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contributor authorBourlès, Bernard
contributor authorLumpkin, Rick
contributor authorMcPhaden, Michael J.
contributor authorHernandez, Fabrice
contributor authorNobre, Paulo
contributor authorCampos, Edmo
contributor authorYu, Lisan
contributor authorPlanton, Serge
contributor authorBusalacchi, Antonio
contributor authorMoura, Antonio D.
contributor authorServain, Jacques
contributor authorTrotte, Janice
date accessioned2017-06-09T16:21:48Z
date available2017-06-09T16:21:48Z
date copyright2008/08/01
date issued2008
identifier issn0003-0007
identifier otherams-66487.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4207828
description abstractThe Pilot Research Moored Array in the tropical Atlantic (PIRATA) was developed as a multinational observation network to improve our knowledge and understanding of ocean?atmosphere variability in the tropical Atlantic. PIRATA was motivated by fundamental scientific issues and by societal needs for improved prediction of climate variability and its impact on the economies of West Africa, northeastern Brazil, the West Indies, and the United States. In this paper the implementation of this network is described, noteworthy accomplishments are highlighted, and the future of PIRATA in the framework of a sustainable tropical Atlantic observing system is discussed. We demonstrate that PIRATA has advanced beyond a ?Pilot? program and, as such, we have redefined the PIRATA acronym to be ?Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic.?
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleThe Pirata Program: History, Accomplishments, and Future Directions
typeJournal Paper
journal volume89
journal issue8
journal titleBulletin of the American Meteorological Society
identifier doi10.1175/2008BAMS2462.1
journal fristpage1111
journal lastpage1125
treeBulletin of the American Meteorological Society:;2008:;volume( 089 ):;issue: 008
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