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Tropical Ocean Observing System

This document gives an overview of the Tropical Ocean Observing System (TPOS). TPOS allows us to gain a greater understanding of the tropical Pacific, better address the uncertainty of climate variability, and provide improved predictions and longer forecast lead times. Better pre-dictions of extreme climate episodes like floods and droughts could save the U.S. billions of dollars in damage costs and help to improve community resilience.