A Direct Method of Observing Ocean Heat Flux

该 SGER 计划提案的目标是使用直接测量海洋热通量的新仪器来测试漂流浮标和系泊浮标。 通常，这些观测是在海洋表面上方的大气中间接进行的，并且既难以进行，也没有达到所需的精度。 新仪器模拟将海洋与大气分开的“膜”，并测量通过它的热流。 该仪器简单，可以根据第一原理进行校准，并且也可以在零风下工作。 这些特性使其成为获取太平洋暖池区域热通量观测的理想地点，作为 TOGA/COARE 计划的一部分，也可能是 CEPEX 计划的一部分。 对该区域的边界层进行建模特别困难，因为大多数算法都需要风。 这些设备的观测可以提供关键信息，有助于更好地了解该区域的边界层。 该仪器在海洋的其他地区也应该能正常工作。 这项研究很重要，因为它旨在提高收集对于研究与气候变率和变化有关的大气-海洋相互作用至关重要的信息的能力。

The objective of this SGER Program proposal is to test both drifting and moored buoys with a new instrument which measures the ocean heat flux directly. Typically, these observations are made indirectly in the atmosphere above the ocean surface and are both difficult to make and do not have the desired accuracy. The new instrument simulates the "membrane" which separates the ocean from the atmosphere and measures the heat flow through it. The instrument is simple, can be calibrated from first principles, and will also work in zero wind. These properties make it ideally sited for obtaining heat flux observations in the warm pool region of the Pacific as part of the TOGA/COARE, and possibly also the CEPEX, program. Modelling the boundary layer in this region is especially difficult because most algorithms require a wind. Observations from these devices could provide key information that should aid in a better understanding of the boundary layer in this region. The instrument should work well in other parts of the ocean as well. This research is important because it seeks to improve on ability to collect information vital to the study of atmosphere- ocean interactions related to climate variability and change.