SGER: Barotropic Observations withn EFFs in the Gulf Stream and North Atlantic Current

这是一项探索性研究小额赠款（SGER）提案，旨在完成5个电场浮子（EEF）的建造，并将其作为海洋学实验的一部分进行部署。EEF是一个浮子，当与传统的RAFOS浮子一起部署时，提供垂直平均或正压速度的测量。该SGER提案的目的是利用现有部件完成5个EEF的建造，并将其作为联合科学计划的一部分从加拿大R/V哈德逊部署。 这项实验将使他们能够测试仪器的性能，与其他研究人员协调修改，为常规测量池提供观测结果，并提供正压和斜压速度分量分区的独特观测结果。

This is a Small Grant for Exploratory research (SGER) proposal to complete the construction of 5 Electric Field Floats (EEF) and deploy them as part of an oceanographic experiment. The EEF is a float, that when deployed together with a conventional RAFOS float, provides a measurement of the vertically averaged or barotropic velocities. The purpose of this SGER proposal is to complete the construction of 5 EEFs from parts on hand and deploy them from the Canadian R/V Hudson as part of a joint scientific program. This experiment will allow them to test the performance of the instruments, coordinate modifications with other investigators, contribute observations to a pool of conventional measurements and provide unique observations of the partition of barotropic and baroclinic velocity components.