Interactive web access to real-time El nino /La nina data from the TAO buoy network in the tropical pacific

摘要

The TAO array (Fig.1, [1,2, 3]) consists of approximately 70 ATLAS and current meter moorings spanning the Equatorial Pacific Ocean from 95°W in the eastern Pacific to 137°E in the west, telemetering oceanographic and meteorological data inreal-time via the Argos satellite system. It is a major component of the Global Climate Observation System, and is supported by an international consortium, involving cooperation between the United States, Japan, France, and Taiwan. The purpose of thearray is to provide high quality, in-situ, real-time data in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean for shortterm climate studies, most notably those relating to the El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon.