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

这是一个为期三年的项目，旨在综合和分析在TOGA COARE IOP期间进行的海-气相互作用观测，以了解不同时间尺度上上层海洋对大气事件的响应。要完成的重要具体任务如下：(1)结合其他遥感和模式生成数据的现场海气通量数据的合成，以及在密集通量阵列(IFA)中心附近产生高分辨率的格网地面通量场，而在IFA上产生低分辨率的格网地面通量场；(2)分离混合过程本质上是一维的周期，并试图借助一维模式理解详细的物理过程；以及(3)利用提供更大面积上的时间和空间变化的网格数据，驱动三维海洋模式，以了解上层海洋对这种时空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的理解将提高我们预测暖池海温的能力，从而增强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.***