MOCCA

The goal of the project is to progress towards the Euro-Argo objectives in "Monitoring the Oceans" through the procurement of 150 T/S Argo floats (Core and Iridium), the arrangement for their deployment, the at-sea monitoring, the collected data processing in real-time and delayed-mode. MOCCA will focus on 4 target deployment areas:

•  Southern Ocean (ice free), to improve the actual poor density in Argo network,
•  Nordic Seas (ice free): based on actual national plans, there are gaps in the area from target identified in the Euro-Argo Strategy document,
•  Marginal Seas endhancement: Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea (Aegean and Levantine Seas),
•  Contribution to the global network.

 Within MOCCA, the Euro-Argo ERIC will also demonstrate its operational capabilities. The data will be made freely available as a European contribution to the international Argo programme. The Euro-Argo ERIC will organise interfaces with operational users and, in particular, with the Copernicus Marine Service and with the Ocean and climate change research communities.