Physical Oceanographic Studies of the Scotia Sea Winter Marginal Ice Zone: A Component of AMERIEZ

该项目是跨学科南极冰缘区海洋生态系统分析（AMERIEZ）项目的物理海洋学组成部分。它将测量、记录和分析斯科舍海冬季中期边缘冰带的中尺度物理海洋学特征，方法是在1988年南部冬季沿着研究区域的紧密间隔的横断面获取温度和盐度数据。一系列由卫星跟踪的漂流浮标将沿着西部边缘布设，并沿着这一区域布设，以获得拉格朗日流场。水文和洋流测量将定义锋面、漩涡、曲流和其他中尺度特征，并将提供一个框架，在这个框架内，化学和生物数据可以被解释。

This project is the physical oceanography component of the interdisciplinary Antarctic Marine Ecosystem Analysis in the Ice Edge Zone (AMERIEZ) program. It will measure, document, and analyze mesoscale physical oceanographic features in the mid-winter marginal ice zone of the Scotia Sea, by obtaining temperature and salinity data along closely-spaced transects through the study region in the austral winter 1988. A series of satellite-tracked drifting buoys will be set out along the western margin and followed through the area to give the Lagrangian current field. The hydrographic and current measurements will define fronts, eddies, meanders, and other mesoscale features, and will provide a framework within which the chemical and biological data can be interpreted.