New CLIVAR Exchanges Special Issue on Tropical Atlantic Ocean Observing System (TAOS) published online

The CLIVAR Exchanges special issue on Tropical Atlantic Ocean Observing System (TAOS) is now published online (doi: 10.36071/clivar.82.2022). Based on its 10‑year review of the Tropical Atlantic Observing System (TAOS) coordinated by the CLIVAR Atlantic Region Panel (ARP), in close cooperation with PIRATA, this special issue on  TAOS aims to disseminate the important findings from the TAOS review report more widely and highlight the societal relevance of TAOS. The special issue contains ten articles documenting the history and current status of TAOS, the key science and operational driver, as well as the recommendations for future TAOS development derived from the TAOS Review report

  • Editorial (Sabrina Speich, Regina R. Rodrigues, Jose Santos, Jing Li)
  • An Introduction to the Tropical Atlantic Ocean Observing System: Past and Present (Sabrina Speich, Moacyr Araujo, Magdalena Balmaseda, Bernard Bourlès, Gregory Foltz, Michael J. McPhaden, Regina R. Rodrigues)
  • Theme 1: Dynamics of Tropical Atlantic Variability (Joke Lübbecke, Ingo Richter, Hyacinth Nnamchi)
  • Theme 2: Impacts of Tropical Atlantic Variability (Regina R. Rodrigues, Belen Rodriguez‑Fonseca)
  • Theme 3: The AMOC in the Tropical Atlantic (Rebecca Hummels, Bill Johns, Sabrina Speich, Renellys Perez, Peter Brandt, Matthias Lankhorst, Uwe Send)
  • Theme 4: Tropical Atlantic Ocean Biogeochemistry (Leticia Cotrim da Cunha)
  • Theme 5: Ecosystem and Fisheries Observations in the Tropical Atlantic (Jörn O. Schmidt, Patrice Brehmer, Abdoulaye Sarré)
  • Theme 6: Importance of In‑situ Observations for Operational Seamless Forecasting Systems (Magdalena Balmaseda, Philippe Dandin, Adrian Simmons)
  • Theme 7: Predictions of the Tropical Atlantic from Seasonal to Decadal Time Scales (Noel Keenlyside and Ingo Richter)
  • Theme 8: Long‑term Climate Change in the Tropical Atlantic (Noel Keenlyside and Ingo Richter)
  • Theme 9: Tropical Atlantic Ocean Observing System: Future Perspectives (Gregory Foltz, Moacyr Araujo, Magdalena Balmaseda, Bernard Bourlès, Michael J. McPhaden, Regina R. Rodrigues, Abdoulaye Sarre, Sabrina Speich)