Project Development - 2002
• December, 2002
SOA Youth Science Fund supported the research project “Argo data assimilation key technology”, which was conducted by Prof. Xu Dongfeng of the Second Institute of Oceanography.
• December 2002-January 2003
There were 13 Argo floats deployed in the Northwestern Pacific, located in the square area of 21º15 ' N-6 ºN ,125º45 ' E-132º30 ' E, conducted by the R/V XiangYangHong 14.
• November 16-17, 2002
China Argo implement workshop was held in Hangzhou, and there were over 50 officials and scientists attended the meeting from MOST, SOA and research and application organization.
• November 6, 2002
China Argo group distributed to the public users the Global Argo profiling data from Jan.2001 to September 2002 of 500 floats in the global oceans (including Pacific, Atlantic and Indian ocean) deployed by the member countries. This work got the help from Prof. H. Freeland, Institute of Ocean Sciences of Canada.
• October 27-31, 2002
In Beijing, in the annual meeting of the Research on the Climatic Disaster Formation Mechanism and Predicting theory, the Argo group distributed Argo profiling data from January 2001 to September 2002 from the floats in the Pacific deployed by the member countries.
• October 25, 2002
A PROVOR float was deployed in the area of Northwestern Pacific ocean (15º0 ' N, 136º56 ' E). This was the first set (3) floats of China Argo project to be deployed in the Western Pacific, The 2 young researchers of SIO, Mr. Liu Zenghong and Mr. Sun Chaohui undertook the task of launching the floats.
• October 21, 2002
Another APEX float was deployed in the area of Northwestern Pacific ocean (18º30 ' N, 129º30 ' E).
• October 20, 2002
China Argo Group deployed one APEX float in the area of Northwestern Pacific ocean (22º01 ' N, 129º27 ' E).
• September 18-20, 2002
Prof. Xu Jianping, Mr Zhu Yongling of SIO, Prof. Song Xuejia of NMEFC, Prof. Guo Fengyi and Dr. Ji Fengying of MDC attended the 3th Argo Data Management Meeting held in Ottawa, Canada.
• September 13, 2002
China Argo Group imported 2 PROVOR floats from Canadian Metocean Company.
• September, 2002
The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ratified 2 research projects on Global Climate Changes and Regional Response related with Argo Program. One Project is Pacific-Indian Ocean Warm Pool Dynamics and Air-sea interaction applied by Prof. Chao Jiping from FIO, and the second is the Argo float data assimilation technology and its application in the short- term climate Prediction applied by Prof. Zhang Renhe from CAMS.
• April 9, 2002
China Argo Coordinating Group was founded, and held its first meeting in Beijing. In June, 2002, the IOT produced the first sample machine of self-contained Cycle Profiling Float. It was deployed in sea water and in situ observing test was made.
• April 5, 2002
China Argo Web Page was built ( http://www.sio.org.cn http://sio.zj.edu.cn ) to open to home and abroad.
• March 22, 2002
China Argo Experiment Group (SIO) received the first 2 sets of float imported from Webb Research Company, U.S. The Group soon finished the specifications test and waited the cruise opportunity to deploy the floats.
• March 21, 2002
Prof. Yu Weidong of FIO deployed one PROVOR float in the Eastern Indian Ocean (114º42 ' E, 14º12 ' S), during the cruise for the Research Project of Indian-Pacific Ocean Warm Pool and Circulation System.
• March 12-14, 2002
Prof. Xu Jianping (IAST member) and Zhu Wenxi (Nation's Observer) from SOA, participated in the IAST-4 held in Hobart, Australia (Word version). At this meeting it was agreed the IAST-5 meeting would be held in March 2003 in Hangzhou,China.
• 26 Jan. 2002
China announced to join the Global Argo Program; and launched the Project of a New Generation of Real-Time Ocean Observing System –Experiment of Ocean Observing Array (China Argo), which is headed by Prof Xu Jianping from SIO, with the members from the institutions of FIO, TIO, NMDIS, NMEFC, IOT, CAMC, and SCSIOCA.
• Jan.16-March 16, 2002
Under the sponsorship of the Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO), SIO sent 2 young researchers, Mr. Liu Zenghong and Mr. Guo Ming, to study the Argo related technology of float testing, deploying, and data receiving and processing, at University of Washington and AOML, US.