Argo: The challenge of continuing 10 years of progress

Oceanography

Volumn 22, Issue SPL.ISS. 3, 2009, Pages 46-55

  Roemmich, Dean ^a   Belbéoch, Mathieu ^b   Freeland, Howard ^c   Garzoli, Sylvia L ^d   John Gould, W ^e   Grant, Fiona ^f   Ignaszewski, Mark ^g   Klein, Birgit ^h   le Traon, Pierre Yves ^h   King, Brian ⁱ   Mork, Kjell Arne ^j   Brechner Owens, W ^k   Pouliquen, Sylvie ⁱ   Ravichandran, Muthalagu ^l   Riser, Stephen ^m   Sterl, Andreas ⁿ   Suga, Toshio ^o   Suk, Moon Sik ^p   Sutton, Philip ^q   Thierry, Virginie ⁱ   Vélez Belchí, Pedro J ^r   Wijffels, Susan ^s   Xu, Jianping ^t   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Argo Information Centre   (France)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^g Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center   (United States)

^h NOCS ^*  (Germany)

ⁱ IFREMER   (France)

^j INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^k WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^l INDIAN NATIONAL CENTRE FOR OCEAN INFORMATION SERVICES   (India)

^m UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁿ ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^o JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^p Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^q NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^r INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^s CSIRO   (Australia)

^t Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

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EID: 77952719755     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2009.65     Document Type: Article

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