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- The Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC) is developing a surface moored buoy network named TRITON (TRIangle Trans-Ocean Buoy Network) for observing oceanic and atmospheric variability in the Pacific Ocean and its adjacent seas in cooperation interested Japanese and foreign agencies and institutions. The principal scientific objective is to understand variations of ocean circulation and heat/salt transports with emphasis on ENSO, the Asian monsoon, and decadal scale variability that influences world wide climate change. In its first phase, the TRITON array will be established mainly in the western tropical pacific Ocean, and harmonized with TAO array which are presently maintained by Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL), NOAA. The fundamental functions of TRITON are (1) basin scale ENSO monitoring, and (2) measurements of heat, freshwater, momentum fluxes for improving modeling capability. The TRITON (Triangle Trans-Ocean buoy network) is a series of buoys for measuring surface meteorology and upper ocean. The buoys will be deployed by JAMSTEC in collaboration with many countries in and around the Pacific Ocean as part of international climate research programs. The buoys measure wind, air temperature, humidity, precipitation, short wave radiation, water temperature, salinity and current. The water temperature and will be measured down to 750m depth. The data will be transmitted via satellite near real time and provided to researchers in the world. See: http://www.jamstec.go.jp/jamstec/TRITON/stream/index.html Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: TRITON Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: In Situ Ocean-based Platforms Platform_Series_or_Entity: BUOYS Short_Name: TRITON Long_Name: TRIangle Trans-Ocean Buoy Network End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: Triton End_Group Creation_Date: 2007-12-12 Online_Resource: http://www.jamstec.go.jp/jamstec/TRITON/stream/index.html Sample_Image: http://www.jamstec.go.jp/jamstec/OCEAN/TRITON/buoy-photo-s.jpg End_Group
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