BEST - Benguela Current Source and Transport

该项目是一项合作项目，旨在测量大西洋东部30 b| S的本格拉洋流的运输和水团特征。反向回声测深仪（IES）和沿30 bb100 S的电流计的一部分将由三个39 bb100 S的反向回声测深仪补充。连续油管测量将沿段和段间进行。目标是监测本格拉河的运输和水源与阿古拉斯反射区变化的关系。数据将与德国研究人员从副热带环流西侧收集的类似数据相结合，以解决穿越30 b|0 S的总经向输送问题。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.