TY - JOUR T1 - Biogeochemical Argo: The Test Case of the NAOS Mediterranean Array A1 - D’ortenzio,Fabrizio A1 - Taillandier,Vincent A1 - Claustre,Hervé A1 - Prieur,Louis Marie A1 - Leymarie,Edouard A1 - Mignot,Alexandre A1 - Poteau,Antoine A1 - Penkerc’h,Christophe A1 - Schmechtig,Catherine Marie AD - Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche, Paris, France AD - Mercator Océan International, Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France AD - CNRS, Observatoire des Sciences de l’Univers Ecce Terra, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France UR - https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00618/73031/ DO - 10.3389/fmars.2020.00120 KW - BGC-Argo floats KW - Mediterranean KW - bioregions KW - ocean color KW - physical biological interactions N2 - The necessity of wide, global-scale observing systems for marine biogeochemistry emerged dramatically in the last decade. A global network based on Biogeochemical (BGC) Argo floats is considered to be one of the most promising approaches for reaching this goal. As a first step, pilot studies were encouraged to test the feasibility of a global BGC-Argo array, to consolidate the methods and practices under development, and to set up the array’s characteristics. A pilot study in The Mediterranean Sea—deemed a suitable candidate for a test case because it combines a relatively large diversity of oceanic BGC conditions in a reduced open-ocean basin—was consequently approved as a part of the “Novel Argo ocean Observing System” (NAOS) project, a French national initiative to promote, consolidate, and develop the Argo network. We present here a first assessment of the NAOS Mediterranean array, in view of scientific choices on observing-system strategy, on implementation and statistics on network performances, and on data-quality control. Y1 - 2020/03 PB - Frontiers Media SA JF - Frontiers In Marine Science SN - 2296-7745 VL - 7 IS - 120 ID - 73031 ER -