What is PNBOIA?
The National Buoy Program (PNBOIA) is the Brazilian national program to implement an array of drifters and coastal moorings, both monitored by satellite, and to make the data available to the scientific community in near real time.
The focus of PNBOIA is to improve the knowledge of the oceanic circulation of the South Atlantic Ocean by analyzing the lagrangian trajectories and the data collected by drifting buoys and moorings.
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Relevance
- Understanding the variability and predictability of the climatic system at different scales of space and time;
- Providing data for numerical forecast of weather and climate;
- Describing and predict marine meteorological and sea surface conditions to promote safe ship operations in a safe and efficient way;
- Detecting and evaluating the importance of climate changes in the ocean;
- Providing data to save and restore coastal and marine ecosystems and to the coastal management programs;
- Management of marine resources for sustainable utilization; and
- Improving the forecast and a prompt response to natural catastrophes caused by extreme oceanic and meteorological events.
Projects
The monitoring activities in the South Atlantic are performed by the following projects: