TRITON: Triangle Trans-Ocean Buoy Network Ocean Observation Buoy System: New Moored Buoy System for the Observation of Ocean

摘要

The TOGA (Tropical Ocean Glo bal Atmosphere) program which was carried out between 1985 and 1994, has revealed that the ENSO (El Nino/Southern Oscillation) phenomena cause dramatic changes in water temperature, salinity and circulation in the surface-layer of the Equatorial Pacific. It has also been shown that such changes cause unusual weather in the mid-latitudes as well as in the tropics. However specific processes and conditions resulting in an ENSO occurrence are yet to be understood. It is necessary to understand the processes of air-sea interaction in order to improve climate change predictions.