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

EXTENSION D'ARGO DANS LES ZONES CÔTIÈRES PEU PROFONDES ET EXTENSION DES COMMUNAUTÉS RÉGIONALES (PROJET EURO-ARGO RISE)

Giulio Notarstefano (1) , Dimitris Kassis (2) , Atanas Palazov (3) , Laura Tuomi (4) , Waldemar Walczowski (5) , Birgit Klein (6) , Matthew Donnelly (7) , Romain Cancouët (8)

1 OGS - National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics
2 HCMR - Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
3 IO-BAS - Institute of Oceanology of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
4 FMI - Finnish Meteorological Institute
5 Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
6 BSH - Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany
7 BODC - British Oceanographic Data Centre
8 EuroArgo ERIC

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.

Mots clés: Argo float; Euro-Argo RISE; shallow-coastal areas; ice-covered areas

Domaines: Sciences de l'environnement

Giulio Notarstefano, Dimitris Kassis, Atanas Palazov, Laura Tuomi, Waldemar Walczowski, et al.. EXTENSION OF ARGO IN SHALLOW COASTAL AREAS AND EXPANSION OF THE REGIONAL COMMUNITIES (EURO-ARGO RISE PROJECT). 9th EuroGOOS International conference, Shom; Ifremer; EuroGOOS AISBL, May 2021, Brest, France. ⟨hal-03336612v2⟩