U.S.-Brazil Planning Visit: Numerical Study of the North Brazil Current Retroflection

9802686马塔诺美国-巴西奖将支持俄勒冈州立大学的里卡多·P·马塔诺博士、迈阿密大学的E·查西格特博士和圣保罗大学的埃德莫·J·坎波斯博士之间的计划访问，他们希望对巴西北部洋流进行数值研究。巴西北部洋流(NBC)在半球间的质量和热量交换中发挥了作用，它为大西洋翻转单体提供了上层海水的跨赤道输送。目前这种变化的原因及其对半球间交换的影响鲜为人知。坎波斯博士参与了一个名为“巴西北部洋流环”的项目，该项目由NSF资助，以观察这一现象。这次规划访问将允许Matano博士和Chassignet博士就更大项目中他所负责的部分与Campos博士进行咨询，他的职责是建模部分。这些美国研究人员是大气环流模式、迈阿密等地坐标海洋模式和普林斯顿海洋模式的专家。这三位研究人员希望开展一项研究合作，继续寻求对这一现象的理解。***

9802686 Matano This U.S.-Brazil award will support a planning visit between Dr. Ricardo P. Matano, Oregon State University, Dr. E. Chassignet, University of Miami, and Dr. Edmo J. Campos of the University of Sao Paulo, who wish to do a numerical study of the North Brazil Current. The North Brazil Current (NBC) plays a role in the inter hemispheric exchanges of mass and heat by providing the cross-equatorial transport of upper ocean waters to the Atlantic overturning cell. The causes of the current variability and its effects on the inter-hemispheric exchange are poorly known. Dr. Campos is involved in a project entitled, "Rings of the North Brazil Current" which is funded by NSF, to observe this. This planning visit will allow Drs. Matano and Chassignet to consult with Dr. Campos on his portion of the larger project, his responsibiity being the modeling component. These American researchers are experts in to general circulation models, the Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model and the Princeton Ocean Model. The three researchers wish to develop a research collaboration which will continue the search for understanding of this phenomenon. ***