The Argos system is a satellite-based Data Collection and Location System (DCLS) used to collect in situ environmental data from fixed and mobile platforms. Coupled with an accurate position determination, these data are time-tagged and disseminated world-wide. The year 1990 marks twelve years of continuous operation of the Argos system, primarily in the service of oceanography.

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