The Tropical Instability Wave Experiment (TIWE) Equatorial Array: Analysis and Dissemination of Results

该项目的目的是为对作为热带不稳定波实验(TIWE)一部分收集的数据进行科学分析提供资金。TIWE是一个多机构计划，旨在更好地了解这些波和背景流之间发生的动力和热力学转移。这项实地工作于1990年春季在赤道太平洋中部开始。南佛罗里达大学部分包括一个五元阵列的水下停泊的声学多普勒海流剖面仪，从1990年5月至1991年6月监测水柱上方250米的海流。实现了100%的数据返还，对数据进行了编辑，分发了数据报告，正在进行科学分析。这些分析涉及不稳定波的运动学、动力学、能量学和热力学，以及它们与背景流的相互作用。其他分析的目的是为了更好地了解中太平洋赤道三维流场的演变。

The purpose of the project is to provide funding for the scientific analysis of data collected as part of the Tropical Instability Wave Experiment (TIWE). TIWE is a multi-institutional program aimed at an improved understanding of the dynamical and thermodynamical transfers that occur between these waves and the background currents. The field work commenced in the central equatorial Pacific during the spring of 1990. The University of South Florida portion consisted of a five element array of subsurface-moored acoustic Doppler current profilers, monitoring currents over the upper 250 m of the water column from May 1990 to June 1991. A 100% data return was achieved, the data have been edited, a data report has been disseminated and scientific analyses are underway. These analysis bear upon the kinematics, dynamics, energetics, and thermodynamics of the instability waves and their interaction with the background currents. Additional analysis aims at an improved understanding of the evolution of the three-dimensional flow field on the equator in the central Pacific.