Dynamics of Tropical Instability Waves

9417140 Proehl在该项目中，PI将把建模技术应用于有关热带不稳定波（TIW）生成机制的一些新想法，热带不稳定波是从太平洋和大西洋近赤道区的海面温度（SST）前沿的卫星观测到的剧烈振荡。 他们是负责显着的赤道热通量，抵消了一个大的fractionoin的kthe冷却由于赤道上升流。 本研究的重点将是临界面（波相速度等于平均流速）和SST锋对TIW稳定性的影响。 热带不稳定波实验（TIWE）中获得的最新数据将用于比较模型结果与观测到的波的行为。 ***

9417140 Proehl In this project, the PIs will apply modeling techniques to some new ideas about generation mechanisms for Tropical Instability Waves (TIW), which are dramatic oscillations seen from satellites in the sea surface temperature (SST) front in the near-equatorial zones of both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. They are responsible for significant equatorward heat fluxes which counteract a large fractioin of kthe cooling due to equatorial upwelling. The focus of this study will be the effects of the critical surface (where the wave phase speed equals the mean flow speed) and the SST fronts on the stability of the TIW. Recent data obtained in the Tropical Instability Wave Experiment (TIWE) will be used to compare model results with the observed behavior of the waves. ***