New Deep Argo buoys to probe ocean currents that drive weather and climate
In a groundbreaking public-private partnership, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G. Allen and NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory will deploy a large array of new deep ocean floats to expand ocean observations in a key area of the western South Atlantic Ocean.
![Scientists deploy a Deep Argo float off New Zealand.
(Image credit: LEARNZ) Scientists deploy a Deep Argo float off New Zealand.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/PHOTO%20deploying%20deep%20argo%20-%20083117%20-%20LEARNZ%20-%203360x1602%20-%20landscape.jpg?itok=WMHd1nqH)
Scientists deploy a Deep Argo float off New Zealand. (Image credit: LEARNZ)