Investigation of Possible Boundary Currents Adjacent to the Windward Side of the Hawaiian Islands

该项目将使用从一系列飞行中掉落的一次性AXBT来调查夏威夷北部海洋的结构。最近的理论和分析表明，夏威夷岛脊系统将传入的罗斯比波修正为具有准持久离岸结构的当前系统。本研究将确定空间结构，并通过重复飞行，将描述时间变异性的某些方面。

This project will investigate the structure of the ocean north of Hawaii using expendable AXBT's dropped from a series of flights. recent theory and analysis suggests that the Hawaiian Island ridge system rectifies incoming Rossby waves into a current system with quasi-persistent offshore structure. This study will determine the spatial sturucture, and with repeated flights, will describe some aspects of the temporal variability.