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"...the crowning achievement of TOGA was the development of the Tropical Atmosphere/Ocean (TAO) array..."
EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 78(1), 7 January 1997.



The TAO array (renamed the TAO/TRITON array on 1 January 2000) consists of approximately 70 moorings in the Tropical Pacific Ocean, telemetering oceanographic and meteorological data to shore in real-time via the Argos satellite system.

The array is a major component of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Observing System, the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) and the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS).

Support is provided primarily by the United States (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and Japan (Japan Agency for Marine-earth Science and TEChnology) with additional contributions from France (Institut de recherche pour le developpement).

• NOAA ship Ka'Imimoana at sea
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• Moorings
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• TAO / TRITON
• PIRATA
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• Current
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  PMEL CO₂
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  MBARI
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• Previous
ARM
COARE
EPIC
NOPP
SCSMEX
TRMM

• TAO Panel (1992 - 2001)
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