Southwest Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (SAM) The backbone of the South Atlantic MOC Basin-Wide Array along 34.5°S JUMP TO DATA OR SCROLL TO LEARN MORE Who We Are What We Do The South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (SAM) project, which began in 2009, involves an array of four pressure-equipped inverted echo sounders (PIES) along 34.5°S [...]
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South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Monitoring the Physical, Chemical, and Biological Oceanography of South Florida's Coastal Ecosystem SCROLL TO LEARN MORE Introduction The South Florida Ecosystem Restoration research group has conducted regular interdisciplinary observations of the Gulf of America and south Florida coastal waters since the mid 1990’s, producing a comprehensive, long-term baseline for the regional [...]
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Real-time Doppler Radar Analyzing & Delivering Airborne Doppler Radar Data in Real-Time JUMP TO DATA OR SCROLL TO LEARN MORE Who We Are Paul Reasor305.361.4530 | Paul Reasor, Ph.D Principal Investigator John Gamache305.361.4337 | John F. Gamache, Ph.D Co-Principal Investigator Peter Dodge305.361.4424 | Peter P. Dodge Project Member Frank Marks305.361.4321 | Frank Marks, Sc.D Project Member [...]
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Extratropical Transition Forecasting Impacts in Midlattitudes JUMP TO DATA OR SCROLL TO LEARN MORE Introduction Tropical cyclones feed off of the energy from the warm ocean below; they have only very small changes in temperature, and the environmental wind around the system is similar from its top to bottom (low wind shear). As they [...]
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The Saharan Air Layer Studying Impacts of Transatlantic Saharan Dust Storms on Atlantic Oceanic and Atmospheric Phenomenon SCROLL TO LEARN MORE Who We Are What We Do Our main goal is to study all aspects of the Saharan Air Layer, including its thermodynamic and kinematic structure, vertical extent, mineral dust impacts, and affect on the [...]
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PIRATA Northeast Extension Tropical Atlantic Observations for Weather & Climate JUMP TO DATA OR SCROLL TO LEARN MORE Who We Are PIRATA, the Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic, is a multinational observation network, established to improve our knowledge and understanding of ocean-atmosphere variability in the tropical Atlantic. It is a joint [...]
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Tropical Atlantic Current Observations Study Advancing Our Understanding of Ocean Circulation and Mixing JUMP TO DATA OR SCROLL TO LEARN MORE Who We Are The Tropical Atlantic Current Observations Study (TACOS) is a pilot study focused on advancing understanding of ocean circulation and mixing and its impact on sea surface temperatures and the atmosphere. Using [...]
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AOML XBT Network Longest Time Series in Existence Used to Measure Ocean Properties JUMP TO DATA OR SCROLL TO LEARN MORE Who We Are What We Do The NOAA/AOML XBT (eXpendable BathyThermograph) Network consists of transects across all ocean basins where XBT are used to collect temperature observations of the upper 1km of the ocean. The [...]
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Western Boundary Time Series Monitoring the Western Boundary Currents in the Subtropical Atlantic JUMP TO DATA SCROLL TO LEARN MORE Who We Are What We Do The Western Boundary Time Series (WBTS) project conducts sustained monitoring of the volume transport and seawater properties of the western boundary currents in the subtropical North Atlantic. These include [...]
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Argo Program An Array of Profiling Floats Observing the Ocean in Real-Time JUMP TO DATA JUMP TO OPERATIONS JUMP TO BGC-ARGO OR SCROLL TO LEARN MORE Who We Are What We Do Argo is an international program that collects information from inside the ocean using free drifting profiling floats. These floats drift with the ocean [...]
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