Physical and meteorological data from the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) array in the tropical Pacific Ocean during December 2011 (NODC Accession 0092285)

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).

由55个锚定浮标组成的热带大气海洋（Tropical Atmosphere Ocean, TAO）阵列覆盖热带太平洋区域，经度范围介于165°E至95°W，纬度范围约为南纬8°至北纬9°。该阵列中的锚系设备会测量表层气象与上层海洋参数，且多数数据通过Service Argos服务实时传回岸基站点。该阵列是热带海洋-全球大气（Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere, TOGA）计划的原位测量组成部分；该计划为期10年（1985年—1994年），聚焦季节至年际时间尺度的气候变率研究，其中最显著的模态即为厄尔尼诺/南方涛动（El Niño/Southern Oscillation, ENSO）现象（McPhaden, 1993）。