Seasonal Heat Budget and Thermal Structure of the Tropical Oceans

哈斯滕拉特绘制的关于海洋上层热量储存和输送的地图和研究是对热带气候学最有用的贡献之一。有了这笔资金，他将把注意力集中在印度洋上。根据这项工作，将制作每月2度分辨率的上层海洋热结构图。编辑后的原始数据集将通过NODC向社区提供。这些产品将对TOGA项目非常有用。这一分析的直接应用将是研究海洋储热对印度洋季风状态的影响。

The maps and studies Hastenrath has produced on the heat storage and transport in the upper layers of the ocean have been one of most useful contributions to tropical climatology. With this grant he will focus his attention on the Indian Ocean. From this work monthly maps of the thermal structure of the upper ocean at 2 degree resolution will be produced. The original datasets, after editing, will be made available to the community through NODC. These products will be very useful to TOGA projects. The direct application of this analysis will be a study on the influence of oceani heat storage on the monsoon regime in the Indian Ocean." will also be investigated.