Argo Australia - at CSIRO

CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research is the operator for Argo Australia.

This firstly involves purchase, pre-deployment preparation and deployment of the floats, by engineers and technicians.

Once floats have been deployed, the data transmissions are decoded and quality controlled in near real-time and the data sent to Global Data Centres (GDACs) within 24 hours.

Final "delayed mode" quality control is carried out some months later, under the direction of the lead scientist, to provide the highest possible quality data to the community.

• Real-Time QC

• Delayed-Mode QC

• Engineering Technical Data
  • Australian Argo Floats
  • UK Argo Floats

Local Argo links

• IMOS Argo home page
• Argo user documentation

Local Data Access

• IMOS Web Portal - Argo

International Argo links

• Argo data beginners guide
• International Argo home page
• International Data Management site - good for documentation
• International Argo Information Centre

International Data Centres - Data Access

• US Global Data Centre : USGODAE GDAC
• French Global Data Centre : Coriolis GDAC