A National Science Foundation Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure Project
GO-BGC
The Global Ocean Biogeochemistry Array is a global robotic network of profiling floats carrying chemical and biological sensors that will revolutionize our understanding of ocean biogeochemical cycles, carbon uptake, acidification, deoxygenation, and ecosystem health.
A National Science Foundation Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure Project
Data
Data from floats and ships, and tutorials on using the data
A National Science Foundation Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure Project
Array Status
Array map and status table, current and future deployments
A National Science Foundation Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure Project
Adopt-a-Float
Partnering teachers with scientists to bring research into the classroom
A National Science Foundation Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure Project
Events
Upcoming events related to the GO-BGC project
A National Science Foundation Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure Project
GO-BGC
The Global Ocean Biogeochemistry Array is a global robotic network of profiling floats carrying chemical and biological sensors that will revolutionize our understanding of ocean biogeochemical cycles, carbon uptake, acidification, deoxygenation, and ecosystem health.
Data
Data from floats and ships, and tutorials on using the data
Array Status
Array map and status table, current and future deployments
Adopt-A-Float
Partnering teachers with scientists to bring research into the classroom
Events
Upcoming events related to the GO-BGC project
Latest News
First GO-BGC floats deployed
The first GO-BGC deployments are being carried out in the western North Atlantic through a partnership with the International Global Ocean Ship-Based Hydrographic Investigation Program (GO-SHIP).
Adopt-A-Float Sticker Contest Winner
The winning sticker design from Kaylee at McDougal School in Chapel Hill, NC.During the 2021-21 academic year, SOCCOM and GO-BGC held a sticker contest to help bring attention to the Adopt-A-Float program. With almost 20 entries from five different schools, the...
New $53 million grant to create a world-wide fleet of robotic floats to monitor ocean health
The National Science Foundation has approved a $53 million grant to build a global network of chemical and biological sensors that will monitor ocean health around the world.
Revolutionizing our understanding of the ocean
Scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, the University of Washington, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and Princeton University will use this grant to build and deploy 500 robotic ocean-monitoring floats around the globe as part of NSF’s Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-2 program
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2nd Ocean Observers Workshop – 2021
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