US GLOBEC: Long-Term ADCP, Moored and Lagrangian Measurements and Analysis as Part of a Georges Bank Study

9806445 BrinkGLOBEC乔治斯银行的实地研究将于1999年底结束。作为这项工作的一部分，布林克博士及其合作者将收集五年的物理测量数据，涉及系泊观测、漂浮物和船上的ADCP(声学多普勒海流剖面仪)。该项目将包括对现有系泊设备的光学数据进行遥测。这项研究的主要部分是涵盖对这个大型数据集的分析。他们将使用系泊测量来表征水的性质(流动、水文和生物)和重要的驱动力，他们将使用漂移器来了解扩散、停留时间和锋面过程。历史水文数据将使他们了解GBS野外时期的历史代表性。ADCP数据将有助于描述全岸水流模式及其季节性演变。最后，物理知识库将有助于回答有关物理过程(可能在某种程度上可以通过气候模型进行预测)如何影响生物招募的变化的跨学科问题。

9806445BrinkThe GLOBEC Georges Bank field study concludes in late 1999. As part of this effort, Dr. Brink and collaborators will have collected five years worth of physical measurements involving moored observations, drifters and shipboard ADCPs (Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers). This project will include telemetry of optical data from an existing mooring. The main part of this study is to cover analysis of this large data set. They will use moored measurements to characterize the water properties (flow, hydrographic and biological) and important driving agents, and they will use drifters to understand dispersion, residence times and frontal processes. Historical hydrographic data will allow them to understand the historical representativeness of the GBS field period. ADCP data will allow the characterization of Bank-wide flow patterns and their seasonal evolution. Finally, the physical knowledge base will help to answer interdisciplinary questions about how physical processes (which might be somewhat predictable through climate models) influence variations in biological recruitment.