Dense Water Formation in the Okhotsk Sea

Talley支助鄂霍次克海的实地研究。具体问题是：在部署和恢复巡航期间，通过一个冬天，在西北沿海多冰区通过系泊的T/S/P/ADCP测量水的性质，并对鄂霍次克海北部和东库页海流（从大陆架流出）进行水文调查。将与S. Martin （OCE- 9811097）合作分析历史数据（水文、海冰记录和气象数据），后者将在同一时期利用卫星和NCEP信息研究鄂霍次克海的海气通量和冰盖。这项工作还与日本和俄罗斯科学家合作，工作将在日本资助的俄罗斯船上进行。

Talley Support is provided for a field study of the Okhotsk Sea. Specific issues are: The formation of shelf water under sea ice in the northwestern coastal polynya through one winter with moored T/S/P/ADCP measurements of water properties and hydrographic surveys of the northern Okhotsk Sea and East Sakhalin Current (outflow from the shelves) during both deployment and recovery cruises. Analyses of historical data (hydrographic, sea-ice records, and meteorological data) will be done in collaboration with S. Martin (OCE- 9811097), who will use satellite and NCEP information during the same period to study air-sea fluxes and ice cover in the Okhotsk Sea. This work is also in collaboration with Japanese and Russian scientists, with the work to be performed on a Russian vessel funded by Japan.