New Climate Observations Introduced

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New Climate Observations Introduced
16 Aug 2004
FY2004 Target 275 new ARGO floats deployed
June 2004 Actual 371 ARGO floats, 523 total
ocean observing platforms
FY04 Target 275
Cumulative observing platforms deployed
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Reduce the Error in Global Measurements of Sea
Surface Temperature
16 Aug 2004
Long-term Target Error of 0.2 C by 2008
Satellite bias error the systematic difference
between satellite-derived vs. in situ
measurements of sea surface temperature
Expanding the in situ network will minimize the
satellite bias error, enabling more accurate
global sea surface temperature from a combination
of satellite and in situ measurements
Note this measure is proposed as a new GPRA for
FY2006 it is already reported on quarterly