PI: Meghan Cronin (NOAA/PMEL)
Co-PI: Michael McPhaden (NOAA/PMEL)
Figure 1. EPIC
science objectives
Figure 2. Area
of work
Figure 3. June
2000 Cold Tongue/ITCZ complex (from TAO/EPIC data)
Figure 4. 10N
95W time series
Figure 5. EPIC2001
TAO/PACS-EPIC Ship Request Summary
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3-4 day piggyback on the TAO 95W/110W
Ron Brown cruise
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3 days are required to recover
and deploy the 3 EPIC moorings at 3.5N, 10N, 12N along 95W.
These days are critical for success of PACS/EPIC and EPIC2001.
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Must be class 1 ship
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The TAO/EPIC project has
5 years of funding from NOAA OAR/OGP (May 1999 - May 2004).
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EPIC is a US CLIVAR initiative.
Enhanced monitoring has been funded through the NOAA PACS program by NOAA
OGP and OAR. EPIC2001 fieldwork is funded jointly through NOAA
and NSF.
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