TY - JOUR
T1 - The Pirata Program
T2 - History, accomplishments, and future directions
AU - Bourlès, Bernard
AU - Lumpkin, Rick
AU - McPhaden, Michael J.
AU - Hernandez, Fabrice
AU - Nobre, Paulo
AU - Campos, Edmo
AU - Yu, Lisan
AU - Planton, Serge
AU - Busalacchi, Antonio
AU - Moura, Antonio D.
AU - Servain, Jacques
AU - Trotte, Janice
PY - 2008/8
Y1 - 2008/8
N2 - The 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."
AB - The 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."
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/53749100048
U2 - 10.1175/2008BAMS2462.1
DO - 10.1175/2008BAMS2462.1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:53749100048
SN - 0003-0007
VL - 89
SP - 1111
EP - 1125
JO - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
JF - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
IS - 8
ER -