Chinese research vessel¹ Kexue, or Science, recently placed the 400th profiling float in the northwest Pacific Ocean.

 

中国科学号考察船近期在太平洋西北部地区放置了400个探测浮标。

 

It signals the establishment of the first global real-time ocean observation network in China, according to China Science Daily.

 

So far the network covers regions in the northwest Pacific Ocean, the mid² and north Indian Ocean, and the South China Sea along the 21st Century Maritime³ Silk Road, a co-operational initiative proposed by China.

 

Argo is an international maritime plan committed to continuously monitoring the temperature, salinity⁴, and velocity⁵ of the upper ocean via float array, in order to tackle climate change and enhance ocean-atmosphere forecasting.

 

China was the ninth country to join the revolutionary plan in ocean observation, following countries like the United States, France, and Japan.

 

During the past 16 years, China has become a crucial member of Argo, has built and maintained the 100-float-unit Argo ocean observing network, with 204 active floats at its peak, and collected more than 1.8 million pieces of observational data.

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