(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”

Bacon, S., Gould, W.J., Jia, Y., 2003. Open-ocean convection in the Irminger Sea. Geophysical Research Letters, 30(5) 1246, doi:10.1029/2002GL016273,2003.
Boebel, O. and C. Barron, 2003: A comparison of in-situ float velocities with altimeter derived geostrophic velocities. Deep-Sea Res. (II Top. Stud. Oceanogr.) 50, 119-139.
Boebel, O., J. Lutjeharms, C. Schmid, T. Rossby and C Barron, 2003: The Cape Cauldron: a regime of turbulent interocean exchange. Deep-Sea Research. Part 2: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 50(1), 57-86.
Böhme, L., 2003. Quality Control of Profiling Float Data in the subpolar North Atlantic. Diploma thesis, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, 79pp. http://www.lars-bohme.de]
Bracco A, Chassignet EP, Garraffo ZD, et al.2003 Lagrangian velocity distributions in a high-resolution numerical simulation of the North Atlantic. J Atmos Ocean Tech 20 (8): 1212-1220
Chapman, P., Di Marco, S.F., Davis, R.E. and Coward, A.C., 2003: Flow at intermediate depths around Madagascar based on ALACE float trajectories. Deep-Sea Research II, 50, 1957-1986.
D'Asaro, E.A. 2003 Performance of Autonomous Lagrangian floats. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 20(6), 896-911.
D'Asaro EA 2003 The ocean boundary layer below Hurricane Dennis J Phys Oceanogr 33 (3): 561-579
Gille, S.T., 2003. Float Observations of the Southern Ocean. Part I: Estimating Mean Fields, Bottom Velocities, and Topographic Steering. Journal of Physical Oceanography,33, 1167-1181.
Gille, S.T. 2003. Float Observations of the Southern Ocean. Part II: Eddy Fluxes. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33, 1182-1196.
Gille, S. T. Romero, L., 2003. Statistical behavior of ALACE Floats at the surface of the Southern Ocean. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 20, 1633-1640.
Iwao, T., Endoh, M., Shikama, N., Nakano, T., 2003. Intermediate Circulation in the Northwestern North Pacific Derived from SubsurfaceFloats. Journal of Oceanography, 59(6), 893-904.
Iwasaka, N., Sugai, T., Takeuchi, K., Mizuno, K., Takatsuki, Y., Ando, K., Kobayashi, T., Oka, E., Ichikawa, Y. Miyazaki, M., Matsuura, H., Izawa, K., Yang, C-S., Shikama, N., Aoshima, M., 2003. Pre-Japan-Argo: Experimental Observation of Upper and Middle Layers South of the Kuroshio. Journal of Oceanography, 59(1), 119-127.
Krahmann G, Visbeck M, Smethie W, et al. 2003 The Labrador Sea Deep Convection Experiment data collection. Geochem Geophys Geosy 4: Art. No. 1091.
Lilly JM, Rhines PB, Schott F, et al. 2003 Observations of the Labrador Sea eddy field Progress in Oceanography 59 (1): 75-176
Lutjeharms, J.R.E., O. Boebel and H.T. Rossby, 2003: Agulhas cyclones. Deep-Sea Res. (II Top. Stud. Oceanogr.). 50, 13-34.
Oka, E., Suga, T., 2003. Formation region of North Pacific subtropical mode water in the late winter of 2003. Geophysics Research Letters, 30(23): Art. No. 2205
Roemmich D , Gould, W.J. 2003. The future of climate observations in the global ocean. Sea Technology, 44 (8): 10-
Straneo, F., Pickart, R.S., Lavender, K., 2003. Spreading of Labrador sea water: an advective-diffusive study based on Lagrangian data. Deep-Sea Research-I, 50(6), 701-719.
Thomson, R.E., Freeland, H.J., 2003. Topographic steering of a mid-depth drifter in an eddy-like circulation region south and east of the Hawaiian Ridge Journal of Geophysical Research, 108 (C11): Art. No. 3341.
Turton, J. 2003. Argo: An array of free-drifting profiling floats - Progress towards establishing a global array of 3,000 floats for observing the world's oceans. Sea Technology, 44(10): 33-36.
Uehara, H., Suga, T., Hanawa, K., Shikama, N., 2003. A role of eddies in formation and transport of North Pacific Subtropical mode water. Geophysical Research Letters, 30(13), 1705, doi: 10.1029/2003GL017542.
Wang GH, Dewar WK 2003 Meddy-seamount interactions: Implications for the Mediterranean salt tongue J Phys Oceanogr 33 (11): 2446-2461
Willis, J.K., Roemmich, D., Cornuelle, B., 2003. Combining altimetric height with broadscale profile data to estimate steric height, heat storage, subsurface temperature, and sea-surface temperature variability. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(C9), 3292, doi:10.1029/2002JC001755.
Wong, A.P.S., Johnson, G.C. Owens, W.B., 2003. Delayed-Mode Calibration of Autonomous CTD Profiling Float Salinity Data by q-S Climatology. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 20, 308-318.
Wong, Annie P. S. and G.C. Johnson, 2003. South Pacific Eastern Subtropical Mode Water. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 33, 1493 – 1509.
Yanagimoto, D, Taira, K. 2003. Current measurements of the Japan Sea proper water and the intermediate water by ALACE floats. Journal of Oceanography, 59(3), 359-368.
Oka, E. and K. Ando, 2003: Stability of Temperature and Conductivity Sensors of Argo Profiling Floats . Journal of Oceanography , in press.
Oka E. and T. Suga, 2003: Formation region of North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water in the late winter of 2003 . Geophysical Research Letters , 30(23), 2205, doi:10.1029/2003GL018581.
Uehara, H., T. Suga, K. Hanawa and N. Shikama, 2003: A role of eddies in formation and transport of North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water . Geophysical Research Letters , VOL.30,NO.13,1705,doi:10.1029/2003GL017542.
Iwasaka N., T. Suga, K. Takeuchi, K. Mizuno, Y. Takatsuki, K. Ando, T. Kobayashi, E. Oka, Y. Ichikawa, M. Miyazaki, H. Matsuura, K. Izawa, C.-S. Yang, N. Shikama, and M. Aoshima, 2003: Pre-Japan-Argo: Experimental observation of upper and middle layers south of the Kuroshio Extension region by using profiling floats. . Journal of Oceanography , 59 , 119-127.
Mizuno K., 2003: On the termination of Argo float . Umi no Kenkyu (Oceanography in Japan) , 12(1), 1-21 (in Japanese with English abstract and legends)
Iwao T., M. Endoh, N. Shikama, and T. Nakano, 2003: Intermediate circulation in the northwestern North Pacific derived from subsurface floats . Journal of Oceanography , 59 ,893-904.