The Climate Program Office’s Climate Variability and Predictability (CVP) Program is soliciting proposals for the implementation of the NOAA’s Tropical Pacific Observing System (TPOS) Equatorial Pacific Experiment (TEPEX) field campaigns in the Central and East Pacific in FY2025. In preparation, science leads Dr. Chidong Zhang (Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory) and Dr. Elizabeth Thompson (Physical Science Laboratory) brought the NOAA and academic science communities together in two pre-proposal workshops to discuss ideas, collaboration opportunities, and anticipated challenges. The workshops were held virtually on October 31st and in Seattle (hybrid) on November 6th. CVP Program Manager Dr. Virginia Selz and Specialist Jose Algarin attended. These meetings provided a rare opportunity for applicants to coordinate, collaborate, and exchange their proposed ideas with each other. They helped foster collaboration between Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) labs and programs and other line offices like the National Weather Service and (NWS) and the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS).
TEPEX will advance multiple components of the Precipitation Prediction Grand Challenge Strategy (PPGC), a cross-NOAA initiative. TEPEX is based on a Science Plan that NOAA and the academic science community developed, leverages NOAA’s observing and modeling systems, and builds on OAR and NWS prior investments in modeling analyses and observing technology development.
For more information, contact Virginia Selz.
