The NOAA Climate Variability and Predictability (CVP) Program - "Pre-Field Modeling Studies in Support of TPOS Process Studies, a Component of TPOS 2020"

The NOAA Climate Variability and Predictability (CVP) Program supports research aimed at providing process-level understanding of the physical climate system through observation, modeling, analysis, and field studies. This vital knowledge is needed to improve climate models and predictions so that scientists can better anticipate the impacts of future climate variability and change. In 2018, the CVP Program partnered with the Tropical Pacific Observing System 2020 (TPOS-2020) efforts on the topic of understanding processes in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Eight modeling projects were selected that will refine the current scientific understanding of the equatorial Pacific climate system. Each have a specific focus on one or both of two process studies identified in the TPOS 2020 First Report: 1) "Pacific Upwelling and Mixing Physics (PUMP)" (TPOS First Report, section 6.2.1) and 2) "Air–sea Interaction at the eastern edge of the Warm Pool" (TPOS First Report, section 6.2.3). Outcomes from the projects will be used for pre-cruise planning and field campaign development. This poster will present the topics of the funded projects, the expected scientific outcomes, and possible future programmatic collaborations with TPOS-2020.