºN during the last ten years. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, LO6210, doi:10.1029/2003GL019308.
Vinayachandran, P.N., 2004. Summer cooling of the Arabian Sea during contrasting monsoons. Gephysical Research Letters, 31, L13306,doi:10.1029/2004GL019961.
Willis, J., 2004. Combining Satellite and In Situ data to Make Improved Estimates of Upper-Ocean Thermal Variability on Eddy to Global Scales. PhD thesis, University of California San Diego.
Willis, J.K., Roemmich, D. and B. Cornuelle, 2004: Interannual variability in upper ocean heat content, temperature, and thermosteric expansion on global scales. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109 (C12): Art. No. C12036 DEC 30 2004
Oka E. and T. Suga, 2004: Differential Formation and Circulation of North Pacific Central Mode Water . Journal of Geophysical Research , resubmitted.
Sato, K., T. Suga, and K. Hanawa, 2004: Barrier layer in the North Pacific subtripical gyre . Geophysical Research Letters , 31 , L05301, doi:10.1029/2003GL018590.
Taiyo KOBAYASHI, 2004: Historical salinity dataset for Argo delayed-mode quality control : Selected Hydrographic Dataset(SeHyD) . JAMSTECR (Report of Japan Marine Science and Technology Center) , 49, 51-72(in Japanese with English abstract and legends) .
Taiyo KOBAYASHI, K. IZAWA, A. INOUE, N. SHIKAMA, K. ANDO, Y. TAKATSUKI, H. NAKAJIMA, E. OKA, S. HOSODA, M. MIYAZAKI, N. IWASAKA, T. SUGA, K. MIZUNO, K. TAKEUCHI, all members of JAMSTEC/FORSGC Argo Team, 2004: Solution of salinity-offset problem occurred in PROVOR type profiling float , JAMSTECR (Report of Japan Marine Science and Technology Center) , 49, 107-120(in Japanese with English abstract and legends) .
Taiyo KOBAYASHI, M. MIYAZAKI, K. IZAWA, K. ANDO, A. INOUE, N. SHIKAMA, K. TAKEUCHI, K. MIZUNO, 2004: Sensitivity change od CTD sensor for profiling float under severe conditions of active biosphere near sea surface and low-temparature high-pressure of the depths , JAMSTECR (Report of Japan Marine Science and Technology Center) , 49, 121-130(in Japanese with English abstract and legends) .
Oka, E. 2004: Long-term sensor stability of Argo profiling floats . Journal of Oceanography , submitted.
Ohno, Y., T. Kobayashi, N. Iwasaka, and T. Suga, 2004: The mixed layer depth in the North Pacific as detected by the Argo floats. Geophysical Research Letters , 31, L11306, doi:10.1029/2004GL019576.