ESSO - Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services

(An Autonomous Body under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India)

Indian Argo Program - Events / Workshops


SNoWorkshops / EventsDateRemarks
1. Indian Ocean Argo implementation - planning meeting July 26 - 27, 2001 IOAI Planning meeting report
2. First Argo Float (supplied by Canada) deployed by India 12 December, 2001 First Argo float deployed by India; Results report
3. Launching of Indian Argo program through IOGOOS cruise (First set of floats deployed in  the Indian Ocean). October 2002 -
4. 100th Float deployed in Indian OceanSeptember, 2005WMOID : 4900668
Longitude : 88.0⁰ E
Latitude : 04.0⁰ N
5. First set of Argo floats with Dissolved Oxygen are deployed in Indian OceanSeptember, 2006 -
6. Argo Steering Team meeting held at Hyderabad, IndiaDec 06 - Jan, 2007 -
7. First Argo User interaction workshopJune, 2008 -
8. 200th Argo Float deployed in Indian OceanJanuary, 2011WMOID : 2901297
Longitude : 57.1⁰ E
Latitude : 30.0⁰ S
9. 13th Argo Data Management Team meeting held at Hyderabad, IndiaNov 12 - 16, 201213th ADM Meeting report
10. First set of Bio-Argo floats deployed in the Bay of BengalDecember, 2012 -
11. 300th Argo Float deployed in Indian OceanJuly, 2013WMOID : 2902111
Longitude : 74.0⁰ E
Latitude : 0.75⁰ S