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

这是一个为期三年的项目，综合和分析TOGA COARE IOP期间的海气相互作用观测结果，以了解不同时间尺度上上层海洋对大气事件的响应。需要完成的重要具体任务是：(1)结合其他遥感数据和模式生成数据综合现场海气通量数据，生成密集通量阵列（IFA）中心附近高分辨率和IFA上方低分辨率的网格化地表通量场；(2)分离出混合过程基本上是一维的周期，并尝试借助一维模型来理解详细的物理现象；(3)利用提供更大范围内时空变化的网格化数据，驱动三维海洋模型，以了解上层海洋对这种时空变化的地表强迫的详细响应物理。对通量参数化和维持暖池的过程的进一步了解将提高我们预测暖池上海温的能力，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.***