• Atmosphere
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.4-23
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• 2004

To monitor the world's oceans and understand the role of the oceans for climate change, an Array for Real-time Geostrophic Oceanography (ARGO) program has been carried out since year 2000. Autonomous profiling floats of about 820 are reporting the vertical temperature, salinity, and pressure profiles of the upper 2000 m underwater at regular time intervals. Meteorological Research Institute (METRI) of Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) launched 45 floats at the East Sea and the western Pacific to understand characteristics of water properties and develop the global ocean observation system as a part of international cooperation project. In this study, we introduce ARGO program, METRI-ARGO and the features of APEX float itself and their data formats. We also describe the significant points to be considered for using ARGO data.

• Atmosphere
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.379-385
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• 2006

Meteorological Research Institute (METRI) participates the R&E (Research and Education) program of Korea Science and Engineering Foundation,"Variability of ocean status around Ulleung basin and Dok-do by using ARGO data" as a part of "Carricula development for gifted students" program. From this program, we support students to have an opportunity for handling scientific data with advanced technology and inspire their scientific interests. In this article, we introduce the training processes of this program and the results of data analysis by the students themselves.