From HMS Challenger to Argo and Beyond: Ocean Profile Data; their History, Uses and Future Prospects
DATE
Wednesday 21 November 2018
11:00 - 17:00
LOCATION
National Oceanography Centre
University of Southampton
European Way
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 3ZH
United Kingdom
Knowledge of the temperature and salinity of the oceans is fundamental to our understanding of their internal dynamics and is increasingly important to a wide range of ocean and climate applications. This meeting will show how our ability to collect, process and collate these observations has developed up to the present day with the information from about 3,800 Argo profilers provides global-scale, high-quality information throughout the year.
The meeting will then show how these individual profiles are assembled into products and how those products are used in a wide range of applications, including climate change studies. To conclude, the meeting will first explore the international framework within which these data are collected and co-ordinated. Finally it will look towards the future, discussing how the collection of ocean profile data is expected to expand to other parameters and using new observing systems.
We plan that there will be opportunities to see Argo floats being prepared for deployment, together with the wide range of NOC’s ocean gliders and autonomous vehicles that will be an integral part of the future of ocean profiling.
While focused on the scientific aspects of ocean profiles, the meeting will highlight key points in the development over the past 140 years of our present-day capabilities.
Registration
TO REGISTER PLEASE CLICK HERE >>
A registration fee of of £45 for non members and £35 for members will be charged to cover the cost of coffee and pastries on arrival, buffet lunch and afternoon tea and biscuits. There will also be display material relevant to the meeting including ocean gliders, argo floats and historical items.
As part of the registration process you will be asked to provide personal information such as your name and contact email address. Any information you provide to us will only be used by The Royal Meteorological Society and appointed representatives for meeting purposes only.
SUPPORT FOR STUDENT PARTICIPATION | If you are a full time UK-based student you can apply for one of 10 student bursaries available. These will cover your registration fee and travel costs to and from your home base.
Please first register and contact the organisers by clicking here, stating the academic institution at which you are studying, the course for which you are registered, the name and e-mail of your supervisor .
Agenda
21st Nov 2018 10:30 - 17:00
Session schedule
Hide| Time | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 10:30 | Registration, Tea and Coffee | - |
| 11:00 | Introduction | Prof C K Folland |
| 11:10 | From thermometers to robots - evolution and revolution | W J Gould |
| 11:40 | Argo - How it came about, how it works, what it delivers | Dr B King |
| 12:10 | How good are past and present ocean profile data? | Dr V Gouretski |
| 12:40 | Lunch/exhibits/lab tour | - |
| 13:40 | Making a data product from ocean profiles – the EN4 experience. | Dr R Killick |
| 14:10 | How ocean profile products are used – climate change applications. | Dr M Palmer |
| 14:40 | How products are used – seasonal – decadal forecasts. | Dr L Hermanson |
| 15:10 | Refreshments | - |
| 15:30 | Global Coordination of Ocean Observations: Progress, challenges and opportunities | K Hill |
| 16:00 | Beyond Argo: ocean gliders and sensors on seals | Professor K Heywood |
| 16:30 | Wrap-up discussion and time to explore what the Challenger Soc. and Roy. Met. Soc. might do to promote the coverage of marine science history. | - |
Sponsors
Abstracts and Biographies
Prof Chris Folland, Met Office
From HMS Challenger to Argo and Beyond - Introduction
Abstract | The purpose of this introductory talk is first to welcome all speakers and participants followed by a brief mention of the backgrounds of the organisers, and how they relate to the topic of the meeting. The revolutionary nature of the ARGO program for oceanography, and climate applications in particular, will be emphasised helped by selected update to date information from the ARGO web site. Finally, the structure of the meeting will be summarised. I will then introduce the next speaker, John Gould.
Biography | Professor Chris Folland headed the Met Office Hadley Centre’s Climate Variability and Seasonal Forecasting Group (1990-2008), retiring as a Research Fellow in 2017. Chris was a Lead Author for four reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) where, like other Lead Authors, he shared in the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to IPCC in 2007. He has several fellowships and has won a number of national and international awards. Chris remains Honorary Professor at the University of East Anglia, Guest Professor of Climatology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia.
