TOGA Pan-Pacific Surface Current Study/Central Pacific Processes and Drifter Calibration

这个项目涉及部署表面电流 穿越赤道太平洋盆地的漂流者， 分析其轨迹和从当前收集的数据， 以及安装在其中的温度传感器。 国际 预计将与法国、澳大利亚和日本合作。 将在赤道太平洋部署350个表面漂移器 在三年的时间里， 以及热含量和它的演化。 第一年， 漂流者的主要采购将通过这笔赠款，但 在过去的几年里，法国人、澳大利亚人和 日本人可能已经犯了罪。 这个实验是 有助于实现美国TOGA目标的过程研究 （热带海洋和全球大气）计划。

This project involves the deployment of surface current drifters across the equatorial Pacific Ocean basin, and the analysis of their trajectories and data collected from current and temperature sensors mounted in them. International cooperation with France, Australia, and Japan is anticipated. 350 surface drifters will be deployed in the equatorial Pacific over a three-year period to determine the upper layer advection and heat content and its evolution. During the first year the primary procurement of drifters will be through this grant, but in out years, contributions from the French, Australians, and possibly the Japanese have been committed. This experiment is a process study contributing to the objectives of the US TOGA (Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere) Program.