Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modeling (SOCCOM) and Global Ocean Biogeochemistry (GO-BGC) Biogeochemical-Argo Float Data Archive

In order to develop a new observing system for carbon, nutrients, and oxygen that will complement and expand on the existing observing system for heat and freshwater, the Global Ocean Biogeochemical array (GO-BGC) and Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modeling (SOCCOM) teams will deploy a large array (>500 per year) of profiling floats with biogeochemical sensors throughout the global ocean (with continued emphasis on maintaining coverage in the Southern Ocean). This robotic float observing system will be complemented by shipboard measurements, instrument and sensor development, and data analysis, including state estimation in conjunction with the modeling program.