REU: Small-Scale Dynamics and Thermohaline Structure of Tropical Instability Waves

该项目是热带不稳定波实验(TIWE)的一个组成部分。P.I.将与TIWE的其他研究人员合作，研究太平洋热带不稳定波波峰附近上层海洋的涡度平衡，以及将赤道冷水与暖水向北分开的锋面的温盐精细结构。将使用深度循环CTD和声学多普勒剖面仪对温度、盐度和速度场进行采样，同时部署卫星跟踪的漂移和热电阻链阵列。

This project is a component of the Tropical Instability Wave Experiment (TIWE). The P.I. will collaborate with other TIWE investigators to study the vorticity balance of the upper ocean near the crests of the Pacific tropical instability waves and the thermohaline fine structure of the front separating cold equatorial water from warmer water to the north. A depth- cycled CTD and an Acoustic Doppler Profiler will be used to sample the temperature, salinity, and velocity fields, in conjunction with deployment of an array of satellite-tracked drifted and a thermistor chain.