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HMS Challenger to Argo Image
HMS Challenger to Argo Image
History Group

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

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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 IS CLOSED. 

Agenda

21st Nov 2018 10:30 - 17:00

Session schedule

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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 -
13:40 Making a data product from ocean profiles – the EN4 experience. Dr R E Killick
14:10 How ocean profile products are used – climate change applications. Dr M Palmer
14:40 The use and impact of Argo products in seasonal - to - decadal prediction 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. -

Resources

Programme | HMS Challenger to Argo and Beyond
pdf 367.42 KB
Biographies and Abstracts | HMS Challenger to Argo and Beyond
pdf 230.67 KB

Presentations

Chris Folland | From Challenger to Argo and beyond - Introduction
pdf 1.11 MB
John Gould | From Thermometers to Robots - Evolution and revolution
pdf 5.36 MB
Viktor Gouretski | How good are past and present ocean data pofile
pdf 12.59 MB
Rachel Killick | Making a data product from ocean profiles
pdf 2.2 MB
Matt Palmer | How ocean profile products are used- climate change applications
pdf 2.67 MB
Leon Hermanson | The use and impact of Argo products in seasonal – to – decadal prediction
pdf 1.98 MB
Katy Hill | Global Coordination of Ocean Observations: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities
pdf 6.35 MB
Karen Heywood | Beyond Argo:Ocean Gliders and Sensors on Sea
pdf 4.39 MB

Sponsors

Challenger Society Logo
NOC Logo

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 IS CLOSED. 

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 -
13:40 Making a data product from ocean profiles – the EN4 experience. Dr R E Killick
14:10 How ocean profile products are used – climate change applications. Dr M Palmer
14:40 The use and impact of Argo products in seasonal - to - decadal prediction 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. -

Resources

Programme | HMS Challenger to Argo and Beyond
pdf 367.42 KB
Biographies and Abstracts | HMS Challenger to Argo and Beyond
pdf 230.67 KB

Presentations

Chris Folland | From Challenger to Argo and beyond - Introduction
pdf 1.11 MB
John Gould | From Thermometers to Robots - Evolution and revolution
pdf 5.36 MB
Viktor Gouretski | How good are past and present ocean data pofile
pdf 12.59 MB
Rachel Killick | Making a data product from ocean profiles
pdf 2.2 MB
Matt Palmer | How ocean profile products are used- climate change applications
pdf 2.67 MB
Leon Hermanson | The use and impact of Argo products in seasonal – to – decadal prediction
pdf 1.98 MB
Katy Hill | Global Coordination of Ocean Observations: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities
pdf 6.35 MB
Karen Heywood | Beyond Argo:Ocean Gliders and Sensors on Sea
pdf 4.39 MB

Sponsors

Challenger Society Logo
NOC Logo

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.

DATE

Wednesday 21 November 2018
11:00 - 17:00

Add Event to Calendar: Google

LOCATION

National Oceanography Centre
University of Southampton
European Way
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 3ZH
United Kingdom
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