Post on 04-Jun-2020
Utilization of ARGOS
M. RavichandranIndian National Centre for Ocean Information
Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad, India
Ocean Observing System
Green – Argo, Red line – XBT, Blue –
Drifters, red square – RAMA, Yellow‐
CODAR, green_oval‐
ADCP, Red_oval –
Moorings, white mark ‐
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PlatformsArgo profiling floats – INCOIS (100)Moored buoys – NIOT (15)Bay of Bengal Observatory (1)Drifting buoys – INCOIS/NIO (22)ADCP moorings – INCOIS/NIO (20)Turtles, birds, elephants ‐Gliders – NIOT (2)Unmanned vehicle‐ NIOT(1)Fish Tagging – INCOIS (15)
Argo Profiling floats
BoB
Present status of Mooring (physical) locations
Bay of Bengal Observatory
• Sensors:– 1 upward looking current meter (5 m), – 1 SST sensor (1 m), – 6 temperature and salinity sensors
MicroCATs (4, 7, 15, 25, 50, 100 m)
• Sampling time:– 10 minute for each sensor
Drifting buoys
ADCP Moorings Locations
Long term moorings to understand the seasonal, intra- seasonal and inter-annual variability.
RequirementsHigher bandwidth to acquire higher vertical resolutionTwo way communication to change the mission cycle
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