• December 2001

        IOT started to develop self-contained Cycle Profiling Float, and it was planed to produce some sample floats in 2004.

•  March 20-22, 2001

        Prof. Xu Janping and Engineer Zhu Bokang from SIO and Prof. Yu Lizhong from IOT attended the 3th IAST meeting held in IOS, Sidney, Canada (Word version).

•  March 5-9, 2001

        Prof. Xu Jianping attended the Forum on Argo Float Deployment and Operation held in Yokosuka, Japan.