P17N: A WOCE Hydrographic Program Section in the Northeast Pacific

在这个项目中，PI将收集和解释高质量的 以及高分辨率的电导率、温度、深度、氧气和 东北太平洋营养盐数据，沿着一条线 被世界海洋环流实验命名为P-17 N （WOCE），并从San 从弗朗西斯科到舒马金群岛， 锡特卡，阿拉斯加。 具体的科学问题包括 热量和淡水发散， 阿拉斯加环流和副热带环流，扩散和通风 北太平洋中层水速率和底界 在二氧化硅分布中看到的相互作用。

In this project the PI's will collect and interpret high-quality and high-resolution conductivity, temperature, depth, oxygen and nutrient data in the Northeast Pacific Ocean, along a line designated as P-17N by the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE), and running generally parallel to the coast from San Francisco to the Shumagin Islands, with an intersecting leg into Sitka, Alaska. Specific science issues to be addressed include heat and fresh water divergences, exchange of properties between the Alaska Gyre and the Subtropical Gyre, spreading and ventilation rates of North Pacific Intermediate Water, and bottom boundary interactions as seen in silica distributions.