Physical and meteorological data from the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) array in the tropical Pacific Ocean during January 2014 (NODC Accession 0115701)

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个锚定浮标构成的热带大气海洋（Tropical Atmosphere Ocean, TAO）阵列，覆盖热带太平洋区域，其经度范围为165°E至95°W，纬度大致介于南纬8°至北纬9°之间。该阵列中的锚定浮标可监测表层气象与上层海洋参数，并通过阿尔戈斯服务（Service Argos）将绝大多数数据实时回传至岸基站点。该阵列是热带海洋-全球大气（Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere, TOGA）计划原位测量部分的组成单元；该计划为期10年（1985年至1994年），旨在探究季节尺度至年际尺度的气候变率，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）。