This is joint meeting organised by the History Group of the Royal Meteorological Society and the Challenger Society for Marine Science and is part of the Royal Meteorological Society Meetings programme, open to all, from expert to enthusiast, for topical discussions on the latest advances in weather and climate.
Knowledge of the temperature and salinity of the oceans is fundamental to our understanding of their internal dynamics and is increasingly important to a wide range of ocean and climate applications. This meeting will show how our ability to collect, process and collate these observations has developed up to the present day with the information from about 3,800 Argo profilers provides global-scale, high-quality information throughout the year.
The meeting will then show how these individual profiles are assembled into products and how those products are used in a wide range of applications, including climate change studies. To conclude, the meeting will first explore the international framework within which these data are collected and co-ordinated. Finally it will look towards the future, discussing how the collection of ocean profile data is expected to expand to other parameters and using new observing systems.
We plan that there will be opportunities to see Argo floats being prepared for deployment, together with the wide range of NOC’s ocean gliders and autonomous vehicles that will be an integral part of the future of ocean profiling.
While focused on the scientific aspects of ocean profiles, the meeting will highlight key points in the development over the past 140 years of our present-day capabilities.
Registration
TO REGISTER PLEASE CLICK HERE >>
A registration fee of of £45 for non members and £35 for members will be charged to cover the cost of coffee and pastries on arrival, buffet lunch and afternoon tea and biscuits. There will also be display material relevant to the meeting including ocean gliders, argo floats and historical items.
As part of the registration process you will be asked to provide personal information such as your name and contact email address. Any information you provide to us will only be used by The Royal Meteorological Society and appointed representatives for meeting purposes only.
SUPPORT FOR STUDENT PARTICIPATION | If you are a full time UK-based student you can apply for one of 10 student bursaries available. These will cover your registration fee and travel costs to and from your home base.
Please first register and contact the organisers by clicking here, stating the academic institution at which you are studying, the course for which you are registered, the name and e-mail of your supervisor .
Agenda
21st Nov 2018 10:30 - 17:00
Session schedule
Hide| Time | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 10:30 | Registration, Tea and Coffee | - |
| 11:00 | Introduction | Prof C K Folland |
| 11:10 | From thermometers to robots - evolution and revolution | W J Gould |
| 11:40 | Argo - How it came about, how it works, what it delivers | Dr B King |
| 12:10 | How good are past and present ocean profile data? | Dr V Gouretski |
| 12:40 | Lunch/exhibits/lab tour | - |
| 13:40 | Making a data product from ocean profiles – the EN4 experience. | Dr R Killick |
| 14:10 | How ocean profile products are used – climate change applications. | Dr M Palmer |
| 14:40 | How products are used – seasonal – decadal forecasts. | Dr L Hermanson |
| 15:10 | Refreshments | - |
| 15:30 | Global Coordination of Ocean Observations: Progress, challenges and opportunities | K Hill |
| 16:00 | Beyond Argo: ocean gliders and sensors on seals | Professor K Heywood |
| 16:30 | Wrap-up discussion and time to explore what the Challenger Soc. and Roy. Met. Soc. might do to promote the coverage of marine science history. | - |
Sponsors
Abstracts and Biographies
Prof Chris Folland, Met Office
From HMS Challenger to Argo and Beyond - Introduction
Abstract | The purpose of this introductory talk is first to welcome all speakers and participants followed by a brief mention of the backgrounds of the organisers, and how they relate to the topic of the meeting. The revolutionary nature of the ARGO program for oceanography, and climate applications in particular, will be emphasised helped by selected update to date information from the ARGO web site. Finally, the structure of the meeting will be summarised. I will then introduce the next speaker, John Gould.
Biography | Professor Chris Folland headed the Met Office Hadley Centre’s Climate Variability and Seasonal Forecasting Group (1990-2008), retiring as a Research Fellow in 2017. Chris was a Lead Author for four reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) where, like other Lead Authors, he shared in the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to IPCC in 2007. He has several fellowships and has won a number of national and international awards. Chris remains Honorary Professor at the University of East Anglia, Guest Professor of Climatology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia.
This is joint meeting organised by the History Group of the Royal Meteorological Society and the Challenger Society for Marine Science and is part of the Royal Meteorological Society Meetings programme, open to all, from expert to enthusiast, for topical discussions on the latest advances in weather and climate.