Thermohaline, Nutrient and Current Structure Along WOCE LineP14N

在这个项目中，首席调查人员将沿着世界海洋环流实验(WOCE)指定的P-14N线收集和解释中北部太平洋的高质量和高分辨率的电导率/温度/深度(CTD)、氧和营养数据。这些资料涉及的具体问题包括：1.副极地和副热带环流以及中纬度纬向气流的垂直结构；2.黑潮伸展和阿拉斯加流在中太平洋环流中的作用；3.大尺度环流与热盐锋区和营养锋区的关系、水团转化、赤道地区的深部环流。

In this project the principal investigators will collect and interpret high-quality and high-resolution Conductivity/ Temperature/Depth (CTD), oxygen and nutrient data in the North Central Pacific Ocean, along a line designated as P-14N by the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE). Specific topics to be addressed with the data include: 1. Vertical structure of the subpolar and subtropical gyres and of mid-latitude zonal flow, 2. The role of the Kuroshio Extension and the Alaska Stream in Central Pacific circulation, and, 3. The relation of large scale circulation to thermo-haline and nutrient frontal zones, water mass transformation, and the deep circulation in the equatorial zone.