| General info | |
| Project title | PIRATA |
| Project acronym | PIRATA |
| Project website | http://www.ifremer.fr/ird/pirata/piratafr.html |
| Begin date | 2008-02-01 |
| End date | To present |
| Description | |
| Abstract | PIRATA (Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic), extension of PIRATA (Pilot Research morred Array in the Tropical Atlantic), is a program of operational oceanography worked out by a group of scientists involved in the activities of CLIVAR (Climate Variability and Predictability Program) and carried out in the context of a multinational co-operation.
The objective of PIRATA is the study of the ocean-atmosphere interactions in the tropical Atlantic and of their role in regional climatic variability (seasonal, interannual, or longer scales).
By the assimilation of the PIRATA data in the numerical models of oceanic and atmospheric circulation, we should be able to better understand and simulate variabilities of the climatology of the tropical Atlantic (from seasonal to interannual varability).
This should allow a notable progress in the realization of climatic predictions, in particular for the modes of precipitations on the zones of the North-East of Brazil and of the West Africa. |
| Coordinator | |
| Coordinating organisation | Laboratory of Oceanography and Climate, Experiments and numerical Approaches
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| Country of Coordinator | France |
| Contact name | SERVAIN Jacques |
| Contact organisation | Laboratory of Oceanography and Climate, Experiments and numerical Approaches
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| Phone | +33(0)2 98 22 45 06 |
| Fax | +33(0)1 44 27 38 05 |
| Email | Jacques.Servain@ird.fr |
| Project partners | |
| Other partners | Ifremer, Centre de Bretagne
Meteo France, Centre de Météorologie Marine
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
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| Edmerp metadata | |
| Edmerp id | 12040 |
| Collating centre | Ifremer, Scientific Information Systems for the sea
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| Latest update | 2015-10-08 |
