🔎 Spotting a float in the ocean is not easy. How to do?
🌊 During its deployment, the profiling float sinks to a depth (for example 1000 meters) and drifts with the ocean currents for 9 days. Then, the float sinks further to the depth of 2000 meters, before starting to raise the water column by making measurements as it rises.
📡When the float reaches the surface, it transmits its position and oceanographic measurements by satellite to the Argo terrestrial data centres. After transmission, the float descends and repeats the cycle.
Australian Antarctic Program Partnership, UTAS, CSIRO, ISMOS
Credits: Amélia Pierson & AAPP