Mar 18, 2019 | News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology
The Argos system made it possible to relay the first in-situ observations of the open ocean by satellite in the early 1980s and continues to be a relevant technology for ocean science today, especially given that the new Kinéis constellation will launch 20...
Feb 25, 2019 | Fish, News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology, Wildlife Monitoring
Top predators play a key role in maintaining the health of open ocean ecosystems. Understanding how they relate to their environment is fundamental in order to monitor their populations and the state of the marine environment. White sharks, among others, have been...
Jan 31, 2019 | News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology
The ocean is one of the most important carbon sinks on Earth. Thus, accurate estimation of CO2 uptake by the ocean is important for predicting global climate change. Automated buoys with data collected by Argos satellite telemetry make it possible to measure CO2 over...
Jan 24, 2019 | News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology
Last month, the international Argo program reached a very important milestone: Over 2 million ocean profiles have been collected by Argo since 1999, greatly improving the understanding of the world’s oceans. The Argos satellite telemetry system has contributed to this...
Nov 20, 2018 | News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology
On 16 November 2018, EUMETSAT’s control centre (European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) successfully activated the Argos-3 instrument on the Metop-C satellite. The first signal received came from a beacon installed on a...
Nov 7, 2018 | News, Oceanography, Meteorology, Hydrology, Climatology
CLS is pleased to announce that a new Argos-3 (A-DCS) payload is in orbit, as of 0h47 UTC on November 7th. This new Argos instrument, designed by the French Space Agency (CNES), is launched onboard MetOp-C, the third and final MetOp satellite of our partner, the...
