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

该项目是热带不稳定波的一个组成部分 实验（TIWE）。 私家侦探将与其他TIWE合作 研究海洋上层的涡度平衡 在太平洋热带不稳定波的波峰附近， 锋面分离冷区温盐精细结构 赤道水从温暖的海水向北移动。 一种深度- 将使用循环CTD和声学多普勒剖面仪 采样温度，盐度和速度场，在 与部署一系列卫星跟踪的 漂移和热敏电阻链。

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.