TOGA
Tropical Oceans and Global AtmosphereCompleted
Type of Structure: | program |
Regional Scope: | global |
Parent Organisations: | WCRP.WCP, .ICSU, .IOC |
Child Organisations: | |
Duration : | 1985 to 1994 COMPLETED |
Contact Address: | no office contact defined |
General information and objectives
The TOGA Program was initiated in 1985 as a 10-year effort by the WCRP to improve our understanding of the tropical ocean/atmosphere system and its effect on the climate at higher latitudes. The four main objectives of TOGA were to:The TOGA field program is scheduled for completion in 1995. At that time, operational systems should be in place for collecting the oceanic data required to predict the state of the tropical oceans, to predict events such as the El Niño in the tropical Pacific and to predict the effects of these events on the global atmosphere (WCRP, 1991, see below).
source: WCRP (World Climate Research Programme), 1991: WOCE: World Ocean Circulation Experiment .
Last update: 5/6/22
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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