12 Days of Instruments
Introducing a new social media series from NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML): 12 Days of Instruments!
This series highlights 12 of the many instruments used by our researchers at AOML! Each of these instruments are vital to conducting our groundbreaking research.
Tropical Atlantic Variability
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 [...]
XBT Network
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 [...]
Western Boundary Time Series
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 [...]
Argo
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 [...]
Hurricane Gliders
Hurricane Gliders Improving Hurricane Forecasts With Upper Ocean Observations JUMP TO DATA DEPLOYMENT MAP OR SCROLL TO LEARN MORE members Who We Are The genesis, path, and intensity of Atlantic Ocean hurricanes are linked to atmospheric and ocean conditions. During the last 20 years, the improvements of hurricane intensity forecasts, and in [...]
Global Drifter Program
Global Drifter Program Cornerstone of the Global Ocean Observing System JUMP TO DATA OR SCROLL TO LEARN MORE Who We Are What We Do The Global Drifter Program is a branch of NOAA’s Global Ocean Observing System and a scientific project of the Data Buoy Cooperation Panel. It has two components: the Global Drifter Center [...]
Larger than Normal Atlantic Warm Pool Leads to an Increase in US Heat Waves
Heat extremes are the number one weather-related cause of death in the United States, prompting the climate community to study the driving forces behind these extreme events to improve their prediction. A new study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research finds an increase in summertime heat wave occurrence over the US Great Plains is linked to a larger than normal tropical Atlantic warm pool.
Atlantic Coast Hurricanes Intensifying Faster Than Forty Years Ago
New NOAA research published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, found that hurricane intensification rates near the U.S. Atlantic coast have increased significantly over the last 40 years and will likely continue to increase in the future.
