BEST - Benguela Current Source and Transport

该项目是一项合作项目，旨在测量东大西洋本格拉洋流在30|S处的输送和水团特征。沿30|S的一段反向回声测深仪(IES)和海流计将得到三台IES的AT39|S.的补充，沿这些段及其之间将进行CTD测量。目标是监测本格拉的运输和水源与阿古拉斯反反射区域的变化性有关。数据将与来自副热带气旋西侧的类似数据相结合，由德国研究人员收集，以确定横跨南纬30度的经向输送总量。虽然不是美国官方WOCE计划的一部分，但结果将有助于南大西洋的WOCE活动。

This project is a cooperative effort to measure transport and water mass characteristics of the Benguela Current at 30|S in the eastern Atlantic. A section of Inverted Echo Sounders (IES) and current meters along 30|S will be complemented by three IES'S AT 39|S. CTD surveys will be carried out along and between the sections. Objectives are to monitor transport and source waters of the Benguela in relation to variability in the Agulhas Retroflection region. Data will be combined with similar data from the western side of the subtropical gyre, collected by German inestigators, in order to address the total meridional transport across 30|S. Although not part of the official US WOCE program, results will contribute to WOCE activity in the South Atlantic.