The TPOS 2020 project aims to rejuvenate and revamp the Tropical Pacific Observing System (TPOS) to meet the observational, experimental, and operational needs of today and the future. The purpose of the TPOS 2020 project is oversee the transition to a more resilient and integrated observing system to meet the identified gaps as well as future needs as they are identified.

Community feedback is sought on the TPOS 2020 "First Report" (second and final reports will come in 2018 and 2020). The report can be downloaded (4.5 Mb pdf) on the website at http://tpos2020.org/first-report/. While still a draft, to be finalized at the end of this year, it is now a public document that can be circulated.

Also see the above link to download the comment spreadsheet for this second draft. We encourage you to comment on the revision; please use the spreadsheet, which makes it far easier to track comments and our responses. Every comment gets a specific response, and these will all be posted publicly (both drafts, no names on comments). 

In order to make final decisions on this report at our Steering Committee meeting in October, all comments are due by 23 September 2016.