The Tropical Pacific Observing System (TPOS) has been delivering measurements to the international science community and national and international prediction centers since the 1980s. TPOS also serves key stakeholders invested in monitoring the Earth's carbon inventory, sustainable fisheries, and climate change. The TPOS 2020 Project, in its review of the observing system, provides recommendations for process studies in the Tropical Pacific over the next decade, taking advantage of emerging technologies, new platforms, and techniques that have reached a state of technical readiness. This session seeks presentations that inform prospective process study experiments and improved modeling of the atmospheric and oceanic boundary layers in the Tropical Pacific. We invite discussions on advances in modeling capabilities and field campaign capabilities applicable to TPOS, the use of TPOS data and products for improving understanding of the coupled boundary layer, and how this research translates to model improvement.

• A - Atmospheric Sciences
• EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes