Measurements of Shear and Turbulence during the Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment (COARE) Mixed Layer Dynamics Pilot Program

耦合海洋大气响应实验 (COARE) 混合层动力学试点计划期间切变和湍流的测量

• 批准号: 8815900
• 负责人: Michael Gregg
• 金额: $ 89.22万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-02-01 至 1992-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8815900&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Measurements; Shear; Turbulence; during; Coupled

In this project, the P.I.'s will obtain time series of shear and turbulence in the area of the warm pool in the western tropical Pacific Ocean, where the oceanic mixed layer regime differs greatly from other regimes, such as that in the central Pacific observed during Tropic Heat. Local rainfall and island runoff freshen the near-surface layer, creating a non-thermal buoyancy layer that effectively attenuates wind-mixing of the thermal layer except under very strong or sustained winds. Understanding mixing in this area is of fundamental importance to sorting out the hypotheses for generation of El Nino in particular, and for tropical ocean modeling in general. Ocean measurements will be combined with improved measurements of air-sea fluxes made under a companion grant.

在这个项目中，P.I.的将获得剪切的时间序列， 热带西部暖池区的湍流 太平洋，海洋混合层制度不同 在很大程度上不同于其他政权，例如太平洋中部的政权， 在热带高温期间观察。 当地降雨和岛屿径流 使近地表层焕然一新， 有效减弱热层风混合的层 除非是在强风或持续风的情况下。 理解混合 这一领域的工作对解决 特别是厄尔尼诺现象产生的假设，以及 热带海洋模型。 海洋测量将是 结合改进的海气通量测量， 同伴补助金