Transport and Variability of the Deep Western Boundary Systems at 20 Degrees S. in the Indian Ocean

印度洋南纬 20 度西部深部边界系统的输运和变化

• 批准号: 9413177
• 负责人: R. Dale Pillsbury
• 金额: $ 152.5万
• 依托单位: Oregon State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-06-01 至 1999-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9413177&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Transport; Variability; Deep; Western; Boundary

9413177 Pillsbury In this project, the principal investigators will deploy three arrays of current meter moorings along 20 degrees South in the Indian Ocean and make related Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) stations, as part of the Indian Ocean Expedition of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE). Objectives are to describe water characteristics, velocity structure, and transport of the three systems of deep western boundary currents postulated to exist in the region. The observations will provide the foundation for the first direct measurement of the meridional overturning rate in the Indian Ocean - a measurement needed for assessment of the role of the ocean in climate prediction.

9413177皮尔斯伯里 在这个项目中，主要调查人员将在印度洋沿沿着20度部署三组海流计系泊装置，并建立相关的电导率-温度-深度站，作为世界海洋环流实验印度洋考察的一部分。 目的是描述水的特性，速度结构，并假定存在于该地区的三个系统的深西部边界流的运输。 这些观测结果将为首次直接测量印度洋的赤道倾覆率提供基础，这是评估海洋在气候预测中的作用所需的测量结果。