A meeting in the field of the coupled ocean-atmosphere climate system: ********************************************************************** The UK Argo profiling float programme: achievements and opportunities An Open Forum organised by the Inter-Agency Committee on Marine Science and Technology SOAS, Russell Square, London Thursday 20 May 2004 from 1.00 - 5.00 pm Lunch available from 12.15 to those who book by 17 May (Email saea@soc.soton.ac.uk) Agenda: Trevor Guymer (IACMST): Welcome Howard Freeland (Institute of Ocean Sciences, Canada): Argo as an Aid to Environmental Monitoring and Assessment - the example of the Gulf of Alaska Brian King (Southampton Oceanography Centre): The detection of subsurface theta-S changes Richard Wood (Met Office): Potential of Argo data for detection and attribution of oceanic climate change Keith Haines (ESSC, University of Reading): Assimilating salinity and temperature data from Argo at ECMWF Matt Martin (Met Office): The impact of Argo data on ocean forecasting TEA Elaine McDonagh (Southampton Oceanography Centre): Results from UK Argo in the Indian Ocean Rebecca McCreadie (British Oceanographic Data Centre): Data from UK floats and the Southern Ocean Data Centre Discussion on how to become involved in the UK Argo project led by Jon Turton (Project Co-ordinator) Argo is a major international project to observe the oceans in a systematic way. The full array will consist of 3000 floats; to date, 1000 have been deployed. The UK is making a significant contribution to the programme, with funding from Defra, MOD and NERC. The Forum will provide an excellent opportunity for all members of the UK marine community (whether from the research or operational, government or private sectors) to find out how they can benefit from Argo and become involved in the UK programme.