Palace Float Program

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     Palace Float Program
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AOML
	has been funded by the National Oceanographic Partnership Program
	(NOPP) as part of a larger group to develop the infrastructure for
	the ARGO experiment. Specifically, AOML is to develop the
	information management methodology for the profiling float
	experiment. This methodology will take the data from sensor through
	a real-time quality control to submission onto the GTS for
	dissemination to the user community. In addition, delayed mode
	quality control, data accessibility and network evaluation issues
	will be addressed and procedures developed and implemented. The principle NOAA
	user for the float data is the climate forecast group of NCEP. AOML
	is working with NCEP to develop and implement real-time quality
	control procedures for the profile data. To satisfy a diverse group
	of users, data must be provided within 12 hours of collection, 24
	hours a day, 7 days a week. Automatic quality control procedures are
	being developed to meet these requirements. 

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    High Density XBT/Autolauncher Program
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AOML
	presently operates a research and developmental High
	Density XBT/<A href="tech_autolnch.html">Autolauncher</A> Program utilizing the Voluntary Observing
	Ship (VOS) Program. Two routes (<A href="../hdenxbt/ax7_home.html">Mediterranean Sea to Miami, FL</A> and
	<A href="../hdenxbt/ax10_home.html">New York, NY to San Juan, Puerto Rico</A>) are sampled four times per
	year by placing ship riders on board to collect XBT temperature
	data. The XBT probe observations are collected at closely spaced
	intervals. To enable the ship riders to conduct their operations
	continuously for the duration of a cruise, engineers at AOML
	designed an XBT Autolauncher which allows the XBT probes to be
	launched automatically at preset times and/or positions. In addition
	to allowing around the clock operations, by deploying XBT probes off
	the fan tail we reduce potential XBT probe failures. The mission is to
	measure the seasonal to inter annual temperature variability in the
	upper ocean heat content and transport in the center of the
	subtropical gyre. This effort will improve our ability to predict
	important climatic fluctuations illustrated by the North Atlantic
	Oscillation. Plans are to integrate the Autolauncher System with
	SEAS 2000 to improve positioning via GPS and facilitate the
	real-time transmission of this data to the GOOS Center.

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    Thermosalinograph (TSG) Program
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The
	GOOS Center presently operates a developmental TSG Program utilizing
	the Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) Program and oceanographic
	research vessels in cooperation with our French colleagues in
	Noumea, New Caledonia and Brest, France. Presently there are 15
	participating vessels (3 Research and 12 VOS) providing accurate and
	timely sea surface semperature (SST) and sea surface salinity (SSS). The data
	collected are transmitted in real-time via the Geostationary
	Orbiting Environmental Satellite (GOES) system. In 1999 more than
	30,000 TSG observations were collected and transmitted. Quality control
	methods monitor the data stream for such problems
	as sensor drift, sensor fouling and hardware failure. As the data
	are monitored each day, problems are identified and quickly resolved
	using existing satellite communications systems. Delayed mode data
	are removed from the vessels by participating scientists during
	normal port calls and are then sent to the GOOS Center for
	processing, quality control and archiving.


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    GPS Drifters
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