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Physical and meteorological data from the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) array in the tropical Pacific Ocean


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        abstract:  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).
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                  DateTime:  2021-10-15T16:35:52Z
            processStep:  (LE_ProcessStep)
                description:  NCEI Accession 0092284 was revised and v2.2 was published.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2021-10-15T16:35:52Z
            processStep:  (LE_ProcessStep)
                description:  NCEI Accession 0092285 v1.1 was published.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2021-10-15T16:35:52Z
            processStep:  (LE_ProcessStep)
                description:  NCEI Accession 0092285 was revised and v2.2 was published.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2021-10-15T16:35:52Z
            processStep:  (LE_ProcessStep)
                description:  NCEI Accession 0092285 was revised and v3.3 was published.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2021-10-15T16:35:52Z
            processStep:  (LE_ProcessStep)
                description:  NCEI Accession 0092286 v1.1 was published.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2021-10-15T16:35:52Z
            processStep:  (LE_ProcessStep)
                description:  NCEI Accession 0092286 was revised and v2.2 was published.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2021-10-15T16:35:52Z
            processStep:  (LE_ProcessStep)
                description:  NCEI Accession 0092287 v1.1 was published.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2021-10-15T16:35:52Z
            processStep:  (LE_ProcessStep)
                description:  NCEI Accession 0092287 was revised and v2.2 was published.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2021-10-15T16:35:52Z
            processStep:  (LE_ProcessStep)
                description:  NCEI Accession 0092288 v1.1 was published.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2021-10-15T16:35:52Z
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            level:  (MD_ScopeCode) repository
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                other:  NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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            processStep:  (LE_ProcessStep)
                description:  NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015.
                dateTime:
                  DateTime:  2015-04-22T00:00:00
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        maintenanceAndUpdateFrequency:  (MD_MaintenanceFrequencyCode) asNeeded
        maintenanceNote:  Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness.
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            organisationName:  NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
            role:  (CI_RoleCode) custodian
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    acquisitionInformation:  (MI_AcquisitionInformation)
        instrument:  (MI_Instrument)
            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  ADCP
            type:  ADCP
            description:  Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler The Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measures currents beneath a ship while underway. Sound signals sent from the moving ship bounce back to receivers aboard the ship. This provides a profile of water movement relative to the ship-precise modern navigation, allowing the ship's motion to be subtracted from the data. These devices are also used on moorings and profilers and, along with acoustic backscattering, measure animal biomass. Particles in the path of the sound waves, mostly plankton, reflect a small part of the sound energy back toward receivers, allowing researchers to make remote estimates of the sizes and numbers of animals present in the water column. Before the 1970's, the most technologically advanced instrument used to measure water velocity was known as a Doppler speed log. This evolved into the first commercial ADCP, produced in the mid-1970's, which used averaging. Later in the 1970's, the first vessel-mounted ADCP was developed to measure water velocity more accurately and to allow measurement in range cells over a depth profile. As instruments evolved, so did new techniques in Doppler signal processing. Initially, Doppler speed logs used simple analog signal processing methods, which are still used in some commercial speed logs today. However, the first ADCPs incorporated analog-to-digital signal conversion over a narrow communication bandwidth. Around 1990, this technique was developed into broadband signal processing. Since then, broadband ADCPs have been able to generate very accurate, real-time velocity measurements.
        instrument:  (MI_Instrument)
            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  CTD - moored CTD
            type:  CTD - moored CTD
            description:  CTD - moored CTD
        instrument:  (MI_Instrument)
            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  meteorological sensor
            type:  meteorological sensor
            description:  Any meteorological sensor, but also see specific instruments such as aerovane, anemometer, etc.
        instrument:  (MI_Instrument)
            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  pyranometer
            type:  pyranometer
            description:  Instrument that measure solar radiation.
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            identifier:  (MD_Identifier)
                code:  FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES
            description:  FIXED PLATFORM OF UNITED STATES
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