IOCWMO SUPPORT TO PIRATA

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IOC/WMO SUPPORT TO PIRATA

• PIRATA IS A MAJOR GOOS PILOT PROJECT THAT EXTENDS
  THE TAO ARRAY TO THE ATLANTIC
• STRONGER LIASION WITH PROGRAMMES LIKE CLIVAR
  ATLANTIC AND OOPC
• IN THE REGION, PIRATA HAS A LEADING ROLE FOR
  OBSERVING SYSTEMS IN THE SOUTH AND TROPICAL
  ATLANTIC
• IMPORTANT TO VIEW THE OCEAN AS A PLACE WITH AS
  MUCH WEATHER AS THE ATMOSPHERE
• REGIONAL ALLIANCES OCEATLAN

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REGIONAL ALLIANCE IN OCEANOGRAPHY FOR THE UPPER
SOUTHWEST AND TROPICAL ATLANTIC- OCEATLAN -

• IOC/UNESCO Rio GOOS Office,
• Technical Secretariat

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CONTRIBUTION TO/FROM PIRATA to OCEATLAN

• All PIRATA data sets are available for download
  at the experimental OCEATLAN web page, from where
  other data can also be available
• http//www.oceatlan.org
• IT IS part of the Brazilian contribution to GOOS
• Backbone to other observations in the region
• At the interest of GEOSS in the region
• Part of a Bilateral Agreement with the USA for
  ST, 2006
• OCEATLAN encompasses external cooperation with
  partners from outside the region deemed ESSENTIAL
• (because of PIRATA cooperation has greatly
  improved in other programme areas)

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NOAA support to PIRATA and GOOS
VADM Lautenbacher visits DHN on 21 August 2006
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• PERMANENT NETWORK OF SEA LEVEL OBSERVATIONS
  (GLOSS)
• OCEATLAN

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http//www.oceatlan.org