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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Publications
2007-2008
- Sato, O. T., and P. S. Polito, 2008: Influence of salinity on the interannual heat storage trends in the Atlantic estimated from altimeters and Pilot Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic data, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C02008, doi:10.1029/2007JC004151.
2004-2006
- Foltz, G., S. Grodsky, J. Carton, and M. McPhaden, 2004:. Seasonal salt budget of the northwestern tropical Atlantic Ocean along 38W. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, C03052.
- Serra, Y. and M. McPhaden, 2004:. In Situ Observations of Diurnal Variability in Rainfall over the Tropical Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Journal of Climate 17(18), 3496-3509.
- Yu, L., R. Weller, and B. Sun, 2004. Mean and Variability of the WHOI Daily Latent and Sensible Heat Fluxes at In Situ Flux Measurement Sites in the Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Climate 17(11), 2096-2118.
- Giarolla, E., P. Nobre, M. Malagutti, and L. Pezzi, 2005:. The Atlantic Equatorial Undercurrent: PIRATA observations and simulations with GFDL Modular Ocean Model at CPTEC. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L10617.
- Grodsky, S., J. Carton, C. Provost, J. Servain, J. Lorenzzetti, and M. Mcphaden, 2005:. Tropical instability waves at 0 N, 23 W in the Atlantic: A case study using Pilot Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic(PIRATA) mooring data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, C08010.
2000-2003
- Foltz, G., S. Grodsky, J. Carton, and M. McPhaden, 2003:. Seasonal mixed layer heat budget of the tropical Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res 108(10.1029).
- Servain, J., G. Clauzet, and I. Wainer, 2003:. Modes of tropical Atlantic climate variability observed by PIRATA. Geophysical Research Letters 30(5).
- Wainer, I., G. Clauzet, J. Servain, and J. Soares, 2003:. Time scales of upper ocean temperature variability inferred from the PIRATA data (1997-2000). Geophysical Research Letters 30(5), 8004.
- Sun, B., L. Yu, and R. Weller, 2003:. Comparisons of Surface Meteorology and Turbulent Heat Fluxes over the Atlantic: NWP Model Analyses versus Moored Buoy Observations. Journal of Climate 16(4), 679-695.
1900's
- Servain, J. and Busalacchi, A.J. and McPhaden, M.J. and Moura, A.D. and Reverdin, G. and Vianna, M. and Zebiak, S.E., 1998:. A Pilot Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic (PIRATA). Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc, 79(10), 2019-2031.
- Hackert, E., R. Miller, and A. Busalacchi, 1998:. An optimized design for a moored instrument array in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research 103(C4), 7491-7510.
- Enfield, D., A. Mestas-Nunez, D. Mayer, and L. Cid-Cerrano, 1999:. How ubiquitous is the dipole relationship in tropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures? Journal of Geophysical Research 104(C4), 7841-7848.
Projects
The monitoring activities in the South Atlantic are performed by the following projects: