Coordination of the European contribution to the Argo observing network based on autonomous profiling floats that are deployed in all oceans. Expertise in Oceanography (physics and biogeochemical) , instrumentation, in situ data management (open and free data policy , data available within 24 hours from acquisition) . Working with scientist in operational oceanography, physical and biogeochemical oceanography, climate change monitoring. Euro-Argo ERIC would like to invole partners around the Med sea in order to manage an homogeneous coverage of the Med and solve the North/South and West/East discrepencies.