Coastal Upwelling Circulation on a Wide Shelf: An Observational Study

9528239曼州在这个项目中，PIS将对一个宽阔的大陆架--新泽西州外的大西洋中部海湾--的海岸上升流环流进行观测研究。目标是：1.解决物质平衡，关于它是二维的还是三维的；2.确定主要的次表层跨陆架输送路径和沿陆架压力梯度的动力重要性；3.确定上升锋的形成标准，并找出它在质量和热通量中的作用；4.确定最大上升区发生在哪里；以及5.找到热量收支中的主要项。将使用各种系泊和船载仪器，卫星跟踪的漂流者，以及温度和颜色的卫星图像。

9528239 Munchow In this project, the PIs will conduct an observational study of coastal upwelling circulation on a wide continental shelf -- the mid-Atlantic Bight off New Jersey. The objectives are: 1. To resolve the mass balance, as to whether it is two or three- dimensional; 2. To determine the primary subsurface across-shelf transport pathway and the dynamical importance of along-shelf pressure gradient; 3. To determine criteria for formation of an upwelling front, and find its role in the mass and heat fluxes; 4. To determine where the zone of maximum upwelling occurs; and, 5. To find the principal terms in the heat budget. A variety of moored and ship-board instruments, and satellite-tracked drifters, as well as satellite imagery of temperature and color will be used.