What is PIRATA?
The Pilot Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic (PIRATA) is an in situ observation array of moored buoys designed to monitor a set of atmospheric and oceanographic variables of the ocean-atmosphere interface processes at the tropical Atlantic ocean.
The PIRATA project is a multinational cooperation program with participation of Brazil, France, and the United States. These three countries shared the tasks of implementation and maintenance of the array.
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Brazilian institutions
- SECIRM - Secretaria da Comissão Interministerial de Recursos do Mar
- CHM - Centro de Hidrografia da Marinha
- INPE - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa Espacial
- FURG - Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
- IOUSP - Instituto Oceanográfico da Universidade de São Paulo
- INMET - Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia
- MMA - Ministério do Meio Ambiente
- IEAPM - Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira
Projects
The monitoring activities in the South Atlantic are performed by the following projects: