Surface Forcing and Upper Ocean Response in the Western Equatorial Pacific Warm Pool

这是一个为期三年的项目，旨在综合和分析TOGA COARE IOP期间进行的海气相互作用观测，以了解上层海洋对不同时间尺度上大气事件的响应。 拟完成的重要具体任务如下：（1）综合现场海气通量数据，将其他遥感数据和模式生成的数据结合起来，并制作密集通量阵列中心附近高分辨率和密集通量阵列上方低分辨率的网格化表面通量场;（2）分离出混合过程基本上是一维的阶段，并试图借助一维模型来理解详细的物理过程;以及（3）利用提供较大区域上的时间和空间变化的网格化数据，驱动三维海洋模式以理解上层海洋对这种空间和时间变化的表面强迫的详细响应物理。 对通量参数化和维持暖池的过程的更好理解将提高我们预测暖池上空SST的能力，从而提高我们的气候预测能力。

This is a three-year project to synthesize and analyze the air-sea interaction observations made during the IOP of TOGA COARE in order to understand the response of the upper ocean to the atmospheric events on different time scales. The important specific tasks to be achieved are the following: (1) synthesis of in-situ air-sea flux data incorporating other remotely sensed and model-generated data and the production of gridded surface flux fields of high resolution near the center of the Intensive Flux Array (IFA) and of low resolution over the IFA; (2) isolate the periods when the processes of mixing are essentially one dimensional and try to understand the detailed physics with the help of one dimensional model; and (3) utilizing the gridded data that provides temporal and spatial variation over the larger area, drive a three- dimensional ocean model to understand the detailed response physics of the upper ocean to such spatially and temporally varying surface forcing. The improved understanding of the flux parameterizations and the processes that maintain the warm pool will improve our ability to predict SST over the warm pool, and thus enhance our climate prediction capabilities.***