Euro-Argo Research Infrastructure Sustainability and Enhancement
ACRONYM
EURO-ARGO RISE
Title
Euro-Argo Research Infrastructure Sustainability and Enhancement
General information
Euro-Argo RISE (Euro-Argo Research Infrastructure Sustainability and Enhancement) is a H2020 EU project starting on 1st January 2019 for a duration of 4 years. The project involves 19 partners across Europe and is coordinated by the Euro-Argo ERIC.
A new phase of the Argo programme is now being implemented at international level. This new phase has two main objectives: 1) sustain the existing global array and 2) extend its capabilities to greater depths (at least 4,000m) and to biogeochemistry (i.e. adding new sensors such as oxygen, nitrate, chlorophyll a, optics and pH). Setting up a long-term observation of the deep ocean is vital to understand how much and how fast, the ocean will warm due to increased greenhouse gas concentrations. A long-term observation of ocean biogeochemistry is also required to better understand the evolution of the marine ecosystem; including the ocean carbon pump, the coupling between physics and biology and to better assess the impact of climate change on ocean chemistry and ecosystems. The present target is to maintain a network of at least 4000 floats, with ¼ carrying biogeochemical parameters and ¼ going to abyssal depths.
Start
January, 2019
End
December, 2022
Funding (total)
395340000
Funding (GEOMAR)
246000
Funding body / Programme
-
EU
/ Horizon 2020, Research Infrastructures
Coordination
EURO-ARGO ERIC (), France
Contact
Partners
ACRI ST SAS, France
Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH), Germany
Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Finland
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Greece
Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), Spain
French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER), France
Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Norway
Institute of Oceanology Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IO-BAS), Bulgaria
Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IO PAN), Poland
Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), Portugal
Marine Institute (MI), Ireland
Natural Environment Research Council UKRI (NERC), UK
National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS), Italy
Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), UK
Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System (SOCIB), Spain
Sorbonne Université - Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche S/Mer (SU), France
Organisation Météorologique Mondiale (JCOMMOPS), International
National Oceanography Centre (NOC), UK
Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH), Germany
Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Finland
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Greece
Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), Spain
French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER), France
Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Norway
Institute of Oceanology Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IO-BAS), Bulgaria
Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IO PAN), Poland
Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA), Portugal
Marine Institute (MI), Ireland
Natural Environment Research Council UKRI (NERC), UK
National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS), Italy
Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), UK
Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System (SOCIB), Spain
Sorbonne Université - Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche S/Mer (SU), France
Organisation Météorologique Mondiale (JCOMMOPS), International
National Oceanography Centre (NOC), UK
