A Direct Method of Observing Ocean Heat Flux

本SGER计划提案的目标是测试 漂流和系泊浮标与一个新的仪器，测量 海洋热通量直接。 通常情况下，这些观察结果是 间接地存在于海洋表面的大气层中， 难以制造并且不具有期望的精度。 新 仪器模拟了将海洋与海洋分开的“膜”， 大气层，并测量通过它的热流。 仪器简单，可以从第一原理校准， 也能在无风环境下工作 这些特性使其成为获得热通量的理想场所 太平洋暖池区的观测， TOGA/COARE，可能还有CEPEX计划。 建模 边界层在这一地区是特别困难的，因为大多数 算法需要风。 这些设备的观察结果可能 提供有助于更好地理解 在这个区域的边界层。 仪器应该能工作 在海洋的其他地方也是如此。 这项研究很重要，因为它试图改善 收集对大气研究至关重要的信息的能力- 与气候变异和变化有关的海洋相互作用。

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.