Improving weather and ocean forecasting

In addition to research applications, oceanographers and meteorologists also use Argos to gather in- situ observations for operational oceanography and meteorology. Argos buoys, floats and fixed stations collect data for operational programmes such as the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) World Weather Watch (WWW). Over 70 percent of Argos data are exchanged through the oceanography and meteorology community for insertion into numerical ocean and weather prediction models via WMO’s Global Telecommunication System (GTS). Furthermore, Argos offers ocean data telemetry services for a broad spectrum of applications including ocean modelling, moored buoy monitoring and more.