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- The Argos DCS is another data collection relay system that adds
the benefits of providing global coverage and platform
location. The Argos program is administered under a joint
agreement between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) and the French space agency, Centre
National dýEtudes Spatiales (CNES).
The system consists of in-situ data collection platforms
equipped with sensors and transmitters and the Argos instrument
aboard the NOAA Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental
Satellites (POES). The global environmental data sets are
collected at telemetry ground stations in Fairbanks, Alaska;
Wallops Island, Virginia; and Lannion, France; and pre-processed
by the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information
Service (NESDIS) in Suitland Maryland.
Worldwide coverage is provided by this system. Additionally,
incorporating the Argos instrument on a moving satellite allows
for locating an in-situ platform using Doppler shift
calculations. This positioning capability permits applications
such as monitoring drifting ocean buoys and studying wildlife
migration paths.
For additional information,
link to http://noaasis.noaa.gov/ARGOS/
[Summary provided by NOAA]
Group: Instrument_Details
Entry_ID: ARGOS
Group: Instrument_Identification
Instrument_Category: Earth Remote Sensing Instruments
Instrument_Class: Passive Remote Sensing
Instrument_Type: Positioning/Navigation
Instrument_Subtype: Radio
Short_Name: ARGOS
Long_Name: ARGOS Data Collection and Position Location System
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Group: Associated_Platforms
Short_Name: METOP-B
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