WOCE Indian Ocean Expedition: Transindian Hydrographic Section II

WOCE 印度洋探险：跨印度洋水道测量第二部分

• 批准号: 9413166
• 负责人: John Morrison
• 金额: $ 19.48万
• 依托单位: North Carolina State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-03-01 至 1999-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9413166&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: WOCE; Indian; Ocean; Expedition; Transindian

9413166 Morrison This project is a contribution to the US World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) Indian Ocean Hydrographic Program (IO WHP). The PI will provide hydrographic support and scientific leadership for the trans-Indian Ocean leg along 8 degrees South, designated as WOCE section I-1. Section I-1 is the northernmost of the zonal sections to be carried out during the IO WHP, effectively crossing the southern boundaries of both the Bay of Bengal in the east and the Arabian Sea in the west. From the data to be collected, the PI and collaborators will compute separate heat, salt and water-mass budgets for each of these basins. Since the Arabian Sea is a major source of salt, and the Bay of Bengal is a major source of fresh water to the world ocean, these measurements are crucial to understanding the overall thermohaline circulation, especially in conjunction with sections at comparable latitudes already completed in the other oceans. ***

本项目是对美国世界海洋环流实验（WOCE）印度洋水文计划（IO WHP）的一项贡献。PI将为沿南纬8度的跨印度洋航段提供水文支持和科学领导，该航段被指定为WOCE I-1段。第I-1段是在IO WHP期间进行的分区部分的最北端，有效地越过东部的孟加拉湾和西部的阿拉伯海的南部边界。根据收集到的数据，PI和合作者将分别计算每个盆地的热量、盐和水质量预算。由于阿拉伯海是盐的主要来源，而孟加拉湾是世界海洋淡水的主要来源，这些测量对于了解整个温盐环流至关重要，特别是在与其他海洋在类似纬度已经完成的部分相结合时。＊＊＊