Argo, GOOS &Google Earth

Mathieu Belbeochbelbeoch@jcommops.org

15th September 2010

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http://argo.jcommops.org/argo.kml

Make sure to have google earth installed: http://earth.google.com Make sure to use latest version (check it in /Help menu in Google Earth)Once the link is opened succesfully in GE move the layer in your « My Places » (top left)

Aim:

• A tool for the GOOS community (RT monitoring, planning, cross checkings, data display/download, feedback on QC, beached instruments retrieval, etc)

• A tool to raise visibility of all contributions (Institutional/national)

• A tool for outreach (live demonstrations, float stories, photos, « adopt a float », …)

• A tool to display the ocean state (« climate change oriented »)

=> A tool to « materialize and humanize » the GOOS …

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The ocean state (as seen by Argo floats) will be soon available (on a dozen of levels), + steric height.

A tool useful for deployments planning

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A cooperative effort: more than 100 data display products are served via many institutions, data centres, etc.

Special partnership with JAMSTECfor products on individual obs.

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Oceanographers are invited to tell stories about they preferred float, or ocean feature.

Content will grow with the time and could be made multilingual .

For now ~1 story per month and a new educational content coming thanks to EuroArgo:

http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/o4s/euroargo/index.php

Steps forward:

• Promote it for a wide use and community feedback (please do not hesitate !)

• Re-contact Google and propose a partnership with IOC (for inclusion in Google Ocean)• Ask eventually for technical support (to improve the content offer) … and why not ask for sponsoring ? It may be needed to go to Google Headquarters to « sell » the package as they are

pretty hard to reach via e-mail/mail/phone.

• Make it more « climate change » oriented

• Generalize it for all GOOS elements …… for now, for the ones that are being coordinated within JCOMMOPS.

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