EXTENSION OF ARGO IN SHALLOW COASTAL AREAS AND EXPANSION OF THE REGIONAL COMMUNITIES (EURO-ARGO RISE PROJECT)

• Main Authors: Notarstefano, Giulio, Kassis, Dimitris, Palazov, Atanas, Tuomi, Laura, Walczowski, Waldemar, Klein, Birgit, Donnelly, Matthew, Cancouët, Romain
• Other Authors: National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS), Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR), Institute of Oceanology of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IO-BAS), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany (BSH), British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC), National Oceanography Centre (NOC), EuroArgo ERIC, Shom, Ifremer, EuroGOOS AISBL
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2021
• Subjects: Argo float; Euro-Argo RISE; shallow-coastal areas; ice-covered areas; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; ice covered areas
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03336612; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03336612/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03336612/file/EuroGOOS2021_extended_abstract_Notarstefano.pdf

International audience The recent technological advances of the autonomous oceanographic monitoring platforms has allowed observations of unknown regions and dynamic processes that play a key role in the physical environment and marine ecosystem functioning. Under this context Euro-Argo RISE project aims towards the investigation of Argo extension in shallow coastal areas of European marginal seas (Black Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea) as well as the seasonally ice-covered areas of the high latitudes (Arctic Ocean). Different fl oat confi gurations are tested whilst the development and implementation of operational systems to control the platforms are performed. Test deployments under Euro-Argo RISE have provided indications for the best settings, the optimization of fl oat missions and the improvement of the life expectancy and the sampling effi ciency in shallow coastal areas. In addition, guidelines and best practices for operating fl oats in seasonally ice-covered areas are provided. The reinforcement and expansion of the Argo infrastructure at a regional scale is performed by approaching the regional research community (also through the organization of workshops and political events) with the aim of: promoting Argo data, cooperation at sea, collaboration in technical activities, sharing best practice, knowledge and expertise.