U.S.-Mexico Program: Deep Ocean Basin Circulation

9724825怀特黑德这个美洲项目奖将资助马萨诸塞州伍兹霍尔海洋研究所的约翰·A·怀特黑德博士和墨西哥瓜达拉哈拉大学的谢尔盖·N·布尔加科夫博士之间的一个合作研究项目，以进行实验室实验，进一步揭示深海循环。研究人员将检查旋转的水柱沿顶部、侧面和底部边界承受不同温度时所驱动的流动，以表征所产生的流动的长度和速度尺度。实验结果与理论将在广泛的参数范围内进行比较，包括简单的线性理论、数值模型和日本海环流的测量。在布尔加科夫博士论文工作的推动下，该项目已经从早期的实验中产生了令人鼓舞的结果。怀特黑德博士是将实验结果应用于真实的海洋和地球物理问题的领导者，他与怀特黑德博士的合作有可能为许多重要的地球物理问题提供重要的见解。***

9724825 Whitehead This Americas Program award will fund a collaborative research project between Dr. John A. Whitehead, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts, and Dr. Sergey N. Bulgakov, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico, to conduct laboratory experiments that will shed further light on deep ocean circulation. The investigators will examine the flow driven by subjecting rotating cylinders of water to different temperatures along the top, side and bottom boundaries, in order to characterize length and velocity scales of the resulting flow. Comparison of the experimental results with theory will be made over a wide range of parameters, including simple linear theories, numerical models, and measurements of circulation being done in the Sea of Japan. The project, motivated by the thesis work of Dr. Bulgakov, has already produced encouraging results from earlier experiments. The collaboration with Dr. Whitehead, a leader in applying experimental results to real oceanographic and geophysical problems, has the potential to provide significant insight on a number of important geophysical issues. ***