GOMO Funded TPOS 2020 Projects
2016 GOMO TPOS 2020 Technology Development Pilot Studies to advance the readiness of in situ observing platforms (e.g. floats, gliders, moorings) and assess their potential to address observational requirements and gaps in the tropical Pacific Ocean region.
- Autonomous Surface Vessels as Low-Cost TPOS Platforms for Observing the Planetary Boundary Layer and Surface Biogeochemistry-M Cronin (PMEL), D Zhang (JISAO), A Sutton (JISAO), C Meinig (PMEL)
- Profiling Floats Equipped with Rainfall, Wind Speed, and Biogeochemical Sensors for Use in the Tropical Pacific Observing System-S Riser, J Yang (UW)
- Enhanced Ocean Boundary Layer Observations on NDBC TAO Moorings- K Grissom (NWS/NDBC), W Kessler (PMEL)
- Development and Testing of Direct Covariance Turbulent Flux Measurements for NDBC TAO Buoys-T Farrar, J Edson (WHOI), M Cronin (PMEL)
2019 National Ocean Partnership Program Autonomous Profiling Floats for Investigating Tropical Pacific Ocean Biogeochemistry (in partnership with the NASA Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry Program and the CPO Climate Variability and Predictability Program)
- Improvements to Profiling Float Technology in Support of Equatorial Pacific Biogeochemical Studies- S Riser (University of Washington), K Johnson (MBARI), B Carter, (JISAO/UW), T Mitchell (Seabird)
- Developing an autonomous biogeochemical profiling float to monitor biological productivity, ocean-atmosphere CO2 fluxes, and hypoxia in the Tropical Pacific Ocean- S Purkey, T Martz, L Talley, D Roemmich, M Mazloff, D Rudnick, A Verdy (SIO-UCSD), NBogue (MRV Systems LLC), K Johnson (MBARI)