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Autonomous floats for the ARGO program

Buyer: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet - DTU

Published
17 May 2024
Estimated value
6,000,000 kr
Procedure
Open procedure
Lots
1
Notice number
00292032-2024
Reference
9bfc1f65-81aa-4da7-9e61-0afa15b72833
Official source
Official source

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Description

Argo is a global real-time ocean observing network with a fleet of autonomous floats measuring the properties of seawater and sending data in real time via satellite communications. The floats can regu-late their buoyancy and therefore collect measurements of profiles of water properties. This makes them unique compared to other sustained observation systems which measure only at fixed depths (buoys or remote sensing). The program represents a fleet of about 4000 autonomous floats, deployed all over the world ocean. They carry an array of sensors with the core being temperature, and salinity, while other sensors are often added to cover other parameters such as dissolved oxygen, phytoplankton fluorescence, or-ganic matter fluorescence, nitrate, particle scattering and irradiance. The data is made freely available to all via coordinated global ARGO data centers. Just as weather balloons provide profiles of atmos-pheric conditions for weather forecasting, the ARGO program delivers ocean properties for monitor-ing and forecasting ocean conditions (operational modelling) and also supporting climate research and modelling. Technical University of Denmark (DTU) has initiated Denmark …

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Awards

Awarded toAmountDate
NKE INSTRUMENTATION 6,000,000 kr

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