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Recently China will deploy some floatsNorthwest Pacific Ocean

Editor :China Argo Real-time    Time :2013-04-09 10:16:33    Visit :

       Thirty-two Argo floats including ten ARVOR floats made by NKE, France and twenty-two APEX floats made by Webb Research, USA, in which ten are iridium floats will be deployed in the northwest Pacific Ocean, where there is one of the world’s strongest western boundary currents, the Kuroshio and the so called “warm Pole”, warm pool, and where typhoon is frequently occurred. It is a hot spot for scientific research both at home and abroad. These floats will provide data of the marine environment especially the field data during harsh weather conditions of tropical cyclone and typhoon for marine and atmospheric scientists