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Title: Physical and meteorological data from the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) array in the tropical Pacific Ocean during March 2012 (NODC Accession 0092288)
Abstract: The Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) Array of 55 moored buoys spans the tropical Pacific from longitudes 165°E to 95°W between latitudes of approximately 8°S and 9°N. Moorings within the array measure surface meteorological and upper-ocean parameters and transmit most data in real time to shore via Service Argos. The array was part of the in-situ measurement portion of the Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere (TOGA) Program, a 10-year (1985 - 1994) study of climate variability on seasonal to interannual time scales, the most pronounced mode of which is the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon (McPhaden, 1993).
Date received: 20120402
Start date: 20120226
End date: 20120401
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West boundary: 165
East boundary: -94.948
North boundary: 8.119
South boundary: -8
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Submitter: Crout, Richard
Submitting institution: US DOC; NOAA; NWS; National Data Buoy Center
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Supplementary information: Documents about NDBC's processing of Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) array data and other related information are in NODC accession 0088104 (see http://accession.nodc.noaa.gov/0088104).
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Metadata version: 1
Keydate: 2012-06-29 19:16:22+00
Editdate: 2012-06-29 19:17:06+00