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The Argo programme has in many ways revolutionised the field of physical oceanography. The network of floats with biogeochemical sensors, called “BGC-Argo” has the same potetial for the biogeochemical-related oceanography, but is still to be fully utilised. With this is mind we will host a workshop in Bergen, with the main objetive to increase the interest and use of BGC-Argo data among Norwegian institutions. We invite anyone interested in these data, no matter the experience. 

During the two days 26-27 June Institute of Marine Research was host for the Euro-Argo ERIC (European Research Infrastructure Consortium) Management Board meeting. 15 persons attended from nine European countries. 

During the last Euro-Argo ERIC Council meeting 15th November in Paris, Norway officially changed its status from Observer to full Member of the Euro-Argo ERIC (http://www.euro-argo.eu/)

A workshop in the infrastructure project NorArgo2 was held 16th October in Bergen with eight participants.

The first annual meeting in the infrastructure project NorArgo2 was held in Bergen 12th December. More than 20 people attended, including representatives from the advisory group and user forum.

The Biogeochemical (BGC) and Deep Argo float training session within the NorArgo2 project, organized by Institute of Marine Research, was held 29–30 April in Bergen.

On the dates 19th and 20th May 2019, the first BGC and Deep Argo floats were deployed in the Nordic Seas.

The first Newsletter from NorArgo is distributed! Link to the Newsletter can be found on this web page. The aim of these news briefs is to provide updates on NorArgo activities. Please contact us if you would like to share Argo related information in a future Newsletter.

The second annual meeting in the infrastructure project NorArgo2 was held in Bergen 12th December. 20 people attended, including representatives from the advisory group. There were several presentations, also external, in addition to the presentation of the project status. The advisory group also gave their comments and recommendations.

In 2020, twelve new Argo floats were deployed in the Nordic Seas. Eleven of these floats were deployed during two cruises with R/V Kristine Bonnevie, in April/May and in August, both with Henrik Søiland (IMR) as cruise leader.

NorArgo deployed 12 new Argo floats in 2020, and today there are 65 operative Argo floats in the Nordic Sea, Barents Sea and Polar Ocean (North of Svalbard). 29 of these are Norwegian Argo floats.

In 2021, twelve new Argo floats were deployed in the Nordic Seas during a cruise with R/V Johan Hjort in April/May with Henrik Søiland (IMR) as cruise leader.

After several months of hard work from our digital development team at Institute of Marine Research, we are pleased to announce the launch of our updated NorArgo operational website. 

This edition of the Newsletters offers update of the annual meeting that was held in December, Argo deployments in 2021, status of the Argo infrastructure, etc. 
 

All applications should be sent via Ifremer’s website before 06/03/2022. 

Save the date for the upcoming Arge Science Workshop!

In 2022, 13 new Argo floats were deployed in the Nordic Seas during a cruise with R/V Johan Hjort in May/June with Henrik Søiland (IMR) as cruise leader.

Eight new Argo floats were deployed in the Nordic Seas during a cruise with R/V Johan Hjort, 15 May - 4 June 2023, with Henrik Søiland (IMR) as cruise leader. The cruise track with the locations of the Argo float deployments is shown in Figure 1.

The three first Argo floats in NorArgo2 were deployed on a cruise with R/V Johan Hjort during 21st May – 4th June. Two of the floats were deployed in the Greenland Sea while the third was deployed in the Lofoten Basin (Norwegian Sea).