A Northeast Extension of the PIRATA Array

• Main Authors: Rick Lumpkin, Bob Molinari, Mike Mcphaden
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.589.1995; http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/pne/pdf/pirata_proposal.pdf

with four new moorings, three in the northeast TA and one in the north central TA. Moored observations in these regions will improve our knowledge of atmosphere-ocean heat exchanges and dynamics impacting the West African Monsoon, marine Intertropical Convergence Zone, upper ocean dynamics affecting heat content and SST variability in the Tropical North Atlantic (TNA) hotspot, possible connections between SST patterns and North Atlantic climate regimes of variability, and the development of atmospheric easterly waves into tropical cyclones. A better understanding of the processes driving SST anomalies in the TNA region will lead to better predictions of rainfall and other climate signals across a broad geographical domain at timescales from seasonal to decadal. I. Scientific Rational