The Large-Scale Ocean Physics group is working actively on the implementation of Deep Argo, an expansion of Argo's capabilities to depths of up to six kilometers. This work includes a partnership with Paul G. Allen Philanthropies to deploy an array of Deep Argo floats in the western South Atlantic Ocean. In the photo Dr. Elizabeth Steffen of JIMAR/PMEL (left) and Marie Technician Elizabeth Ricci (right) deploy the second of two PMEL Deep Argo floats near Station ALOHA, northeast of Oahu, from the R/V Ka'imikai-O-Kanaloa in May 2018. This instrument is a Deep SOLO model, developed at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and manufactured by MRV Systems.

Links:

• Seattle Times Story on NOAA/Paul G. Allen Philanthropies Deep Argo Project
• Video from NOAA NOS describing Deep Argo
• NBC story on Deep Argo