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display_name	short_description	topic	logo	aliases	wikipedia_url	related	url
Argo	Argo is a global system using profiling floats to observe temperature, salinity, and bio-optical properties in the World's ocean.	argo-floats	argo-floats.png	argo, argo-float	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_(oceanography)	ocean, sensor, climate	https://argo.ucsd.edu/

Argo is an international program that measures water properties across the world’s ocean using a fleet of robotic instruments that drift with the ocean currents and move up and down between the surface and a mid-water level. Each instrument (float) spends almost all its life below the surface. The name Argo was chosen because the array of floats works in partnership with the Jason earth observing satellites that measure the shape of the ocean surface. (In Greek mythology Jason sailed on his ship the Argo in search of the golden fleece).