Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Project - NOAA/PMEL

TAO provides real-time data from moored ocean buoys for improved detection, understanding and prediction of El Nino and La Nina. The TAO array (renamed the TAO/TRITON array on 1 January 2000) consists of approximately 70 moorings in the Tropical Pacific Ocean, telemetering oceanographic and meteorological data to shore in real-time via the Argos satellite system. The array is a major component of the El Ni�/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Observing System, the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) and the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS).