edu.ucar.opensky::articles:43334 UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact 2025-12-24T17:52:46.618106 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) https://n2t.net/ark:/85065/d7hq44bp Celebrating 50 Years since GATE 2025-04-01T00:00:00Z publication https://n2t.net/ark:/85065/d7hq44bp https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0063.1 Jenney, A. M. author Houze, R. A. author LeMone, Margaret A. author Thompson, E. J. author Núñez Ocasio, Kelly M. author Zhang, C. author Nathan, T. author UCAR/NCAR - Library publisher The Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) Atlantic Tropical Experiment (GATE) took place from June to September 1974. It remains the largest field campaign in atmospheric science history. Its 50th anniversary was celebrated at the 104th AMS Annual Meeting in Baltimore on 1 February 2024. The celebration featured a series of events including town halls, sessions, and a luncheon. These events provided a platform for reflection and knowledge sharing among surviving participants and others and highlighted GATE&#8217;s foundational role in advancing our understanding of tropical meteorology and oceanography. GATE was motivated by the need to address the challenge of global weather forecasting, and its science objectives remain relevant today. The campaign led to discoveries that continue to influence modern thinking about tropical meteorology and oceanography. It also impacted the design and goals of subsequent tropical field studies. This article briefly describes the 50th anniversary celebration, including some of the experiences of the participants, and summarizes seminal findings about tropical convection, the tropical atmospheric boundary layer over the ocean, easterly waves, oceanography, and air&#8211;sea interaction&#8212;fields where GATE&#8217;s insights have guided subsequent research. UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact PDF Text theme Resource Type 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z publication <span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;" data-sheets-root="1">Copyright 2025 American Meteorological Society (AMS).</span> None eng geoscientificInformation