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some PMEL produced sensors with those commercially avail- able. Telemetry is via the Iridium network which allows the transmission of higher resolution data streams.With NOAA?s Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) program combining efforts in the Paci c with the Japan Agency of Ma- rine-Earth Science and Technology to form the TAO/TRITON array, RAMA in the Indian Ocean and the ?Prediction and Research Moored Array? (PIRATA) research in the Atlantic Ocean, the ?Global Tropical Moored Buoy Array? (GTMBA, Fig. 2) was created, all large ocean basin monitoring systems. RAMA, a subcomponent of the ?Indian Ocean Observing System,? the youngest of the arrays has an emphasis on the role of the ocean for prediction of the Asian Monsoon, Indian Ocean Dipole and El Nino Southern Oscillation, all contribut- ing factors to global climate. This research will also bene t many outside the Indian Ocean region due to the atmospheric connections that in uence surrounding nations. Additionally, Author Rick Cole of RDSEA International on the scene in the Indian OceanPatrick Berk and Rick Cole deploy an Argo ß oat from BJ3. (Courtesy RDSEA) www.seadiscovery.com MTR #2 (18-33).indd 27MTR #2 (18-33).indd 273/5/2013 4:08:45 PM3/5/2013 4:08:45 PM